Making Design Pay with Billy Hollis
How does good design pay off in software? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about his work designing software, both from a user interaction perspective and application architecture. Billy talks about saving time and money by working hard on design to get a clearer picture of what stakeholders want—because code rework is always more expensive! The conversation also digs into the institutional knowledge walking out of many companies through employees retiring—and how much work that is going to generate over the next few years to modernize!
Guests:
Billy Hollis
Billy Hollis is a software designer and developer with a contrarian streak that often challenges conventional wisdom in the industry. He has a consulting practice in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He and his team focus on user experience design (UX), advanced user interface development, rules-based architectures, and healthcare systems. He teaches classes for design thinking and UX design, and technical classes on XAML for WinUI and XAML for WPF.
Links:
- Reddit XAML Rant https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/ryjzxi/wpf_xaml_frustrations/
- XAML for Blazor https://xaml-for-blazor.com/
- OpenSilver https://opensilver.net/
- Billy's First Book https://books.google.ca/books/about/Visual_Basic_6.html?id=lMqzxhXji0MC&redir_esc=y
- Figma https://www.figma.com/
- Balsamiq https://balsamiq.com/
- Butcher Paper https://www.pospaper.com/products/30-x-1000-ft-40-lb-butcher-paper-roll
- The Charisma Myth https://github.com/benigeri/books/blob/master/The%20Charisma%20Myth%20by%20Olivia%20Fox%20Cabane.md