Casual online workshops about your workflows

We had a brief discussion about sharing workflows on our monthly call and it resonated well with a lot of us.
I wanted to post it here to check if more of us would be interested in something like this. Here’s a gist of this nascent idea:


Online casual workshops about different topics which might interest designers, developers or just about anyone who’s interested in it.
Sessions would NOT be recorded to have a relaxed atmosphere.
The focus would be on learning new tools or workflows. It would be a general topic with an idea of what everyone would have learnt to make/improved upon by the end.
eg: How to self-host a 3D model on my webpage, How I post-process my videos before uploading, How I run lighthouse tests for my designs, etc.
The tentative date as of now would be first week of July and based on how it goes we can decide what to do later.
As of now I think it would be a zoom session. But open to any other means.


If you are interested please add your discourse handle to the following spreadsheet along with topics (max 3) that you might be interested in.
If you think you would like to share something please add it to the second sheet in the same spreadsheet. You don’t have to be a pro, but if you can talk for 15 mins about it I think it is worth showing.

Let us think of the topics in terms of how we can build skills in those to create better designed products/experiences. eg How can I improve my skills in ____ that will help me build better [whatever your preferences are]
Examples of some topics that can fill the blank above:

  • Video Editing
  • Basic Webhosting
  • VR User Interfaces
  • etc.

There’s some interesting discussion along the same lines on this thread.
Would love to hear more thoughts!

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Is “Topics of Interest(max 3)” meant to be for the topics we would like to know more about or for topics we could talk about?

Topics that one would like to know more about.

Setting up the first one for 15th July 4.00 AM UTC!
I will speak about my workflows when trying to get 3D models displayed online (and basic UI considerations when doing so).
My workflow typically involves Rhino + threejs, but am keen to get into Blender (would love to hear if anyone’s familiar with that).

That’s a topic I am most familiar with and can speak about it.
But feel free to add more stuff to the spreadsheet and we could be talking about other stuff too.

Will post the link here.

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Awesome! I’ll see if i can be awake and alert at that time to listen in :slight_smile:

Meeting ID:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71181837437?pwd=YXgwRWRDUzBBMUN0Z1pLNEFjUGJsQT09

Meeting ID: 711 8183 7437
Passcode: 3Wskq1

Hope to see you all there!

For the second round of these we will talk about using maps in your projects, their different types and how you can pick one based on your expected users.
Time: 29th July 4.00 AM UTC
Link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72326325587?pwd=ajZYcjZTYzV1b3BscUsyZ0cyWGNyQT09

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We’re gonna be discussing maps today.
See you all soon!

arghhh i missed these oh well next time!

Sure!
Been a little tied up with work in the last few weeks.
But will be scheduling the next one soon.

The next one scheduled for 15th September @ 4.00 AM UTC.
Let’s talk about measures you take to make your designs inclusive for everyone.

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76483572571?pwd=WE80N0J2Z2tlVFlTRTZEUWpNeVRmQT09
Meeting ID: 764 8357 2571
Passcode: 5K1Jih

Next session will be on September 29th 4:00 AM UTC to discuss about first explorations into Open Source Design world.
This time we’ll try using Jitsi for the call. Will post the URL here 10 minutes before the call.

Call link for today/tonight: https://meet.jit.si/osd-hangouts
Look forward to exchanging some stories about getting started!