Future Sync 2020
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Layers of the Web | Jeremy Keith | 48m |
The web evolves by layering, not rewrites: a recreated 1989 browser lives at worldwideweb.cern.ch, showing backward compatibility alongside modern features… | ||
| Think Globally, Act Locally on the Web | Eli Schutze | 31m |
About 51% of websites use English while roughly 25% of internet users are English speakers, so internationalization is an accessibility requirement. Practical… | ||
| Design from the dimension of open-source | Shodipo Ayomide | 29m |
Designers find open source intimidating but can contribute concretely: start at the GitHub issues tab and always message maintainers before coding; open issues… | ||
| Why does it takes so long turn ideas into live digital products? | Radoslav Bali | 18m |
Machine learning model at app.wizard.io converts hand-drawn sketches into clickable, themed prototypes and exportable front-end code, claiming 2 minutes 50… | ||
| Making The invisible, visible | Gareth Allen | 17m |
Creates a 360° VR tour of Geevor Mine that lets mobility‑reduced visitors access underground workings and the mill using a GoPro Fusion rig with ambisonic… | ||
| UX research and Ethnographic design for humanitarian technology | Eriol Fox | 37m |
Summarises fieldwork from two projects: Suku (peacebuilding, Rwanda and Kenya) and Dispatcher (6‑month MVP for crisis resilience), using participatory methods… | ||
| So... Graph Databases | Chris Skardon | 29m |
Graph databases treat relationships as first-class, giving index for adjacency that yields near-constant-time traversals instead of repeated relational joins… | ||
| Let's build a point of sale system, using a Vue or two! | Ramón Huidubro | 27m |
Contracted to deliver a working point-of-sale in three weeks, builds a Vue.js front end on top of Rails, uses Vue.js + Bootstrap for UI, Vuex for state, and… | ||
| Technology's impact on climate change | Natalia Waniczek | 25m |
Tech produces about 830 million tonnes CO2 (≈2% of global emissions) and the internet may use up to 20% of electricity by 2030; data centers now use ~3% of… | ||
| A History of Web Design | Niall O'Donnell | 15m |
Chronological run-through from 1991 onward maps specific changes to tools and outcomes: WWW launches, first image appears, 1994 banner ads convert at 44% click… | ||
| When the teacher becomes a student: an honest guide to becoming a developer | Ed Hazeldine | 27m |
A career-change path from four years as a secondary-school teacher to a junior role at Bluefruit Software focuses on concrete habits: use Anki flashcards for… | ||
| I Can't See: Low Vision A11y & Users | Chris DeMars | 33m |
Low vision means impairments that glasses cannot fix, including color vision deficits, reduced acuity and contrast sensitivity; global counts cite about 1.4… | ||
| A City of Learning: Digital badges for showcasing skills | Simon Wainwright | 29m |
Pilot Cities of Learning for Plymouth and Cornwall issues verifiable digital badges using the Mozilla Open Badges standard via a free pilot connection to the… | ||
| User-centred Digital Strategy | Sophie Dennis | 32m |
Defines strategy as a coherent plan to achieve a concrete, achievable goal that delivers significant positive change, and gives a practical checklist: answer… | ||
| Redefining digital experience with AI driven products | Tom Gamblin | 35m |
Argues that AI becomes a new design material and shifts work from pixel pushing to strategy, using concrete examples: recommendation (Spotify style)… | ||
| How to win attention with human-centred content | Wendy Clack | 28m |
Content must stop selling the company and answer real customer questions using tools like AnswerThePublic and AlsoAsked, talk to sales/support for FAQs, and… | ||
| Making Metrics User-centric | Sarah Marks, Philippa Carnelley | 25m |
The session claims that how consent is gained determines data quality and gives concrete steps: use double opt-in, map the user journey and gate pop-ups by… | ||
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