There's a newsletter. I got the Smashing newsletter. About the first Smashing Magazine design conference.
Sladjana:
And of course, who wouldn't want to go? But who can afford to go?
Danilo:
So I showed it to Sladjana, and of course she-
Image source: Smashing Magazine
Sladjana:
It's a designer's dream conference. So listen. Sasa called me into his office.
Danilo:
Sasa gets the newsletter, too.
Sladjana:
Wait. So I go see to Sasa, and he asks me, without knowing that Danilo and I had already ranted about it, if it was something I might be interested in or want to talk about.
Danilo:
It was just one of those things.
Sladjana:
So I told Sasa, "There's nothing to talk about."
Danilo:
Because of the people there.
Sladjana:
Okay, the people.
Danilo:
People from all over Europe. From everywhere.
Image source: Smashing Magazine
Sladjana:
Because there really are no borders. Not in this profession. We're all designers. And the speakers-
Danilo:
From the U.S.. From England, the U.K.
Sladjana:
And Germany.
Danilo:
Right. Freiburg. Where, you know, Smashing's from.
Sladjana:
And the people.
Danilo:
Big names. In the business. Internet celebrities. I love speakers that motivate me. I have breakthroughs.
Sladjana:
They really weren't big shots at all. They were like us. They were celebrities by default. As if somebody put them up there and said speak.
Danilo:
I wish there'd been more time, though, between speakers.
Sladjana:
It was hard to get to know people. Time was really impacted.
Danilo:
There was a party, though. Refreshments, you know. Drinks.
Sladjana:
And we had time out. There were all these little canals that ran through the city. Along the sidewalk.
Danilo:
I saw somebody with a toy boat, but I thought-.
Sladjana:
It was mountain water.
Danilo:
I just don't know why they didn't build canals to go around the city.
Sladjana:
And to me, more than the speakers, were the presentations themselves. Not abstract instructions about A to B, but there's this woman, she says she's going to do something, and she does it, and you're watching how this person thinks.
Danilo:
And every speaker was different, so you walk away with all these unique perspectives.
Sladjana:
But something everyone agreed on-
Danilo:
Right. Issues of…responsiveness.
Sladjana:
Progressive enhancement.
Danilo:
Websites that work on all platforms.
Sladjana:
Progressively for every platform.
Danilo:
Which really relates everyday life to the Web.
Sladjana:
We all want to make something work, and see how people respond.
Danilo:
Exactly.
The web in real life
Sladjana MiljanovicLead Front-end Developer
Sladjana possesses unique talents in regards to style and aesthetic that cast her as a natural in the role of a front-end developer.
