{"id":490,"date":"2023-05-01T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2023-05-16T11:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:12:59","slug":"andy-larkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/andy-larkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Larkin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are my notes from Larkins lecture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>AKQA\/ World Gold Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What&#8217;s the site for -&gt; Rank the site content in order of importance for business<\/li><li>Compare now and what the site could look like in the future<\/li><li>What is site focussed on now and where could it be?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use a scale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easy to find what looking for &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.(to)&#8230;.huh, where do I go?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Decide who the site is for &#8211; pick one persona, even if tricky<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>What works for Larkin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Figma structured chronologically<\/li><li>Have context &#8211; look up acronyms and use them when talking to the business (brownie points)<\/li><li>Have the sheet to always fall back on when designing<\/li><li>Collect existing research &#8211; good for referral<\/li><li>Deliverables &#8211; have a to-do list to complete for a specific date<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>10 Top tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Be nice &#8211; who you know is important<\/li><li>Work with talented people<\/li><li>Ask<\/li><li>Challenge people<\/li><li>You&#8217;re an expert<\/li><li>You have advantages<\/li><li>Go for it<\/li><li>Be reliable<\/li><li>You will mess up<\/li><li>Ask why?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03-1024x881.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" width=\"384\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03-1024x881.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03-768x661.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03-600x516.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-09-at-19.57.03.png 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>One of the slides for the top ten tips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Linked-In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the lecture, I took the time to create a Linked-in post about Andy and his help (as he also gave me a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/portfolio-review-with-andy-larkin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"516\">portfolio review<\/a> &#8211; which was incredibly useful!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-641x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" width=\"357\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-641x1024.jpeg 641w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-188x300.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-768x1227.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-962x1536.jpeg 962w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1-600x958.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nua-ux.design\/olivia-johnson\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_2E732957E075-1.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><figcaption>My Linked-in post about Andy Larkin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are my notes from Larkins lecture: AKQA\/ World Gold Council What&#8217;s the site for -&gt; Rank the site content in order of importance for business Compare now and what the site could look like in the future What is site focussed on now and where could it be? 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