http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/tag/allison en-us 40 thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect <p>In an effort to increase awareness of the importance of good Interaction and Interface Design in Web Development&#8230; I <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/05/22/hug-your-designer-day">suggested that today be</a>... <strong>Hug Your Designer Day.</strong></p> <h2>Designers Versus Developers</h2> <p>Are you seeing a lot of this in your Design and Development teams?</p> <p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/planetargon/511292992/in/photostream"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/511292992_5d363c556f.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><small><a href="http://allisbe.com">Allison Beckwith</a>, Experience Director and <a href="http://blog.imperialdune.com">Graeme Nelson</a>, Lead Architect</small></p> <h2>Happy Designers and Happy Developers</h2> <p>Well, maybe it&#8217;s time that your developers gave your designers a hug&#8230;</p> <p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/planetargon/511292936/in/photostream/"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/511292936_e0b87fcd70.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></a><br /><small>Alain Bloch, Web Developer and <a href="http://chriszgriffin.com/">Chris Griffin</a>, User Interface Designer</small></p> <p>Also&#8230; to celebrate <strong>Hug Your Designer Day</strong>, <a href="http://slash7.com">Amy Hoy</a> was kind enough to <a href="http://slash7.com/articles/2007/5/23/rubber-meet-road-railsconf-talk">post her slides</a> and <a href="http://amyhoy-presentations.s3.amazonaws.com/rubber_meet_road.mp3">some audio</a> that I recorded of her talk at <a href="http://railsconf.org">RailsConf 07</a>.</p> <p>Let&#8217;s all take a moment to thank the designers who put the experience of the users first. The success of our projects rely on everyone working together. Hug Your Designer! (they might hug back&#8230;)</p> Wed, 23 May 2007 17:04:00 -0500 urn:uuid:af253abc-136a-4e45-b154-accf3577311c Robby Russell http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2007/05/23/hug-your-designer-day-part-2 Business PLANET ARGON design designers developers development teamwork planetargon allison graeeme chris alain