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			<title>mike.clark on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-618</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>mike.clark</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;A few more links ...&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;There was a question from the back regarding how to actually put together a decent web design (practical tips on how to mock it up and come up with something successful, etc.). That's obviously a broad question, but one I've asked myself. Here are a few links to resources that will walk you through the process.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://astore.amazon.com/simplebits-20/detail/0321643380&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://astore.amazon.com/simplebits-20/detail/0321643380&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- Dan Cederholm knows CSS inside and out and his books have very current and easy to follow information. This one contains a good &#34;project site&#34; for a fake coffee shop. He'll walk you through the design and code process.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/complete-websites/design-a-professional-clean-community-blog-theme-in-adobe-photoshop/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/complete-websites/design-a-professional-clean-community-blog-theme-in-adobe-photoshop/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- Another tutorial on how to mock up a design from scratch using Photoshop. Working from a grid is very important. It'll add an overall sense of consistency and order to your layout which will tie it all together. Don't be afraid to break your grid in some areas. Establish organization, then break it occasionally to make elements jump out.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/understanding-the-f-layout-in-web-design/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/understanding-the-f-layout-in-web-design/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- The first two links I posted were more step by step tutorials for using Photoshop and writing code. This one is about the theory of the layout style.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/understanding-the-z-layout-in-web-design/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/understanding-the-z-layout-in-web-design/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- Another article on a different layout style.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.alistapart.com/articles/redesigning-your-own-site/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.alistapart.com/articles/redesigning-your-own-site/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- An &#34;A List Apart&#34; article on redesigning your own site, definitely something I've struggled with.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Someone else asked about how to express your personality if you're applying to an interesting design/development shop and I suggested adding your voice and style to your website. Here are a few design galleries where you can see lots of examples of this sort of thing for inspiration:&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://onepagelove.com/category/portfolio&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://onepagelove.com/category/portfolio&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- I started off with a one-page website and may do that again. Simple and succinct.&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://welovewp.com/category/portfolio-gallery&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://welovewp.com/category/portfolio-gallery&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- All these sites are done with WordPress. Get on that trolly.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;If I blanked on another question from the class and haven't answered it yet just ask away again and I'll get back to you. Fire away with any new questions too.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Mike
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			<title>mike.clark on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-617</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>mike.clark</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi all, &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I hope you enjoyed today's talk and found it useful. Below are links to some topics worth looking into on your own time (they're all from the whiteboard). I'll also include a link to our slides from today and some things mentioned in those. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us here or hit us up on Twitter.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Mike&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Stuff to Google:&#60;br /&#62;
- WordPress (&#60;a href=&#34;http://wordpress.org/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://wordpress.org/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- open source CMS&#60;br /&#62;
- Drupal (&#60;a href=&#34;http://drupal.org/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://drupal.org/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- open source CMS&#60;br /&#62;
- Basecamp (&#60;a href=&#34;http://basecamphq.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://basecamphq.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- project management service (paid)&#60;br /&#62;
- Open Atrium (&#60;a href=&#34;http://openatrium.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://openatrium.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- project management software (free)&#60;br /&#62;
- jQuery (&#60;a href=&#34;http://jquery.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://jquery.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- JavaScript framework&#60;br /&#62;
- Dribbble (&#60;a href=&#34;http://dribbble.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://dribbble.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- designs-in-progress showcase (message me if you need an invite)&#60;br /&#62;
- Billings (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.marketcircle.com/billings/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.marketcircle.com/billings/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- time tracking/billing software&#60;br /&#62;
- Freshbooks (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.freshbooks.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.freshbooks.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- time tracking/billing software&#60;br /&#62;
