March Be Responsive
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Schedule
6.15 pm > Doors open - food, drink & chit chat :)
6.45 pm > Talks commence
8.00 pm > Group discussion
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Performance: HTTP2 in a 1.5 world - Peter Wilson
HTTP2 is here to solve all our performance woes. Well, not quite, even on the 5% of websites that enable it, around 50% of traffic uses the older, slower protocol. It’s our job as web developers to account for both. Discover some of the techniques available to developers during this transitional period, the new catches in HTTP2 and - importantly - how to keep your visitors from giving up before your site even loads.
Peter Wilson has twenty years experience making web sites. A front-end developer with a love of CSS, Peter has made sites for some of Australia's largest listed companies and highest profile performers. Peter makes interesting things in his role as WordPress Engineer at Human Made and writes at peterwilson.cc (http://peterwilson.cc/)
Why you should be creating research-based personas - Amelia Schmidt
People throw around the word "persona" and it seems like there are a few different ideas about them. This talk outlines a UX-based approach for persona creation through research and some potential applications for them once you've made them. Lean persona development is not very hard and very worthwhile!
Amelia is UX lead and front-end engineer at Equiem, a startup whose product offers unprecedented amenity through engagement and management tools. Our product is widely used in commercial, residential, co-working and retail multi-occupancy buildings. With a background in writing and editing and arts, Amelia makes magic happen at the intersection of code, language and design.
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Group Discussion
Contact us with your suggestions for a discussion topic!
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Sponsors
Randstad (https://www.randstad.com.au/) is a world leading recruitment and HR services provider. The Randstad Digital team brings over 15 years of specialist recruitment solutions across Emerging Technologies, Digital Transformation, Online and Technology Startups, Pure play online as well as Web solution agencies and Technology consultancies.
BugHerd (https://bugherd.com/) is used by a lot of people worldwide to capture client feedback, resolve issues and manage projects visually. BugHerd makes bug tracking so simple - It's like sticky notes on a website.
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Directions The easiest way is to go up the Southern Cross Station stairs (Pic 1), which is located at the corner of Bourke St & Spencer St. Once you are at the top, walk across the bridge towards Etihad Stadium and the first building on your right is the NAB building (Pic 2). When you've entered the building, the ARENA is right in front of you on the Level 2. Look for Be Responsive signs!
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March Be Responsive