March 7, 2018 — Ana Cirujano nos dará algunas recomendaciones de composición de textos optimizados para todos los dispositivos, que nos ayudarán a construir mejores sitios web responsive para todos los usuarios. Tipo de letra, tamaño, interlineado, ancho de línea… aprenderemos a tomar decisiones de diseño para conseguir comunicar eficazmente, que nuestros usuarios disfruten más del sitio web y que aumente el tiempo de permanencia en la página y obtengamos más visitas.

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February 26, 2018 — WordPress has always been about websites, but it’s not just about websites. It’s about freedom and possibility. When we build websites for ourselves and others we are democratizing publishing for everyone regardless of language, ability, or economic wherewithal.

At Automattic, we believe Inclusive Design is essential to this mission. We’re inspired by the work of Kat Holmes and her clear articulation of design as needing to be increasingly inclusive — especially in the technology world.

Inclusive Design is for those who want to make great products for the greatest number of people. A philosophy of openness that matches the freedoms of WordPress, yet also offers a practical approach to growing your business. To reach more people, to find a larger addressable market by recognizing exclusion and learning from diversity. As Kat says, “Solve for one, extend to many.”

In this talk I’ll share the most important principles of Inclusive Design illustrated with stories from product improvements in our work at Automattic for WordPress.com and Jetpack (https://design.blog/inclusive/).

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February 20, 2018 — Join Ashleigh Axios for behind-the-scenes insights into how communication design and community building were developed in-house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue during the Obama administration. Ashleigh will show-and-tell how her small design team transformed daunting challenges into successful digital campaigns. Behind the projects, hear her team’s scalable tactics for tackling limited resources, overcoming impossibly quick timelines, and experimenting while in the public spotlight.

February 9, 2018 — Does My Logo Suck? A Talk on Good Design

February 8, 2018 — As a part of the design team for the biggest WordPress conference in the world — WordCamp Europe, I worked on branding, website theme and various other tasks. As a designer, it was challenging working under “constraints” of open–source, but I pulled through and learned a lot in the process, and I’d like to share that experience with you.

This talk is not about which tools to use or how to pick the project to contribute to. It’s about becoming a better designer by honing your communication skills and empathy towards your colleagues and people who will end up using your designs. By volunteering and contributing to open–source projects you’ll get the opportunity to work on challenging or a particular type of projects you might not otherwise have.

The design is less about making beautiful pictures you can sign your name onto; It’s more about creating a positive impact and improving the experience of the people using it.

February 2, 2018 — Consejos visuales prácticos

Si te preguntas porqué tu web no se parece a la plantilla que compraste, o hay algo que te chirría pero no sabes que es, en esta charla te enseñaré una serie de trucos sencillos que mejoraran la apariencia de tu web.

Algo muy útil teniendo en cuenta que para el 93% de los usuarios la apariencia es un factor clave para comprar y el 52% abandona o no vuelve si no le gusta la estética de la web.

January 29, 2018 — With 721,434,547 internet users, China is an important destination many don’t know much about. Teodora will share her experience on what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to WordPress in China. Starting from hosting WordPress sites to design and plugins that can help businesses be seen in China.

January 29, 2018 — In this talk, we’ll look at some of the problems and issues with responsive design and then we’ll look at how to get around these by developing a theme which is not just responsive but genuinely and entirely fluid.

The aim will be a theme where the layout remains consistent, proportional, reliable, and exactly as the designer intentioned, whatever the width of the viewport.

December 26, 2017 — Let people in the open-source community know you are listening by responding promptly.
Listen to more than just what users are saying, look for context clues to reach a greater understanding.
Fall in love with the problem, not the solution.
A language gap can still yield an experience overlap.
Don’t just listen to users’ words, observe their actions.
Don’t act like the expert, be the apprentice and let your users teach you everything they know.
Suspend your judgement in order to listen objectively.
Let data ask all the questions.

December 20, 2017 — Design is everywhere and (not behind but) the underlying foundation of everything. From the words we use, the extent of our vocabulary and how we form sentences with them (…ultimately expressing ourselves) all we have to do is look closer and realize how involved we are; every day.