Environments for Humans online Responsive Web Design Summit 2013 – Day 2 of 3

I’m attending the Environments for Humans online Responsive Web Design Summit 2013 – Day 2 of 3. I’m summarizing the talks rather than going into detail to avoid infringing on the presenters’ copyrights.

Mobile Development on a Shoestring Connection by Jenifer Hanen

• How do we design and develop for varying data and bandwidth scenarios?
• Is your app or mobile site a Data Sipper or a Data Chugger?
• How to make it flexible for either
• Let the customer choose whether to data sip or chug
• No cat images, one dog

The New Responsive Web Design Workflow by Trent Walton

• Moving from separate teams of planning/designing/developing to a much more collaborative approach
• Embracing the reality of the multi-device web
• Design systems, not pages
• Cat images

Responsive Web Design is Hard/Easy – Be Afraid/Don’t Worry! by Dan Mall

• RWD takes a new design approach: both more complicated and less
• Moving from “Here’s what your site will look like” to “Here’s what your site will feel like” – use mood and/or element collages
• Collaborating with clients as well as more collaborative in-house teams
• Cat images

Content Strategy for the Future by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

• “Build on what we do know: content.” – Chris Armstrong, The Infinite Grid
• Break content into chunks.
• 3 challenges for organizations: mass-production mentality; compartmentalized teams; obsession with control
• 3 ways to work differently: make mobile an entry point, not the end point; don’t sell solutions — collaborate; do less — facilitate more
• “Use mobile as a wedge to create a better experience for ALL users.” – Karen McGrane
• No cats

Universal Typography by Tim Brown

• Short history of print and web typography
• “People can be affected by good typography without being actively aware of it.” — Thomas Phinney
• Current state of web typography is very similar to traditional print; just as much attention to quality needed
• No cats

RWD and Client Management by Matt Griffin

•  Initial client contact: listen, interpret, give feedback, gauge response, refine
• Deliverables: user stories, written specifications, style prototypes, HTML & CSS wireframes, low-fidelity static mock-ups, HTML & CSS interactive mock-ups, HTML & CSS styleguides
• The Mythical Mobile User: we can’t predict content needs based on devices; RWD focuses on optimizing content presentation.
• Cat on unicorn with rainbow
• Also Storm Troopers