- Quirksmode (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.quirksmode.org/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.quirksmode.org/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- IE6 bugs information&#60;br /&#62;
- Position is Everything (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.positioniseverything.net/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.positioniseverything.net/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- IE6 bugs information&#60;br /&#62;
- Stack Overflow (&#60;a href=&#34;http://stackoverflow.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://stackoverflow.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- technical Q&#38;amp;A site&#60;br /&#62;
- Tuts Plus Network (&#60;a href=&#34;http://tutsplus.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://tutsplus.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- Parent company of numerous tutorial sites (Nettuts, Webdesigntuts, Psdtuts, Vectortuts, etc.)&#60;br /&#62;
- A List Apart (&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.alistapart.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.alistapart.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- Online web design magazine, great articles&#60;br /&#62;
- yayQuery (&#60;a href=&#34;http://yayquery.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://yayquery.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- Hilarious video podcast on all things JavaScript and jQuery&#60;br /&#62;
- HTML5 Boilerplate (&#60;a href=&#34;http://html5boilerplate.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://html5boilerplate.com/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- great starter for creating a site - TONS of cool tricks in the source&#60;br /&#62;
- #hohoTO (&#60;a href=&#34;http://hohoto.ca/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://hohoto.ca/&#60;/a&#62;) &#38;lt;-- Upcoming charity event with the whole Toronto web community in attendance&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Presentation slides: &#60;a href=&#34;https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcxrv3q7_44drmqhzhg&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcxrv3q7_44drmqhzhg&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
Andy Clarke's &#34;Killer Contract&#34;: &#60;a href=&#34;http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/content/dl/2010/05/11/contract-killer-2nd-hit.txt&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/content/dl/2010/05/11/contract-killer-2nd-hit.txt&#60;/a&#62; (rephrase the emo bits)&#60;br /&#62;
Happy Cog's creative brief: &#60;a href=&#34;http://happycog.com/contact/contact.doc&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://happycog.com/contact/contact.doc&#60;/a&#62; (trim this down to the essentials and paraphrase it - no copy/paste!)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Mike Clark: @shapelike&#60;br /&#62;
Mike Pezzi: @mikepezzi&#60;br /&#62;
Nalin Sharma: @nalins
&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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			<title>nalin.sharma on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-520</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>nalin.sharma</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi Allan,&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I am glad you enjoyed the discussion, as Mike and I both had a great time!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;We were both impressed with the level of participation and general curiosity from the students. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Please feel free to send us a message VIA the forum or Twitter if you have any further questions.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;My company actually just put up a blog post about our discussion...feel free to give a read! &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.theblogstudio.com/single/humber_speaker_series/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.theblogstudio.com/single/humber_speaker_series/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;See you all on portfolio day!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;-Nalin
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			<title>allan.hendriks on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-497</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>allan.hendriks</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Not sure if you'll get this but i wanted to send you big-ups for coming to speak to us!&#60;br /&#62;
Its great to get some &#34;real world&#34; experience come in and give us the heads up on all this stuff - and so kind to put it all up here for our reference!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;THANKS, allan
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			<title>nalin.sharma on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-478</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 10:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>nalin.sharma</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hey guys,&#60;br /&#62;
Hope you enjoyed the discussion we had yesterday. Feel free to post questions on this thread and I will do my best to answer them in a timely manner. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I have attached a list of useful links below. Please feel free to add more...Enjoy!&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-Resume and Portfolio Tips-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/03/clear-and-effective-communication-in-web-design/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/03/clear-and-effective-communication-in-web-design/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/26/10-steps-to-the-perfect-portfolio-website/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/26/10-steps-to-the-perfect-portfolio-website/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://dzineblog.com/2010/04/27-examples-of-impressive-resumecv-designs.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;amp;utm_medium=feed&#38;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WebWorldST+%28DzineBlog%29&#38;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://dzineblog.com/2010/04/27-examples-of-impressive-resumecv-designs.html?utm_source=feedburner&#38;amp;utm_medium=feed&#38;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WebWorldST+%28DzineBlog%29&#38;amp;utm_content=Google+Reader&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-Getting Paid!