Monday, Mar 17, 2008
Designing with patterns: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast
Come hear Christian Crumlish and I share what we’ve learned, what works, and what we will never ever do again at Comcast and Yahoo!
Christian Crumlish and I will share design pattern lessons learned at this year’s IA Summit in Miami. Christian will talk about his experience with Yahoo’s design pattern library while I’ll share what we’ve done at Comcast Interactive Media.
Presentation info
| Designing with patterns in the real world: Lessons from Yahoo! and Comcast | Monday, April 14 2008, 11:45 – 12:30PM |
Presentation description
- Can you streamline web design and development with design patterns? Really? How?
- Do patterns help or hinder agile user-centered design?
- Do design patterns stifle innovation?
We’ll share what we’ve learned about bootstrapping pattern libraries from scratch and how to “extract” patterns from existing products.
We’ll share stories (er, I mean real-world case studies) to illustrate ways pattern libraries can both aid and stifle innovation, how they help solve real-world web design problems, and how they support rapid production of common IA deliverables.
We’ll bask in the glow of the “magic triangle” of patterns + code modules + wireframe templates that enable rapid prototyping and agile development, and then cower in the miserly shadow of the “iron triangle” of fast, cheap, or good.
How to structure and maintain a pattern library? Check. We’ve got you covered. How do you trick… er… get people to adopt patterns and help improve them? What tools help you do this? Are wikis the answer? How far can you get with an open-source CMS, a boatload of other people’s mistakes, spit, baling wire, and wing and a prayer?
To find out, come to Austin and Christian’s presentation where we’ll share what we’ve learned, what works, and what we will never ever do again at Comcast and Yahoo!
More information
You can find more information about the 2008 IA Summit at the conference website.
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