Patterns Day video and audio

If you missed out on Patterns Day this year, you can still get a pale imitation of the experience of being there by watching videos of the talks.

Here are the videos, and if you���re not that into visuals, here���s a podcast of the talks (you can subscribe to this RSS feed in your podcasting app of choice).

On Twitter, that ���It would be nice if the talks had their topic listed,��� which is a fair point. So here goes:

Yaili���s talk is about design systems,
Amy���s talk is about design systems,
Danielle���s talk is about design systems,
Varya���s talk is about design systems,
Emil���s talk is about design systems, and
Heydon���s talk is about a large seabird.

It���s fascinating to see emergent themes (other than, y���know, the obvious theme of design systems) in different talks. In comparison to the first Patterns Day, it felt like there was a healthy degree of questioning and scepticism���there were plenty of reminders that design systems aren���t a silver bullet. And I very much appreciated Yaili���s point that when you see beautifully polished design systems that have been made public, it���s like seeing the edited Instagram version of someone���s life. That reminded me of Responsive Day Out when Sarah Parmenter, the first speaker at the very first event, opened everything by saying ���most of us are winging it.���

I can see the value in coming to a conference to hear stories from people who solved hard problems, but I think there���s equal value in coming to a conference to hear stories from people who are still grappling with hard problems. It���s reassuring. I definitely got the vibe from people at Patterns Day that it was a real relief to hear that nobody���s got this figured out.

There was also a great appreciation for the ���big picture��� perspective on offer at Patterns Day. For myself, I know that I���ll be cogitating upon Danielle���s talk and Emil���s talk for some time to come���both are packed full of ineresting ideas.

Good thing we���ve got the videos and the podcast to revisit whenever we want.

And if you���re itching for another event dedicated to design systems, I highly recommend snagging a ticket for the Clarity conference in San Francisco next month.