Chris Cressman

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Open discussion will follow at a bar or other location of our choosing.

• I will bring a projector.
• I will present: Elemental microformats part 1.
• Please announce any additional presentations/topics on our mailing list or in the comments of this post.
• Please tag news and other relevant resources with Delicious tag refreshdoylestown10.

Refresh Doylestown is a monthly meetup group for web professionals and enthusiasts who want to discuss the web with others throughout the Philadelphia suburbs. Learn more about Refresh Doylestown or browse Refresh events in other cities.

Refresh Doylestown is sponsored in part by Campaign Monitor: email marketing software just for designers.

Event details

Open discussion will follow at a bar or other location of our choosing.

Event lineup

1. New member introductions.

2. News (Delicious tag rd9).

3. Discussion led by Christopher Meyers: Technical Considerations Part 3: Things You May Have Overlooked for Launch.

4. Presentation by Chris Cressman: Introduction to microformats.

5. Personal projects and interests.

6. Open discussion.

Refresh Doylestown is a monthly meetup group for web professionals and enthusiasts who want to discuss the web with others throughout the Philadelphia suburbs. Learn more about Refresh Doylestown or browse Refresh events in other cities.

Refresh Doylestown is sponsored in part by Campaign Monitor: email marketing software just for designers.

Just as I’m preparing my microformats presentation for Refresh Doylestown 9 (on June 13 if you’re interested), Emily Lewis publishes another great microformats article. This time she’s looking at the value-class-pattern.

The value-class-pattern was developed in response to potential accessibility, usability, and internationalization issues caused by use of the datetime-design-pattern.

Emily covers the flexibility of the value-class-pattern, goes over different markup options, and summarizes her opinion of each. It’s time to update my markup, and this article will be my guide.

Designing and managing a user experience is a process of empathy, problem solving, and complex decision-making. I use the following principles to guide me through each of my projects’ decisions.

Content

Create content that is useful and meaningful to my audience.

Findability

Ensure that my audience can find my content.

Accessibility

Ensure that my audience can access my content regardless of physical or mental ability.

Interoperability

Ensure that my audience can access my content regardless of user agent or other technology.

Usability

Generally conform to audience expectations and conventions of the medium.