My closing Keynote from Edge of the Web 2011 in which I talked about patterns in our behaviour as web professionals, about pushing ourselves all the time with very little recovery and some business lessons that we can learn from athletic endeavours.

1. OverAGAIN Edge
AND BACK
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Derek Featherstone @feather

4. Open it up.

5. Me, 2006 Me, 2008

8. How fast can I go?
GIVEN THAT I HAVE A WIFE, A BUSINESS AND THREE CHILDREN
TRAVEL THE WORLD SPEAKING, TEACH FITNESS CLASSES,
AND NEED SLEEP.

9. Hours of Training
BUILD PEAK RECOVER
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

10. Hours of Training
BUILD PEAK RECOVER
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

11. Hours of Training
BUILD PEAK R
Week 1 Week 4 Week 7 Week 10 Week 13 Week 16

12. Hours of Training
BUILD P R
Week 1 Week 8 Week 15 Week 22 Week 29 Week 36 Week 43 Week 50

14. You do these full day workshops
AND YOU’RE TOAST AFTERWARDS.

15. Contrast.

17. Contrast.
PATTERN, SHAPE, DIRECTION.

18. Contrast in Design.
SHAPE, COLOUR, SIZE, TYPEFACE

19. NoEVERYTHING IS A HEADING, NOTHING IS.
WHEN
contrast.

22. What IS ALMOST ALWAYS: “NOTHING”
THE ANSWER
did I miss?

23. Connected.
WHEN YOU’RE ALWAYS CONNECTED, YOU NEVER ARE.

25. TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES PRACTICE
TEACHING
Model for Learning.
EXPERTS TELL YOU THEN YOU GO AND IMPLEMENT.

26. PRACTICE TEACHING TEACHER PRACTICE TEACHING
EDUCATION
COURSES
Model for Learning.
YOU ALREADY KNOW A LOT. START THERE.
STRADDLE THE LINE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

27. Theoretical Maximum.
BACK OFF THE GAS.

28. DESIGN. DEVELOP. MAKE SENSE. DESIGN. DEVELOP.
Practice our craft.
STRADDLE THE LINE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

29. BUILD PEAK RECOVER BUILD PEAK RECOVER
DESIGN. DEVELOP. MAKE SENSE. DESIGN. DEVELOP.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS. RECOVER. PUSH YOUR LIMITS.

30. Responsive Design

31. Responsive Design

38. What defines context?
TIME, LOCATION, PROXIMITY, DEVICE, STATE OF MIND

39. OverAGAIN Edge
AND BACK
the
Derek Featherstone @feather