http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm Technical blog of West Virginia web developer Jon Hartmann, covering ColdFusion, Asp.NET, Javascript, User Interface Design, and current website trends. en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:23:19 -0500 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jon.hartmann@gmail.com jon.hartmann@gmail.com jon.hartmann@gmail.com http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm/2009/1/5/Slideology <a href="http://blog.duarte.com/"><img src="http://www.jonhartmann.com/images/slideology.png" alt="Cover of Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte" class="floatTR" target="_blank" /></a> I've fallen in love with <a href="http://blog.duarte.com/">Slide:ology</a> by Nancy Duarte. This book covers just about everything you could want to know about how to design effective slide based presentations. If you have delivered a presentation or ever will deliver one, this book is for you. Whats even better is that even if you'll never deliver a presentation in your life, then this book might still be for you. While focused on presentations, the concepts and insights in Slide:ology are very easily ported to the world of web design: make your point as clearly and simply as possible; images can speak louder then words; colors, fonts, images, everything contributes to the messages you are conveying to your audience. Daurte also backs up the guidelines with tons of examples, both in terms of visual ideas to inspire you and in real-world examples of individuals who have employed specific techniques to deliver their message. Give it a spin and see what the world of Power Point can offer web designers. Conferences and Speaking Books User Interface Design Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:00 -0500 http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm/2009/1/5/Slideology http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm/2008/12/5/Vote-for-Me <a href="http://www.cfunited.com">CFUnited</a> held an open call for speakers this year, and I submitted some topics. If you'd like to hear me talk about application design or Javascript, please <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/survey/166">cast a vote for my topics.</a> <h4>The Septernary Rules of Super Awesome Applications</h4> Loosely based on the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, this presentation explores the process of design, and offers tips as to how to create effective programs. The talk will focus most on how these rules create better use experience, and how keeping focused on that end can save time and increase the profitability of sites and applications. <h4>Javascript for ColdFusion Developers</h4> A crash course on Javascript, what it offers basics, best practices, and focus on CF's integrations of JS and the Javascript libraries and resources that come with ColdFusion: Spry, YUI, ExtJS, and FCKEditor. Conferences and Speaking Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:31:00 -0500 http://www.jonhartmann.com/index.cfm/2008/12/5/Vote-for-Me