Well, another year has passed, and I once again was unable to attend SXSWi. Find yourself in the same situation? Fear not! All is not lost!
The best part of not attending SXSWi is the week (sometimes weeks) after, when all my favorite bloggers, web designers and developers post PDFs of the slides from their presentations. Forget the “SXSW was great!” wrap-ups, and hunt down the good stuff. Get the content without the hangover!
There are a few stand-outs from this year — get ’em while they’re hot!
Web Typography Sucks
Okay, so I do wish I could have seen this presentation. Richard Rutter of Clearleft and Mark Boulton, (one of my favorite online author on the subject of typography), offer up this gem. Lots of examples and how-to’s on design essentials. Snag the PDF with notes.
Oh Yeeaahh!
Grid-master Khoi Vin serves up another excellent study in designing on the grid. First thing that grabbed me here? Start with the ads. The above link it to his post about it, which is well worth the read, or jump straight to the PDF here.
While you’re there, check out his T.G.I. Interwebr’s Grill.
Twitter, to which I have recently sold my soul, was apparently all the rage this year. My friend Jeremy, who was lucky enough to go, had some pretty interesting stories to tell about watching parties shift based on someone’s Twitter update. The always worth reading Chrisistopher Fahey had some pretty interesting observations on the phenomenon.
I’m sure there are more out there, but this should keep you busy for a while – it certainly has for me. With people like Richard Rutter, Mark Boulton, Khoi Vin and Christopher Fahey, how can you go wrong?