One-liners from Webstock

I got back last night from a really productive week in Wellington meeting people and attending Webstock, a conference for web designers but universally relevant.

A big thank-you to the organisers: the event was well-run, aside from highly patchy wi-fi, and turned out to be an engaging, useful and enjoyable couple of days.

It’s going to take a while to process all the information and ideas that sprang up, but a few one-liners stand out as likely to underpin thought and discussion over the next few weeks.

Design for how people really are

You can never have too much data

Figure out how to make data explorable

Your site is not your product

People are passionate about things they’re good at

People don’t want to be tool experts, they want to be expert at the things they use the tools for

Use your own products

If you want compelling feedback on site usability, video people using it (their faces tell the story)