UX London 2017 - YouTube
If you’ve never been to UX London, this short video communicates the flavour of the event nicely.
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Take a closer look at the patterns in our language. | Clearleft
Ellen goes through the principles behind the tone of voice on the new Clearleft site:
- Our clients are the heroes and heroines, we facilitate their journey.
- Speak as an individual doing whatever it is you love. Expose lovable details.
- Use the imperative, kill the “-ing”.
- Be evocative and paint the picture. Show don’t tell.
- Be a practical friend.
- Be inquisitive. Ask smart questions that need solving.
Sketching at Clearleft.
An interview with Batesy that gives a nice insight into life at Clearleft.
He’s sketching mad, that one!
Fractal Iterations | Clearleft
Danielle and Mark have been working flat out on Fractal. Here’s the roadmap they’re working to.
Stateside Super 8 on Vimeo
Ben made a music video of the recent Clearleft outing to New York.
From Pages to Patterns – Charlotte Jackson - btconfBER2016 on Vimeo
The video of Charlotte’s excellent pattern library talk that she presented yesterday in Berlin.
Benjamin Parry @benjaminparry ~ Why I Volunteer And Why You Should Too
Benjamin’s retrospective on three years of volunteering at web conferences, some of them run by Clearleft.
Fractal v1.0 | Clearleft
Mark sets the scene for Fractal, the fantastic tool he’s built for generating pattern libraries.
This 1.0 release is just a start; it hopefully provides a solid foundation on which we (and anyone else who wants to contribute) can build and expand on in the future.
Exciting!
Fractal Documentation
This is the tool that we use at Clearleft to generate pattern libraries. It’s pretty damn cool. Mark built it. It’s pretty damn cool.
My talk writing process (so far) | Charlotte Jackson, Front-end developer
Charlotte outlines the process she used in creating her talk at Dot York. It was a real joy to see it come together.
On Building Component Libraries | Clearleft
Mark has dumped his brains!
Seriously, there is a lot of thought that has gone into this, and it’s just the beginning: Mark recounts the experience that Clearleft has had with delivering pattern libraries, laying the groundwork for releasing the library-generating tool that he has been building.
Watch this space.
Jon Aizlewood | Visual inventories for agile design
Jon outlines his technique for keeping “the 30,000 foot” view when patterns are coalescing during a project.
See also: Andy P.’s experience of working with Jon this way.
A 5 day sprint with Clear Left exploring library self-service machine software – Leon Paternoster
Myself and Batesy spent last week in Ipswich doing an intense design sprint with Suffolk Libraries. Leon has written up process from his perspective as the client—I’ll try to get a case study up on the Clearleft website soon.
This is really great write-up; it captures the sense of organised chaos:
I can’t recommend this kind of research sprint enough. We got a report, detailed technical validation of an idea, mock ups and a plan for how to proceed, while getting staff and stakeholders involved in the project — all in the space of 5 days.
What a year! What next? | Charlotte Jackson, Front-end developer
I got a little verklempt reading this.
Building the UX London website by Charlotte Jackson
Charlotte talks through some of the techniques she used when she was building the site for this year’s UX London, with a particular emphasis on improving perceived performance.
Day 70: Jeremy’s Got Slack Socks
Yeah, you’re jealous.
Andy Budd, Unsung Hero No.51 - Brighton Source
An interview with Andy, reminiscing about the early days of Clearleft.
Clearleft 10th birthday party | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
We celebrated ten years of Clearleft’s existence this weekend. A splendid time was had by all!
Crafting A Bridge Between Storytelling & UX Design
I kind of want to link to every one of John’s post chronicling his 90 days at Clearleft, but this one is particular good, I think: how narrative ideas from the world of storytelling can help unlock some design problems.
Growing your business
I enjoyed chatting with Marcus and Paul on the Boagworld podcast …mostly because I managed to avoid the topic at hand by discussing sci-fi for half an hour before we settled to the boring stuff about work, business, and all that guff.