"I want a website - how much does that cost?"

Patterns in the ProcessJeremy Keith – ClearLeft [elfcartel is an anagram of clearleft - better than rectalelf]

When you tell someone how you solved a problem and the response is "That's interesting"; that's not a process pattern. Responding "That's interesting, that's how we solved that problem too" is a process pattern.

Copywriting really is interface design. Establishes the relationship between the company and the users.

Discovery stage - design possibility spaces

IA [Information Architecture] - Shrinking possibility spaces; wireframes are made with HTML & CSS; important because now there are so many types of interaction and page states [logged on/off].

User Testing - silverbackapp.com

Visual Design stage - wireframes show information hierarchy not layout/visual design

Templates - decisions HTML vs. XHTML; XHTML is a little stricter but who cares! Liquid or Fixed - who are we kidding, liquid is better! You make it fixed because it's easier. We know not the Hour nor the Browser…

Dean Edwards IE 7 script - pay the crappy browser tax!

Wherever you define hover, define focus too: "Lord Vadar Hates Furry Animals"

JavaScript - progressive disclosure, form enhancements [tags are sooooo web 2.0]

Pattern Storage - svn sandbox, wiki, blog