You don't know what you don't know - How to design for Drupal

jeffnoyes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:29:11 +0000

This session is for designers who are new, or moderately new to Drupal. During this session, we'll explore common user centered design methodologies and map them to architecting an experience in Drupal.

By the end of this session, you will have a solid grasp of:
- Why you might use Drupal over Wordpress or Joomla
- Installing Drupal locally without technical knowledge. Alternatively, using Acquia Garden as your base.
- Drupal's features and major add-ons. What's possible in Drupal and how would you go about defining it.

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Speaker bio:

Jeff Noyes is an interaction designer with Acquia where he facilitates the design efforts of Acquia.com and Acquia Gardens. During lulls, you can find him lingering around IRC trying to help improve the Drupal experience. Jeff has over 14 years in the experience field and has worked for major brands like Coca Cola, Fidelity Investments, Bank of America, Freightliner, John Deere, Nestle, etc.

Functional Interactive Design

Laura Scott — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:04:49 +0000

Ever walk up to a door and pull on the handle, only to discover the door is push-only? Do you really know how to operate your clock-radio? Doors may be pretty, clocks may look cool, but when we have to actually use them, the measure of their design changes.

Same with websites. A website may be pretty at first blush, but can you find what you're looking for? Can you do what you want to do? Can you even figure out what you're supposed to do?

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Speaker bio:

Laura Scott is President and Creative Director of pingVision, an interactive design and development company founded in 2005, based in Boulder, Colorado. Laura has been designing websites since 1995, working in video, film, television, and multimedia. Since 2004 she has been working with Drupal almost exclusively for web development. Laura has presented on design and technology at BlogHer 2006, OSCMS 2007 and DrupalCon Boston 2008.

DrupalConParis2009 - interaction design

You don't know what you don't know - How to design for Drupal

Functional Interactive Design