The Business Of Web Design
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A fun, informal lecture to University Of Nottingham students, February 2009.
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The Business Of Web Design
- 1. The Business of Web Design Latest Trends in Web Design and Web-based Applications 19th February 2009
- 2. Erskine Design Simon Collison www.erskinedesign.com
- 5. In the olden days...
- 8. • Separation of content, style and behaviour • Faster and easier workflow • Embrace current methods and principles • Accessibility by default • Leaner code uses less bandwidth, and serves pages faster
- 9. HTML, CSS & the DOM
- 13. Accessibility
- 14. • If a website is not accessible to everyone, it fails • Accessibility is not just about disability • Content repurposed for any viewing device • No compromises. Every user gets every bit of content • Microformats (what?)
- 15. Usability
- 16. • An accessible site is not necessarily a usable site • Be aware that each user will have different needs • Common sense approaches to user interfaces • Don’t make them think!
- 17. The Rules
- 18. • Responsibility to all users • Scalable, long-term approaches • Methodical and inclusive processes • Keep things simple • Accountability
- 19. Microformats www.microformats.org/
- 21. Grids
- 24. Rhythm & Type
- 27. Wireframes
- 31. Blogs
- 32. www.kottke.org/
- 33. RSS
- 35. Music, Podcasts, Video and other Downloads
- 36. www.beatport.com/ www.youtube.com/ www.daytrotter.com/ www.hypem.com/
- 37. Web Applications & Social Networks
- 42. 37 Signals www.37signals.com/
- 45. Carsonified www.carsonified.com/
- 48. Happy Cog www.happycog.com/
- 50. Oh... and Google and Yahoo! and Microsoft and Apple and the gambling industry ...and then there’s the porn industry, which I know nothing about.
- 51. APIs and Mashups
- 54. • Feedburner bought by Google for $100m • Photobucket bought by Fox for $250m • Last.fm bought by CBS for $280m • Treehugger bought by Discovery for $10m • StumbleUpon bought by Ebay for $45m http://www.seoconsultants.com/google/acquisitions/ http://startup.partnerup.com/2008/01/02/2007-acquisitions-web-internet-technology//
- 55. • Launched in February 2004 • Turned down a $10 million offer months later • Now has over 450 employees • Turned down $1 billion from Yahoo! • Microsoft bought a $240 million stake in it • Over 70,000,000 users • Annual revenue is only $150m, yet estimated value is $15 billion
- 56. The Mobile Web
- 57. www.apple.com/
- 58. Survey
- 63. The Unexpected
- 65. Summary
- 66. • Specialise: choose one path and stick to it • The web is about the users, not the designer • Be responsible and accountable • Keep it simple • Beware of the teenager!
- 67. Any questions? Please be aware that the internet is a vast landscape that changes every five minutes, and I don’t know everything about all of it...