Design hacks for the pragmatic minded
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Claims that developers can apply small, pragmatic design hacks to docs, presentations and products; recommends classic fonts (Helvetica Arial Georgia Monaco), raises line-height, and uses a baseline grid and equal padding equal to font size. Advises start in grayscale then add color, shows the squish test and stepping code one line at a time for slides (aim ~40 chars wide, ~4 lines). Cites practical tools: Pictos (648 icons, ~$240), magneticons, and the octocat origin as a stock illustration turned into stickers and brand identity.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:23DESIGN HACKS for the PRAGMATIC MINDED
- 1:26What's Important My favorite beer
- 2:50Developers design lots of things
- 8:21A little bit about Color
- 11:09Lesson Learned Adding black or white desaturates colors
- 11:34Cheating with Stock Icons & Images
- 12:48648 Icons PNG & Vector & Fonts $240
- 21:26Improve your Presentations
- 23:57Contrast is awesome
- 25:18Steal Everything
- 25:55Side Projects
- 26:21Practice
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