004: Use The Materials That You’re Given with Christopher Schmitt




User Defenders: Inspiring Interviews with UX Superheroes show

Summary: <p> </p> <p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/userdefenders.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/004-Christopher-Schmitt-1.jpg?resize=670%2C1024" alt='User Defenders "Teleject" Christopher Schmitt' class="superhero"></p> <blockquote><p> Christopher Schmitt reminds us to use the materials that we’re given and that we can learn something from everybody if we keep an open mind. He also encourages us to share what we know through exercising our superpower of writing and we can never go wrong with practicing kindness in our field. </p></blockquote> <p> Christopher Schmitt (Teleject) is a pioneer of Web Design. He’s a member of the Web Standards Project and author of several books including the O’Reilly published CSS Cookbook. He’s the Founder of Heatvision: a web design and new media publishing studio. He’s also cofounder of Environments for Humans, in which he hosts well-attended online conferences such as CSS Summit and jQuery Summit. </p> <p><strong>LINKS</strong><br> <a href="http://christopherschmitt.com/" target="_blank">Christopher’s Website</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/teleject" target="_blank">Christopher’s Twitter</a><br> <a href="http://environmentsforhumans.com/" target="_blank">Environments For Humans</a><br> <a href="https://github.com/teleject" target="_blank">Christopher’s Github</a> </p> <p>[RESOURCE] <a href="https://evernote.com/?var=2" target="_blank">Evernote</a><br> [BOOK] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486063841&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=understanding+comics" target="_blank">Understanding Comics</a><br> [BOOK] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486063871&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=design+of+every" target="_blank">The Design of Everyday Things</a><br> [BOOK] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Surgery-Made-Easy-Yourself/dp/0321657292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486063894&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rocket+surgery+made+easy" target="_blank">Rocket Surgery Made Easy</a> </p> <hr> <p><strong>SUBSCRIBE</strong><br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/user-defenders-podcast-inspiring/id1055121160?mt=2&amp;ls=1" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes</a> | <a href="http://www.subscribeonandroid.com/pcr.apple.com/id1055121160" target="_blank">Subscribe on Android</a> | <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ixoin7ctwvavboeov4fvuhm6v6a" target="_blank">Subscribe on Google Play</a> | <a href="http://userdefenders.com/?feed=podcast" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a> </p> <p><strong>SUPERPOWER OF SUPPORT</strong><br> Here’s your chance to use your superpower of support. Don’t rely on telepathy alone! If you’re enjoying the show, would you take two minutes and <a href="http://userdefenders.com/review" target="_blank">leave a rating and review</a> on iTunes? I’d also be willing to remove my cloak of invisibility from your inbox if you’d <a href="http://userdefenders.com/join" target="_blank">subscribe to the Bi-Weekly Bugle</a> for my best UX/Personal Growth tips and superguest announcements. </p> <p><strong>SUPER-CRED</strong><br> Artwork by <a href="https://twitter.com/phyrhed" target="_blank">Cesar Lemus</a> | Editing by <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisbcombs" target="_blank">Chris Combs</a> | Music by <a href="https://twitter.com/wymangentry" target="_blank">Wyman Gentry</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://userdefenders.com/podcast/004/#more-136" class="more-link"><span>(more…)</span></a></p>