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Working in web design requires negotiating with clients, but how do you negotiate when your client is also your boss? Host Jose Caballer discusses this issue with in-house designer (and Groop Skool alumni!) Eric Patrick. Along with co-host Aure Gimon, the team discuss the challenges of integrating a Scrum philosophy amongst an internal design team within an established corporation. Strategies for getting early buy-in from supervisors, maintaining momentum in a challenging environment, and avoiding miscommunication within a team by aligning around user stories are all discussed. Plus Aure designs a tablet interface for ThisWeekIn!
00:00 Open
03:19 Introduction to guest Eric Patrick and co-host Aure Gimon
05:16 Reality Check for the ThisWeekIn redesign
07:00 Talking about Groop Skool with recent alumni Eric
09:00 Jose tries to fight what he calls “diddle-daddle”
10:50 The ThisWeekIn team loves GoToMeeting!
12:00 Eric talks about the challenges for developing and designing in-house
17:30 Shiny object syndrome and how to protect against it.
19:00 Pitching fixed fee, variable scope projects with an agile/scrum philosophy
20:30 Mitigating risk as you pitch projects.
22:45 Dropping in on Aure’s work on the ThisWeekIn main page developed for a tablet.
23:30 Launchpad conference for tablet developers: Jose is going to be there.
28:00 Why you need to read Seth Godin’s Ship It immediately after this episode
31:00 Planning using scrum with index cards and timing out the development process internally
32:30 “I am the world’s laziest designer”: why low-fi project planning tools help keep things fluid and open in a gropu setting
37:00 “You’re just a moderator, learn to listen to your client.”
40:00 Apple develops for the entire lifespan of the product, not the feature set
42:00 Eric talks about how you can only design successfully once you know your user’s stories
45:00 Building user story based off of Aure’s work and our user profiles
47:00 Self-sufficiency as an entrepreneur and as a viewer of ThisWeekIn
49:00 Building a “culture of execution”
54:00 The team riffs on Aure’s prototype design to create more user-based functionality
59:00 Groop Skool discounts for alumni and Producer’s Program members
Duration : 1:11:4
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Hide your wife, hide your kids, we’ve got a Design Battle on our hands!
Last week you saw Jose build on Aure’s wireframes for the ThisWeekIn Web Design redesign, today the two designers battle live on the internet! That’s right, Jose and show favorite Aure Gimon will simultaneously riff on design concepts, competing and collaborating to see which is the wildest web design gunslinger of the west. And of course, by watching live you’ll pick up some great tips and techniques from two of the best designers going on the internet today.
00:00 Open
00:30 web design Battle introduction
01:35 Robert Haydock, our first member of the Producer Program joins us on set
02:02 Blank Spaces and the joys of co-working spaces
02:45 Why did you join the Producer Program?
03:20 How was the pace of the Groop Skool event?
03:45 Jose reads the Groop Skool reviews on air for the first time.
06:30 The treu benefits of the Producer Program: watch the show as preparation and then go to Groop Skool for the real world practice
08:00 Prepping for the Web Design battle with Aure Gimon.
09:15 Talking with Aure about designing with a creative brief in mind
10:30 Talking about competitors and media partnerships
11:20 Setting up two different perspectives for approaching the design process
12:20 Avoiding too many restrictions in the design phase
13:05 Robert talks about meeting Eric Ries of The Lean Startup
16:30 Jose talks about benefits and learning curve of applying lean development to web design
18:30 Announcing Groop Skool 3, November 12th and 13th
21:45 How does Lean Methodology transfer over to web design?
24:00 The importance of committing to process
27:00 Finally, the battle starts!
28:00 Choosing fonts (just read Stop Stealing Sheep and Learn How Fonts Work)
31:00 Finding a foundry and chasing type trends
36:40 House Industries
37:45 MyFonts.com as a great source for fonts
38:15 Checking in with Aure and how he prioritizes page layout
41:30 DaFont.com – full of bad free fonts and some hidden gems
43:45 Jose and Aure compare their work so far.
45:45 Using Adobe’s Kuler website to generate color combinations
49:30 How crazy can you get with a logo?
53:30 “That K is hideous”
55:30 “A logo is a vessel that you inject meaning into over time”
58:30 Comparing Aure’s work to Jose’s
Duration : 1:9:24
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Drupal expert Chris Stauffer returns to discuss designing with Drupal in mind as Jose and Xin build out the ThisWeekIn features within the proposed sitemap.
00:35 Introducing Xin Chung and Chris Stauffer
01:16 Jose describes the challenges of defining scope with a client
03:18 The importance of insurance, and how Hiscox can help
07:15 Prioritization of features with the team and the client
09:44 Chris explains the why and the how of the MOSCOW process
12:40 Estalishing the topline priorities for ThisWeekIn
15:35 Designing with a known budget or blue sky ideas.
18:46 Chris brings up features that the team had not thought of in previous sessions.
20:45 “Chunky violent” design style.
21:20 Chris defines “solar search” for the team.
25:48 The far-reaching ramifications of designing user profiles.
