At WordCamp Atlanta this past weekend I gave a presentation called “Font Swoon – Advanced Web Typography.” We geeked out on fonts that I like an discussed methods of implementation.. and some neat type scripts and extensions. It was a fun talk as I especially love it when I can speak on something I’m passionate about.
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I’m currently in WordCamp Atlanta (#WCATL) and so far the camp is Fabulous! I was able to give a presentation yesterday called “Design Swoon” and today I’m giving another one called “Font Swoon”. Here are my slides from the first:Everyone check out Sarah Lacy’s new site that I designed: PandoDaily.com! She is an incredible writer and wonderful inspiration! I am so happy that I was able to be involved in this epic project! This was truly an amazing experience. Keep going back to Pando for the best tech content! It is, after all, “the site-of-record for silicon valley”!
WordCamp Birmingham is right around the corner! If you live in the south you have to come to this! Beginner or Dev, theres stuff for you at WordCamp Birmingham. We’re still looking for sponsors and please get the word out! Check out all the incredible speakers. Some are coming across the country just to talk to our community here and other are local legends! If that isn’t convincing enough, take a look at the ever-updating session page. There’s something for everyone! #WPYall
Chelsea Otakan and I presented at WordCamp Vegas on UI Design for Themes & Plugins.
User interface design is both a science and an art. The developers and designers who volunteer to work on WordPress put a lot of thought into the approach. We’ll discuss how the WordPress UI can influence your theme and plugin UI designs.
Love this video of Jonathan Hoefler speaking at the AIGA Pivot Conference. Epic talk from one of the most respected foundries in the industry. More info here: http://www.aiga.org/video-pivot-2011-hoefler/
Because I do a lot of work with WordPress Core, I find myself using terminal all the time for svn management and various other things. In order to make this mundane terminal window not make me depressed, I skinned it to make it fit my style better and make me happy when I use it. Here it is:
Bumbling around in WordPress. My pretty terminal theme makes it all better!
So, If you want to use this style for your terminal download it here.
The BostonGlobe.com recently launched a new responsive site! its beautiful thanks to the collaboration of the filament group and the globe.
Below is an awesome video they made about the design and development process and includes some technical talk about the use of media queries as well as starting big then simplifying rather than the reverse process of progressive enhancement. Interesting video for sure!
