@anthonyvsshark Hey! Where do you sell your WP themes? I'm looking for some cool designer-driven themes myself. Thanks. #ro-bits
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Thanks, Jenny!
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SXSWi is just around the corner (March 9-13). There is so much activity in Austin, I can’t begin to cover it all. Since I won’t be going this year I’ll be eavesdropping via Twitter! You can too: here’s a log of all #SXSWi activity. Dive in!
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This week I chat with Kristofer Layon about his two big projects. Aesthete Software, an iPhone app design and delivery company and Two Apps Per Day conference, which introduces designers to iPhone app design and iPhone app building and distribution. Kris has released apps for kids and apps for clinicians and medical staff around the world.
This is part two of two. Read part one if you missed it.
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Number of additional employees: solo design practice — it’s just me!
Aesthete Software website: http://www.aesthetesoftware.com/
Aesthete Software Twitter: http://twitter.com/aestheteware
Two Apps Per Day website: http://www.twoappsperday.com/
Two Apps Per Day Twitter: http://twitter.com/twoappsperday
In a very sincere way, this workshop is an outgrowth of my app design experience and overall design philosophy, warts and all. So I am aiming for an experience that is not particularly razzle-dazzle or infotainment, though I do hope to continually improve the quality of my content and presentation and learn from the experience. But my major goal is to instruct, not to entertain.
One difference that I am very conscious of is my delivery of sample code that are not just snippets, but entire apps – albeit small and simple apps – that work. Every attendees gets a USB drive with these files on them, so when they get home or back to work, they have apps that work. This differs greatly from other similar events I have attended where I watch someone on stage do amazing stuff, but then when I try it later I can’t make it all work. The presenter made it look easy, but did not share enough to allow me to easily do the same thing. That’s frustrating. And designing things can be frustrating even when you know what you are doing, but at least I’m giving people a much stronger start then just inspiration and demonstration.
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This week I chat with Kristofer Layon about his two big projects. Aesthete Software, an iPhone app design and delivery company and Two Apps Per Day conference, which introduces designers to iPhone app design and iPhone app building and distribution. Kris has released apps for kids and apps for clinicians and medical staff around the world.
This is part one of two.
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Joi Ito is on the board of many world changing not-for-profit companies and is CEO of Creative Commons.
His presentation showed how open sourcing + the free web = low cost experimentation. That leads to innovative technologies, tools, and resources on which to create a better world.
He is on the board of directors for these non-profits which use the free web to create change.
“Global Voices is a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring you translations and reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media.”
http://globalvoicesonline.org/
“WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. They envision a just, equitable world in which all individuals and communities are able to defend and uphold their human rights.”
http://www.witness.org/
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This pro-bono project is designed by Fervor Creative for The Welcome To America Project. The organization provides furniture, clothing and support to refugee families coming to Phoenix. Refugees are not given much when they are welcomed into the United States, a blanket and a pillow per person from what I remember. This organization steps in and delivers a few more things to help a family settle into our culture surrounds – furniture, a couch, maybe a TV, and some volunteers to get help them settle into the new homes.
The brochure text is honest and informative. The design uses tape and marker-like brushes as design elements. It creates a tapestry that symbolizes the lives of refugees being put back together by hand. The brochure helps introduce the refugee situation to the reader though snapshots of the volunteer work, refugees moving into their new homes, and sprinkled with quotes from those helped or who have helped the cause.
Carolyn Manning, the founder of WTAP was bestowed the honor of CNN Hero for 2009. See her story and many more here.
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