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Thanks for the turnout, we had 25+ MIT’ers for the talk – look forward to your next one so we can make it over to Kendall!<BR>
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<I>Recap for event:<BR>
“Creating Beautiful Type (On the Web)”<BR>
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Kyle Fiedler, a graphic designer from ThoughtBot (<a href="http://thoughtbot.com/">http://thoughtbot.com/</a>) presented to the Harvard Web Working Group (HarvardWWW) on proper typography on the web. The event was held in the Lamont Library Forum Room and we had a great turnout of approx 50-60 Harvard & MIT attendees. The talk was very helpful because it gave departments advice on how to tangibly go about using professional fonts on the web and also how to make sure they have the proper software licensing for any typeface.<BR>
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Slides for the talk are located on our slideshare account: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/harvardwww/creating-beautiful-type-on-the-web">http://www.slideshare.net/harvardwww/creating-beautiful-type-on-the-web</a> <BR>
SpeakerRate (please give feedback): <a href="http://spkr8.com/t/5095">http://spkr8.com/t/5095</a><BR>
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We are following this up next month with a presentation from Mike Kivikoski on “Rapid Prototyping” for building web sites and online applications.<BR>
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December 8th, 2010<BR>
Mike Kivikoski<BR>
Prototyping : Helping to take the suck away.<BR>
Lamont Library, 3:30 – 5:00<BR>
Harvard ID is required for entry– otherwise RSVP via <a href="christopher_traganos@harvard.edu">christopher_traganos@harvard.edu</a><BR>
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Prototyping : Helping to take the suck away.<BR>
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Are your projects going straight from PSDs to Production Code only to <BR>
find out they suck? Protoyping can help take that suck away. By building <BR>
early and often you'll discover what ideas are working and which ones <BR>
are getting tossed. You don't need a big budget, dedicated team or a <BR>
massive timeline to prototype; you can do it quick, dirty and cheap. <BR>
I'll be discussing the benefits of prototyping, the process, how to get <BR>
your company on board, debunking some prototyping myths, and <BR>
demonstrating some techniques using CSS3 and jQuery.<BR>
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Mike Kivikoski is a Principal of Atedrake, a small web design + <BR>
development boutique located just north of Boston, and holds a BFA in <BR>
Visual Communication from Endicott College. He has been writing HTML <BR>
since he was 12 and has a strong focus on making web stuff awesome. He <BR>
was even involved in the prototyping of the registration form on <BR>
<a href="https://register.barackobama.com/">https://register.barackobama.com/</a>. Some of his favorite pastimes include <BR>
growing facial hair, twitter (@mkivikoski), and meeting new people.<BR>
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See you then!<BR>
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Chris Traganos<BR>
Web Developer<BR>
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