-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;For a good Mac app try Billings:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.marketcircle.com/billings/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.marketcircle.com/billings/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Here is a list of some great online invoicing apps:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://freelanceswitch.com/money/7-online-invoicing-apps-for-freelancers/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://freelanceswitch.com/money/7-online-invoicing-apps-for-freelancers/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Articles that guide you on how to determine you pricing strategy:&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://freelanceswitch.com/blog/explore/#2&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://freelanceswitch.com/blog/explore/#2&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-Websites for Design Inspiration-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2007/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2007/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/2008-design-trends/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/2008-design-trends/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2009/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.webdesignerwall.com/trends/best-of-css-design-2009/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/05/45-fresh-clean-and-impressive-designs/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/03/05/45-fresh-clean-and-impressive-designs/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/14/web-design-trends-for-2009/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/14/web-design-trends-for-2009/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/20/45-more-excellent-blog-designs/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/20/45-more-excellent-blog-designs/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/30/50-fresh-portfolio-websites-for-your-inspiration/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/30/50-fresh-portfolio-websites-for-your-inspiration/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-WordPress-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/19/so-you-want-to-create-wordpress-themes-huh/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://net.tutsplus.com/site-builds/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://net.tutsplus.com/site-builds/how-to-create-a-wordpress-theme-from-scratch/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-most-wanted-wordpress-tricks-and-hacks/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-most-wanted-wordpress-tricks-and-hacks/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-jQuery-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;a href=&#34;http://jquery.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://jquery.com/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://flowplayer.org/tools/index.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://flowplayer.org/tools/index.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
&#60;a href=&#34;http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;&#60;strong&#62;-Twitter-&#60;/strong&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Eric Meyer         :   @meyerweb&#60;br /&#62;
Jeffrey Zeldman    :   @zeldman&#60;br /&#62;
Cameron Moll       :   @cameronmoll&#60;br /&#62;
Jason Santa Maria  :   @jasonsantamaria&#60;br /&#62;
John Resig         :   @jeresig&#60;br /&#62;
WordPress          :   @wordpress&#60;br /&#62;
Andy Clarke        :   @malarkey&#60;br /&#62;
Paul Irish         :   @paul_irish&#60;br /&#62;
A List Apart       :   @alistapart&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;-Nalin
&#60;/p&#62;</description>
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			<title>mike.clark on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-477</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>mike.clark</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;As a follow-up to some of your questions from today ...&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Flash video players that are decent:&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://jquery.malsup.com/media/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://jquery.malsup.com/media/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://flowplayer.org/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://flowplayer.org/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;I recommend trying those out and see which one is the easiest to work with. For hosting video, YouTube is obviously the most popular option but Vimeo is great as well.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;For the future, look into HTML5 video (but be aware of the on-going codec debate between Ogg/H.264). YouTube and Vimeo are already demoing HTML5 players for their content. Here's an HTML5 video player to use in sites: &#60;a href=&#34;http://jilion.com/sublime/video&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://jilion.com/sublime/video&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- - -&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Animation on the web:&#60;br /&#62;
Flash is the current go-to for this sort of thing, but also look to the future and what's going on with HTML5's canvas element. Try searching &#34;html5 canvas&#34; and &#34;html5 animation&#34; to turn up some interesting examples. Learning about this now could get you ahead of the competition once you graduate. Flash CS5+ might even be a viable option for exporting HTML5/canvas in some cases ...&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;See also:&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.canvasdemos.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.canvasdemos.com/&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.optimum7.com/internet-marketing/web-development/pure-css3-spiderman-ipad-cartoon-jquery-html5-no-flash.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.optimum7.com/internet-marketing/web-development/pure-css3-spiderman-ipad-cartoon-jquery-html5-no-flash.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://cs.helsinki.fi/u/ilmarihe/canvas_animation_demo/mozcampeu09.html&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://cs.helsinki.fi/u/ilmarihe/canvas_animation_demo/mozcampeu09.html&#60;/a&#62;&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Mike
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			<title>mike.clark on "Mike &#38; Nalin&#039;s talk"</title>
			<link>http://forum.wddmportfolios.com/topic/mike-nalins-talk#post-476</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>mike.clark</dc:creator>
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			<description>&#60;p&#62;Hi all,&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Mike here - below are my notes from today's talk and some links you'll hopefully find useful. I'll try to keep an eye on this thread for the next little while so let me know if you have any questions related to today.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Take Aways from the Program&#60;br /&#62;
