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Innovative Individuals: Ashley Wells
Ashley Wells, Executive Creative Director at msnbc.com, has spent the last ten years at msnbc thinking of new ways to digitally interact with users as they consume the daily news. Ashley said that his creative team works separate from the multimedia team. “Our Creative Development department does not create traditional multimedia,” he said. “We are a collection of about 30 designers and developers—many with news backgrounds—responsible for the user-facing experience of our sites. So the overall designs and functionality of pages across devices, media players and interactive templates like timelines, charts, maps, etc. Increasingly, we invent storytelling formats for both content and advertisers.” We are happy to recognize Ashley as this week’s “Innovative Individual” for his many years of experience in UI design and development.
Multimedia guru Gabriel Dance advises on how to present data on the Web
I apologize in advance, because what I am about to show you will take up an hour of your time. However, it is well worth it to carve out this time to listen to a recent speech by Gabriel Dance, senior multimedia producer at the New York Times. Speaking at The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Dance spends over an hour talking about how he got to where he is today, what tools he uses, the importance of usability, context and transparency, and much more. I have embedded all of the videos here for your convenience, so take some time during your coffee breaks and lunch hour to be inspired by one of the best in the field!
Top ten “how-to” guides for web developers and multimedia enthusiasts
Countless sites have collected resources to help us do our job more efficiently. From lists of free open-source applications to multimedia cheat sheets, scouring the Web is sometimes the easiest way to find advice to advance our skill set. Here is my “Top-Ten” list of guides for web developers and multimedia producers from the past year …
“Django 1.0 Template Development” book review
Ultimately, buying Django 1.0 Template Development comes down to what kind of learner you are: Django’s official documentation, the Django Book, and the Django users Google Group, should give most Web developers and template authors enough to learn most of the template system, but the book can be a handy reference and walk-through that will hold your hand in a lot of sticky points. The examples in the book are bound to teach something to even the most seasoned Django developers.
Minimizing complexity in user interfaces
Smashing Magazine had an excellent post yesterday on how to deal with complexity when developing user interfaces. In it, they provided five tips to best facilitate usability on your site.
A gentle introduction to the Django Web framework
In this week’s edition of II’s summer guest blogger series, Richard Cornish discusses Django, both providing examples of Django projects and a brief history of how it came about. Cornish is an interaction designer at the Lawrence Journal-World, where Django was developed.
Data guru Edward Tufte coming to a city near you
I just found out that Edward Tufte is coming to Durham, NC, next month and I am already looking for a way to make it to his one-day course. According to his Website, Tufte will be hosting these mini conferences throughout the next three months in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Washington and Oregon. If you don’t think being taught by Tufte himself is enough to make you pay the $380 registration fee, his four books (valued at over $200) are also included! Now that’s a deal.
Designing interactives for mobile devices
Planning and designing mobile versions of interactives has become increasingly more important as our audience depends more on iPhones, BlackBerry devices and other cellphones. But wait, Flash doesn’t work on mobile devices, right? Not entirely … there might be hope for Flash developers.
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