John Athayde
Designer and Developer. Borderline Unicorn.
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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John Athayde is a designer and developer who spends his days fighting bad coding practices in the Rails view layer. He is currently the VP of Design for PowerFleet. He has also run Meticulous (a UX and design consultancy) since 1997. Prior to PowerFleet, he was the VP of Design for CargoSense and before that, the Lead for UI/UX and Front-end Development–Internal Apps at LivingSocial. In the past, he also was the lead designer at InfoEther and ran Hyphenated People with Amy Hoy. He is currently running a small permaculture farm outside of Charlottesville where he can garden and play in the dirt with his wife and four children. He's spent the past few months building a greenhouse from scratch. In his free time, he plays guitar and keyboards for the DC-based band, Juniper Lane, and works on his solo music project, Rotoscope. He co-authored “The Rails View” with Bruce Williams. He holds his Masters in Architecture from the Catholic University of America.
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UX for Developers
Lean teams can’t afford to wait for a waterfall 30-page design document to show up on their desks in order to ship. We need to be flexible and fast. To that end, some basic principles can help you solve design problems when there’s no designer available or the spec is incomplete. We'll cover some basics and get you set on the path to being able to be a co-owner of the experience.
Build Software Like Pixar Makes Movies
Pixar is a creative powerhouse. They're responsible for reinventing Disney animation, and it all comes down to creative process. But most people don't realize is that Pixar is a hardware and software company that made movies to figure out what they could do with their tools.
In this talk we'll look at Pixar's history, process, and how we can apply that to building our own products with intensive user research, constant refactoring, and infectious collaboration. Learn about the benefits of hiring varied discipline individuals and teaching them their jobs, with experience from similar programs at LivingSocial Engineering.
Ideally would have A/V hookup.
John Athayde
Designer and Developer. Borderline Unicorn.
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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