Workshops
The following workshops will be held on Wed., January 18, 2012 at the Hudson Hotel meeting rooms. Times and speakers are subject to change.
Wed., Jan. 18, 2012:
Morning Workshops, 9:00am – 12:30pm
The Future of Web Design Isn’t Just the Web
Samantha Starmer
As we become ever more surrounded by technology, the landscape between the physical and digital environments is becoming increasingly intertwined. We use computers to order pizza delivery, an iPad to find the nearest public restroom, and unlock a rental car with our phone.
This ubiquity of technology means that consumers are increasingly more demanding – expecting immediate and seamless interactions anytime, anywhere and across all environments. But although technology is increasingly integrated into our lives, holistic experiences across channels and devices are few and far between. In this interactive workshop, Samantha will provide specific tools and recommendations for creating holistic, interactive experiences that resonate in all channels and surroundings.
Adaptive Web Design
Aaron Gustafson
In this Workshop, Aaron Gustafson will teach you everything you need to know about modern web design with progressive enhancement. Whether you are a novice or an experienced professional, you will walk away from this workshop with a greater understanding of what progressive enhancement is and how to implement this philosophy in your own work.
During the course of the workshop, Aaron will mentor you on best practices as you work together to build a web page from the content out.
Building HTML5 Games
Jesse Freeman
HTML 5 Gaming is rapidly evolving and there has never been a better time to give it a try. This workshop focuses on using Impact JS to create amazing retro style games in the browsers without a plugin. Impact takes advantage of Canvas, JavaScript and modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, FireFox, IE 9+) to deliver fast fluid games directly in the browser. Even better is that Impact JS works on mobile browsers too. Impact JS also works great natively on iOS since you can compile your Impact JS game in XCode to take advantage of Open GL graphics and Open CL for sound.
Wed., Jan. 18, 2012:
Afternoon Workshops, 1:30am – 5:00pm
How to Use Scifi to Create Better Interfaces
Nathan Shedroff
SciFi and other speculative interfaces can unlock possibilities for new interactions in any product or service. This workshop will quickly share lessons culled from imaginative interfaces unconstrained from traditional constraints, with examples, and prompts attendees to brainstorm around these lessons to unlock new aspects of their existing projects. Then, attendees will develop their own projects using these inspirations.
All levels of experience can benefit from this unique perspective and gain valuable insights. Likewise, any product or service interface can be enhanced with these lessons.
Zombie Apocalypse of Devices Preparedness 101
Jason Grigsby and Lyza Danger Gardner
Today’s web is being overrun by mobile devices. iPhone. iPad. Blackberry. Windows Phone 7. Symbian. WebOS. There’s too many to keep up with and that’s before you talk about the fragmention mess called Android. How do you take your current web design and development chops and uplevel them to face the neverending onslaught of new phones, tablets and devices–this so called zombie apocalypse of devices?
You’ll leave the workshop armed with the skills you need to build mobile web sites and knowledge needed to face any new form factors that may yet come. From small to large screens, from mobile phones to Internet-connected refrigerators, you’ll be ready to handle anything.
HTML5 + CSS3 = Your Web Design Future
Jason Cranford Teague
How you design web pages is changing — rapidly. Styles that once could only be accomplished by kludging together graphics, are now easily achieved using pure code. Part of being a great web designer is understanding the medium you are designing for, recognizing its weaknesses and pushing its strengths. Understanding this balance is also core to creating web sites using the philosophy of progressive enhancement, a web design philosophy that says that pages don’t have to look the same in every browser, they just have to be usable.
It’s time you learned how to design Interactive Web pages leveraging the new CSS3 technologies that will allow designers to quickly add gradients, drop shadows, rounded corners, and variety of static and interactive design styles to their Web pages.
Thurs., Jan. 19, 2012:
Morning Workshops, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Web Standards Playground
Join Adobe Developer Evangelist Kevin Hoyt for a hands-on walk through of some of the latest and greatest in emerging web standards. Perfect for the developer who has been wanting to explore all the shiny new toys, but just has not had the time to get around to it.
This workshop will cover Web Sockets, File, Web Storage, Indexed Database, Web Workers, Canvas, Device Orientation, Geolocation, CSS3 Animation and more. Come with the latest Chrome and Firefox browsers, leave with a bag full of new tricks.
Things Every Designer Should Know About Creating for Devices
In this brave new world of web standards, mobile devices and tablets, what do you need to know to be successful as a designer? It is a fast paced world we work in and this session will demystify the technology alphabet soup of UX, UI, CSS, HTML5, jQuery Mobile and Sencha Touch so you can boldly execute on your next project (or at least sound really smart in meetings).
Adobe Evangelist Paul Trani will not only share the ins and outs of our changing mobile interactive and social world, but you’ll get your hands dirty with each technology. Paul will cover…
- Fundamentals of mobile design and user experience.
- The latest in HTML5 and CSS3
- Popular frameworks including jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch and PhoneGap
Just bring a clear mind, your favorite HTML editor and a Chrome browser. (Devices optional.)
Thurs., Jan. 19, 2012:
Afternoon Workshop, 1:30am – 5:00pm
Web Typography Workshop:Half the Web Sucks, How Do We Fix It?
How are “real” web fonts transforming the web, and can you show me exactly how to implement them? How do I pick the ideal font for my web site? How do I know which fonts go together? What are the common crimes against legibility and aesthetics, and how do I escape punishment? How do I set perfect type: color, spacing, line length and size?
Typography guru Thomas Phinney of Extensis brings his popular webcasts to a workshop format. Besides showing you all the most important things you need to know to select fonts and set web type, the workshop will do group critiques of a bunch of web sites: feel free to bring one or more URLs of sites you’d like to have critiqued (your own or others), and write them on the “site critique sheet” at the beginning of the class.
