Working and learning in web development

Last week A List Apart released the results of the Web Design Survey (that some of my class actually took part in):

The attached report shares everything we learned. We offer it freely to this community that has given us so much. For the curious, we also provide an “anonymized” version of the raw data. It contains . . . → Read More: Working and learning in web development

I am redundant

As of today I am on the road to being redundant.

At the start of every semester I give a spiel to new learners in our class about how one of my main aims is to make myself redundant (as a source of web design and development knowledge). Today a few learners in class politely informed me . . . → Read More: I am redundant

Five things all clients want to know

A few days ago, Russ posted a list of 5 things that all clients want to know. Things like:

Can you deliver what we want, on time and within the budget?

Can you explain a simple, logical process for delivering the website to the client? Can you explain how problems can be avoided or resolved?

The list is a . . . → Read More: Five things all clients want to know

3 Hour Full Code Press

In August this year, there’s an event being run by the Australian Web Industry Professionals Association and New Zealands Webstock event called FullCodePress:

It’s a geek Olympics! Web teams take each other on to build a complete website for a non-profit organisation in 24 hours. No excuses, no extensions, no budget overruns.

Wow… what a learning opportunity! Something . . . → Read More: 3 Hour Full Code Press

35 Designers x 5 Questions

Genie – our communications facilitator for our web design course – will love this!

35 designers. 5 questions. 5 precise answers. Result: 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from some of the best web-developers all around the world.

There are a few Australian designers in the 35, including Russ Weakly and Cameron Adams… The first question?

What is the . . . → Read More: 35 Designers x 5 Questions