- try a bit of everything, then start to specialize&#60;br /&#62;
- develop a network of peers (learn from and push each other)&#60;br /&#62;
- complete assignments and move on - each project will be better than the last&#60;br /&#62;
- collaborate with those who have complimentary skills&#60;br /&#62;
- think about design as problem-solving - have reasons for your decisions&#60;br /&#62;
- practice with what's coming, what's established&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;The Job Hunt&#60;br /&#62;
- willingness and ability to learn more important than what you know (junior positions are all about your potential)&#60;br /&#62;
- a network of peers is almost essential for getting your foot in the *right* door&#60;br /&#62;
- be involved in the community (peers from school, local *Camps, Ignite Events, Refresh Events, FITC, NXNEi, Drupal Users Group, Twitter, Facebook, Dribbble, etc.)&#60;br /&#62;
- tell people you're looking (keep yourself in their heads, use their networks too)&#60;br /&#62;
- I don't recommend relying in freelance to pay the bills - at least not in the first year&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Day in the Life&#60;br /&#62;
- &#34;CMS Web Designer&#34; at UofT - everything from one-page brochure-ware sites to large CMS sites for entire faculties, central university services.&#60;br /&#62;
- design lead for projects: initial meeting, IA, design, theme coding, support&#60;br /&#62;
- other team members dedicated to training, back-end development&#60;br /&#62;
- ~150 clients and growing&#60;br /&#62;
- ~12 projects on the go at any time&#60;br /&#62;
- Proprietary enterprise CMS (.NET), WordPress 3 (PHP), Drupal 7 (PHP)&#60;br /&#62;
- balance the needs of the client business (managing the site, required functionality), their users (IA/design), the budget ($5k-$30k for most websites, $5k-$100k for web apps), the timeline (2 weeks - 2 years)&#60;br /&#62;
- HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, PHP&#60;br /&#62;
- Photoshop, Coda, Firebug/Web Developer Toolkit, VMWare Fusion, IETester&#60;br /&#62;
- Firefox, Safari, Chrome, IE 6/7/8/9&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Workflow: Creative brief, kick-off meeting, information architecture, pen and paper sketches, wireframes, static mock-ups and/or web prototypes, design meeting, debugging, staging site, client training, content prep, documentation, final tweaks, content freeze, cross fingers, launch&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Atmosphere: small team (4 people total), time management and independent work a must, teamwork also essential for some tasks, projects. Able to communicate with clients, both to guide them through the IA/content strategy as well as developing and defending designs&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Enterprise CMS: Big sites (UofT sees 3,000,000 hits/day), many users (Faculty of Medicine = 200 active site users), fine control over user groups, rolls and workflows, fine control over media and other digital assets, professionally documented and supported, consistent user experience across multiple sites, lack agility, awkwardly integrates community features into an unrelated document management, event management or content management model, closed API (difficult to develop custom plugins/modules for, integrate with secure authorization, etc.)&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Enterprise CMS (Part 2): Solve closed source problems by adopting an enterprise-worthy open source CMS (Drupal). Develop standardized UofT base template and best practices with UofT Drupal Users Group. Develop university-vetted custom modules for secure authentication, etc. For other projects that don't require an enterprise-level solution, WordPress is very agile (quick to set up, design/develop themes for, add content to and launch) and a popular solution.&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Post-Recession: University environment is largely sheltered from the rest of the job market's difficulty. Many people go back to school during a recession - the university focused on promoting itself (promotion requires online presence, new websites, etc.).&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;My (Hopefully) Useful Links&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.alistapart.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.alistapart.com/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- great articles&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://net.tutsplus.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://net.tutsplus.com/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- lots of tutorials, part of a network of sites&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://dribbble.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://dribbble.com/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- constant stream of design work&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://52weeksofux.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://52weeksofux.com/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- numerous lessons on user experience design&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/standards/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/standards/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- best practices guide&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/information_architecture_tutorial/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/information_architecture_tutorial/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- IA tutorial&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1982509/creative%20brief.docx&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1982509/creative%20brief.docx&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- my creative brief&#60;br /&#62;
- &#60;a href=&#34;http://wordpress.tv/category/how-to/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://wordpress.tv/category/how-to/&#60;/a&#62; &#38;lt;-- WordPress video tutorials&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;- Designing With Web Standards, 3rd Edition &#38;lt;-- If you only buy one book, consider this one&#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62;Interview questions: &#60;a href=&#34;http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcxrv3q7_41dr5dktc4&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&#62;http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcxrv3q7_41dr5dktc4&#60;/a&#62;
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