September 26th, 2008

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:51 PM // 0 CommentsIntroducing the Django Debug Toolbar

One of the most useful third-party Django apps yet! Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:47 PM // 0 CommentsBeautiful new city homepages / The EveryBlock Blog

Wonderful design work by Wilson Miner on the new EveryBlock city homepages. Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:28 PM // 0 CommentsDjango’s release process

Now that 1.0 is out the door, the Django team has put together a release process document. Looks good to me. Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:21 PM // 0 CommentsFive CSS design browser differences I can live with

Good stuff by Andy Clarke. I would suggest if you can’t live with these browser differences, you’re not really understanding the way modern CSS is supposed to work. Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:18 PM // 0 Commentsdjango-grappelli

Impressive-looking skin for the Django admin interface. Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 7:17 PM // 10 CommentsAndy Clarke: Time to stop showing clients static design visuals

I totally agree with Andy that it makes a lot of sense to show clients HTML/CSS/JS prototypes rather than static visuals, but I’m not sure how to reconcile this with the needs of our clients, as well as our resources at Blue Flavor. For us, the trouble with interactive prototypes is twofold:

  1. Clients tend to want to see constant updates along the way. If we don’t show them anything until we’ve got an interactive prototype, they’re not going to be very happy.
  2. Getting all the way to an interactive prototype is a lot of work. If we get there, show it to clients, and it turns out they’re not happy with the direction, we have to re-do a ton of work. This is one of the main reasons we like to show a lot of progress along the way. If at any point the client isn’t satisfied, we can’t quickly change course without redoing a whole lot of work.

In short: I totally agree with Andy, but saying “we should do interactive prototypes instead of static design visuals,” is the easy part. Figuring out how to actually make that work within your business model is harder. If you can pull it off, awesome. Visit site »

Link // 09.26.2008 // 6:41 PM // 1 CommentWDS08: Workshop Day One: Django-a-gogo!

Michael McCorry came to my Web Directions workshop and was kind enough to write up a mini-review on his blog. Awesome. Thanks, Michael — was great meeting you! Visit site »

Status // 09.26.2008 // 5:37 PM // 0 Comments

At SYD, waiting for flight home to the States. Sad. I don’t want to leave. Love it here! Thanks, #WDS08!

Photo // 09.26.2008 // 3:22 PM // 0 Comments // Sydney, New South Wales
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