4th–5th of April 2017
Workshops
On Monday April 3rd and Thursday April 6th, we’ll be hosting our workshops at the Downtown Campus of the SF State University. On Monday, we are delighted to have Tim Kadlec leading his Web Performance class, Nathan Curtis will be teaching Scalable Design Systems workshop, Christian Holst will show you his year-long findings and in-depth eCommerce Checkout Optimization techniques, and Vitaly Friedman will work with you on the most crucial UX Design Patterns
On Thursday, we’re thrilled to have Sarah Drasner providing hands-on Advanced SVG Animations, Rachel Andrew teaching Advanced CSS Layout techniques, Nadieh Bremer getting into Creative Data Visualization Techniques, and Vitaly Friedman will be sharing his favorite RWD Tips and Tricks.
Join one of the intensive workshops with a limited number of seats. Tickets for the full-day workshops cost $499 — all booking fees included. Save $100 by registering for a workshop when buying your conference ticket. Lunch will be provided.
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Workshops include…
- Snacks and drinks during the whole day
- Tea and coffee in the morning
- Lunch
- Paper and pen/pencil
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Research Together
with Erika Hall
Full-day workshop • April 6th
From the people who wrote the shortest book on research (Just Enough Research), a workshop that will have you gathering useful insights in no time and having a fine time doing it. The key is involving your entire team. Knowledge is best when shared.- On the Web
- http://muledesign.com/
- On Twitter
- @mulegirl
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Hands-on Checkout Optimization Workshop
with Christian Holst
Full-day workshop • April 3rd
In this full day checkout optimization workshop Christian Holst, research director at the Baymard Institute, will share their newest checkout usability test findings, uncovered during the past 7 years of large-scale testing of e-commerce sites and from working with clients like Etsy, Office Depot, Sears, Kohl’s, Nike, John Lewis, Carnival, T-mobile, Overstock.com, The North Face, etc.In the 4 workshop modules we will be working through all core aspects of the checkout flow; from shopping cart to order “Thank You” page.
- On the Web
- http://baymard.com/
- On Twitter
- @KiehnHolst
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Building Performant Websites
with Tim Kadlec
Full-day workshop • April 3rd
Performance is a critical consideration for online experiences. We don't stand still on the web. We click links, we expand menus, we move from page to page — we are constantly having our experiences shaped by how quickly each of these interactions takes place.- On the Web
- http://timkadlec.com
- On Twitter
- @tkadlec
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Scalable Design Systems
with Nathan Curtis
Full-day workshop • April 3rd
The role of design with large organizations is expanding, spreading across product teams and influencing decision-making at higher and higher levels. This scale makes it increasingly challenging to align designers and product teams to deliver cohesive, consistent experiences across a customer journey.- On the Web
- http://eightshapes.com/nathan-curtis.html
- On Twitter
- @nathanacurtis
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Smart Responsive UX Design Patterns
with Vitaly Friedman
Full-day workshop • April 3rd
In this brand new workshop, Vitaly Friedman (editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine), will cover practical techniques, clever tricks and useful strategies you need to be aware of when working on responsive websites. From responsive modules to clever navigation patterns and web form design techniques; the workshop will provide you with everything you need to know today to start designing better responsive experiences tomorrow.- On the Web
- https://smashingmagazine.com
- On Twitter
- @smashingmag
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Creative Data Visualization Techniques
with Nadieh Bremer
Full-day workshop • April 6th
With so many tools available to visualize your data, it’s easy to get stuck in thinking about chart types, always just going for that bar or line chart, without truly thinking about effectiveness. In this workshop, Nadieh will teach you how you can take a more creative and practical approach to the design of data visualization.- On the Web
- http://www.visualcinnamon.com/
- On Twitter
- @NadiehBremer
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Advanced CSS Layouts With Flexbox and CSS Grid
with Rachel Andrew
Full-day workshop • April 6th
This workshop is designed for designers and developers who already have a good working knowledge of HTML and CSS. We will cover a range of CSS methods for achieving layout, from those you are safe to use right now even if you need to support older version of Internet Explorer through to things that while still classed as experimental, are likely to ship in browsers in the coming months.- On the Web
- https://rachelandrew.co.uk/
- On Twitter
- @rachelandrew
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Advanced SVG Animation
with Sarah Drasner
Full-day workshop • April 6th
SVG is just starting to have its heyday. This trend towards heavy adoption means that people should be aware of optimization techniques, how to begin by designing for performance, and how to animate complex, responsive, and beautiful animations with simple and easy-to-debug code for production.In this full-day workshop, Sarah will teach you the basics of the SVG Animation development and the essentials needed to start using these techniques in production environments for animations both large and small.
- On the Web
- http://sarahdrasnerdesign.com/
- On Twitter
- @sarah_edo
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New Front-End Adventures in Responsive Design
with Vitaly Friedman
Full-day workshop • April 6th
With HTTP/2, Service Workers, Responsive Images, Flexbox, CSS Grid, SVG, WAI-ARIA roles and Font Loading API now available in browsers, we all are still trying to figure out just the right strategy for designing and buildings responsive websites efficiently. We want to use all of these technologies and smart processes like atomic design, but how can we use them efficiently, and how do we achieve it within a reasonable amount of time?- On the Web
- http://smashingmagazine.com
- On Twitter
- @smashingmag
