against best practices - embracing the avant garde for a weirder web

Embracing the Avant Garde for a Weirder WebAGAINST BEST PRACTICES

Chelsea MaxwellThat Conference 2016

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Remember when the internet was fun?Hey.

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check out http://oneterabyteofkilobyteage.tumblr.com & Olia Lialina

I’m Chelsea Maxwell.Hey.

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You may have noticed something

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http://www.novolume.co.uk/blog/all-websites-look-the-same/

Is this a problem?

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boredI’m

engagingNovelty is

differentInnovation happens when we do something

Nothing is

(when it comes to technology)

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Everything is

Innate.learned.

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taughtWe them

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Users build a mental model

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based on what we provide them.

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orworse

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Better

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http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history

User research tells us

(and by “how” I mean “how weird can we get?”)

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in addition to

howwhat.

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https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/02/silicon-copy/

Spend time with your

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users.

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be empathetic

To get to a better tomorrow, some things are going to have to fail.

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(or at least make people uncomfortable first)

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side projects

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Let’s build somethingweirder.

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thanks!

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