eotw 2011 closing keynote

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My closing Keynote from Edge of the Web 2011 in which I talked about patterns in our behaviour as web professionals, about pushing ourselves all the time with very little recovery and some business lessons that we can learn from athletic endeavours.

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Over the EdgeAND BACK AGAIN

Derek Featherstone @feather

Open it up.

Me, 2006 Me, 2008

How fast can I go?GIVEN THAT I HAVE A WIFE, A BUSINESS AND THREE CHILDRENTRAVEL THE WORLD SPEAKING, TEACH FITNESS CLASSES,AND NEED SLEEP.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Hours of Training

BUILD PEAK RECOVER

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Hours of Training

BUILD PEAK RECOVER

Week 1 Week 4 Week 7 Week 10 Week 13 Week 16

Hours of Training

BUILD PEAK R

Week 1 Week 8 Week 15 Week 22 Week 29 Week 36 Week 43 Week 50

Hours of Training

BUILD P R

You do these full day workshopsAND YOU’RE TOAST AFTERWARDS.

Contrast.

Contrast.PATTERN, SHAPE, DIRECTION.

Contrast in Design.SHAPE, COLOUR, SIZE, TYPEFACE

No contrast.WHEN EVERYTHING IS A HEADING, NOTHING IS.

What did I miss?THE ANSWER IS ALMOST ALWAYS: “NOTHING”

Connected.WHEN YOU’RE ALWAYS CONNECTED, YOU NEVER ARE.

TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES PRACTICE TEACHING

Model for Learning.EXPERTS TELL YOU THEN YOU GO AND IMPLEMENT.

TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES

Model for Learning.YOU ALREADY KNOW A LOT. START THERE.

PRACTICE TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING

STRADDLE THE LINE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

Theoretical Maximum.BACK OFF THE GAS.

MAKE SENSE.

Practice our craft.STRADDLE THE LINE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

DESIGN. DEVELOP. DESIGN. DEVELOP.

MAKE SENSE.RECOVER.

DESIGN. DEVELOP.PUSH YOUR LIMITS.

BUILD PEAK RECOVER BUILD PEAK RECOVER

DESIGN. DEVELOP.PUSH YOUR LIMITS.

Responsive Design

Responsive Design

What defines context?TIME, LOCATION, PROXIMITY, DEVICE, STATE OF MIND

Over the EdgeAND BACK AGAIN

Derek Featherstone @feather

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