32:30 Taking a step back and looking at the priorities at a macro level.
34:23 Using Drupal to easily establish user permissions.
41:45 How to build a promotional infrastructure within the ThisWeekIn site.
46:45 Stepping back to see if there are any missed features, we realize the sponsor user profile hasn’t been fully addressed.
Duration : 1:5:32
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Aure builds out the ThisWeekIn web design sitemap in Illustrator as Jose and guest Victoria Heric build a pen and paper version, demonstrating two techniques for approaching sitemap creation.
00:39 Guest Introductions, Victoria Heric of David & Goliath
03:18 Aure finally gets insurance with Hiscox
08:28 Reviewing the site architecture
09:18 Using Illustrator to build a sitemap
11:20 Designing hierarchy within the sitemap
14:35 Getting in the zone as a project manager
17:52 Working collaboratively on a sitemap originally generated in Illustrator
19:10 The importance of working with a hybrid approach while designing sitemaps
24:43 Aure and Victoria discuss approaches for planning a site’s development
26:08 Jose breaks down projects into Execution, Inception, and Launch categories
27:35 Prioritizing with the client using the MOSCOW process
30:19 Jose encourages viewers to have fun with the prioritization process
31:08 The Design Tackle Box
32:58 It’s only live television as Jose drenches his laptop
33:45 Defining the Assessment category for the ThisWeekIn website
35:21 Determining the importance of a sitewide Blog and it’s relevance to Community
39:14 The team discuss the importance of forums on the ThisWeekIn website
40:41 Brainstorming methods to integrate sponsors into the website redesign beyond banner ads
44:02 Designing the user experience of the Assesment process
50:54 The site is starting to sound like one giant dating service
54:04 Sink Or Swim for Skye Crue Media
55:47 Choosing typefaces and Stop Stealing Sheep and Learn How Type Works
58:19 Jose talks about storytelling within identity design
Duration : 1:12:59
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Watch Jose & Aure work, as they demonstrate various wireframing techniques as they break down the ThisWeekIn website.
00:50 Introductions and the show tagline. Business, Technology, Marketing, and Design versus Watch Us Work
01:20 Welcome Sherryl Anderson, our first Executive Producer!
2:45 Announcing a new Groop Skool event
07:00 When woking on wireframes do you manipulate one concept and iterate, or do you start with multiple concepts and assemble elements from the various ideas?
07:48 Redesigning art Center College of Design’s site
09:00 Designing with “the Wedge” in mind
09:31 How do you integrate graphics direction while wireframing?
10:33 Do you begin with a set of templates when wireframing?
12:35 Have you considered using InDesign for web layouts?
14:25 Do you user-test wireframe sketches?
17:37 When do you bring in your clients for wireframe reviews?
19:28 The importance of insurance for designers
25:35 Aure demonstrates Illustrator for wireframing
27:00 Sketching out the ThisWeekIn ecosystem
29:00 Discovering the need for a viewer Assessment tool within the ThisWeekIn website
33:55 Brainstorming methods for assessing viewers needs
39:40 Jose references back to the Workbook to remind the client of the brand attributes
42:13 Creating user profiles that matter
46:44 Jose reinforces the strategy of always referencing the Workbook to guide planning with the client
49:45 Designing the show page
56:00 Looking at the wireframe from the perspective of our user profiles
58:12 Managing client’s expectations
Duration : 1:11:39
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Jose and Aure share best practices in estimation, planning and keeping web projects on track.
0:00 Welcome to TWi web design with Aure Gimon, Xin Chung, & Victoria Heric
3:45 Xin Chung talks about his background
5:00 Jose talks about the benefits of having a talented producer that can provide transparency to your clients as they manage projects.
7:23 What are the differences between working as a producer within agile development and working as a producer within an agency model?
10:13 The panel discuss producer Best Practices, arguing the benefits of products like Basecamp and Google Docs.
15:20 Jose asks Victoria how she handles the fast pace of an agency environment that involves complicated scheduling and intense dependencies?
17:10 So are you all agile?
19:14 The benefits of documenting a project in case something goes sideways.
20:26 Hiscox is incredible for small business! www.hiscoxusa.com/smallbiz
22:59 Project Managers versus Producers – what’s the difference?
27:01 Who should have creative input?
28:37 Jose and Aure have had both titles, what’s best for the client?
30:07 Creative Technical Producers?
32:01 Game design is not web development!
33:10 The confusion around job title prefixes.
33:59 A user asks for advice around asset management.
37:26 Jose predicts Google Plus will kill Basecamp!
38:11 Jose demonstrates PB Works infrastructure
39:15 Xin talks the challenge of keeping game development in order.
40:45 To Gantt charts or not to Gantt chart – who do you show what?
44:17 Tactical versus strategic, and the Church of Confucius
45:30 Jose asks Aure what he wants as a producer.
46:29 Creatives don’t read e-mails?
47:13 Jose sums up the discussion on the benefits of a great producer managing at any level of production.
48:13 Sink or Swim!
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