against best practices - embracing the avant garde for a weirder web
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Embracing the Avant Garde for a Weirder WebAGAINST BEST PRACTICES
Chelsea MaxwellThat Conference 2016
#ThatConference@catm0ther
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Remember when the internet was fun?Hey.
@catm0ther #ThatConference
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check out http://oneterabyteofkilobyteage.tumblr.com & Olia Lialina
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I’m Chelsea Maxwell.Hey.
@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther
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You may have noticed something
@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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http://www.novolume.co.uk/blog/all-websites-look-the-same/
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Is this a problem?
@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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boredI’m
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engagingNovelty is
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differentInnovation happens when we do something
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Nothing is
(when it comes to technology)
@catm0ther
Everything is
Innate.learned.
#ThatConference
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taughtWe them
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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Users build a mental model
@catm0ther
based on what we provide them.
#ThatConference
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orworse
@catm0ther
Better
#ThatConference
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http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history
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User research tells us
(and by “how” I mean “how weird can we get?”)
@catm0ther
in addition to
howwhat.
#ThatConference
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https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/02/silicon-copy/
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Spend time with your
@catm0ther
users.
#ThatConference
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@catm0ther
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be empathetic
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To get to a better tomorrow, some things are going to have to fail.
@catm0ther
(or at least make people uncomfortable first)
#ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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@catm0ther #ThatConference
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side projects
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@catm0ther
Let’s build somethingweirder.
#ThatConference
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thanks!
chelseamaxwell.com@catm0ther