We Love Brisbane – Website Design

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

Interview from @webappstorm – http://depot.ly/izdpr  – The Posthaven Team, Making a New Home for Posterous Blogs

 

Nice RT ‏@netmag: Giving context to your content: Sandi Wassmer on establishing a framework for content strategy http://netm.ag/Zwqasb

 

What can designers learn from other industries http://depot.ly/izbJ5  *Interesting discussion

 

Do You Have an Emergency Fund? http://depot.ly/iz0mS  /@lifehacker

 

‘The Art of the Steadicam’ pays tribute to beautiful cinematography http://depot.ly/iyZTb

 

Helvetica and it’s oh-so-many-faces http://depot.ly/iv7Bo

 

What Marketing Can Teach Us about #UX – http://depot.ly/iv9sI  via @speckyboy

 

Ben @kamens: Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown http://depot.ly/iv8QY

 

Inspiration is everywhere http://depot.ly/iv7t4  5 Lessons In #UI Design, From A Breakthrough Museum

 

Check this out: http://depot.ly/iv0o7  Flat #UI

 

Amazing project http://depot.ly/irhef  101 Typographic Tributes To David Bowie, Collected On One Glamorous Poster

 

Scott Listfield, the Astronaut Dinosaur painter http://depot.ly/irhCt

 

Now what do you say about this? http://depot.ly/iriRY  Why Freelancers Should Take Acting Lessons

 

Dotdotdot: A Different Way to Read Your Articles and eBooks http://depot.ly/irdvV

 

Brilliant get-out-of-your-comfort-zone illustrations by David Macdowell http://depot.ly/ijqgE

 

Vital Tips You Must Know When Designing E-mails http://depot.ly/ijpgR

 

Have you seen the The Harlem Milk Shake? http://depot.ly/ijmVz

 

Should Designers Fear Design-Thinking MBAs? http://depot.ly/ijpiX

 

#Pontifexit: The Pope’s Resignation & Social Media http://depot.ly/ijmXL

 Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot

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For nearly 15 years, I’ve called myself a web developer. The twelve years of this blog’s existence is a testament to that. I’ve written hundreds of blog posts that document my trials and tribulations with web development.

In those 15 years I’ve had job titles like Technical Architect, Project Manager, Lead Designer, and even Director of Technology. Underneath it all, though, I just built web sites. Ask me what I did and I’d tell you that I was a web developer, fancy job title be damned.

Over a month ago, I took a new title: Product Manager.

When I accepted the new position, I still thought I’d spend time coding and designing and… well, being a web developer.

What has transpired, however, was something quite unexpected.

From customers, to support, to our team, to other teams, managing a product requires a great deal of coordination. I’m contributing on the forums, I’m assisting with blog post announcements, I’m writing emails keeping everybody abreast of how things are going, and I’m talking to everybody to get their feedback into what we’re building.

It also requires plenty of research. We have a data team that I can request this report or that. We do A/B testing. We do user experience research. Plenty of reports to scour over. It’s quite fun to dissect problems based on numbers.

But I’m not coding anymore. And I’m feeling a little uneasy about it.

Now, my life certainly isn’t devoid of development. I still hop into code reviews. I frequently use the SQL console to whip together queries that join a half-dozen tables to piece together what I need. I’ve been able to commit a few small pull requests. And I like to push myself with a personal project from time to time.

But my day-to-day life is not coding.

Why does this make me uneasy? Because I’ve always shared my experience as a web developer and I suddenly find myself wondering how long I can continue to do that. I am, after all, speaking at a number of conferences this year on web development.

I am, however, enjoying my role as a product manager. I’m excited to see what will come of it.

It’s a career in transition.