Design Archives
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Web standards history on Lullabot podcast
August 19, 2011
In an enjoyable interview, beautifully conducted by Lullabot’s Jeff and Jared, Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman discusses the history of web standards; how SEO sells accessibility; the art of collaboration; the three major inflection points of design on the web; mobile, responsive, and adaptive web design; and much more.
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Happy Cog announces “Cogify” theme for Shopify
January 10, 2011
After a few months of meticulous design and code wizardry, today we’re elated to announce the availability of our “Cogify” theme for Shopify. Brought to you by the all-star team at Happy Cog, the Cogify theme is as elegantly designed as it is powerful under the hood. Expertly coded with HTML5 and only the finest in web standards, Cogify comes with four gloriously unique presets: Concorde, Underground, Gazelle, and Flyer. Read more here,, at Shopify, and on Cognition.
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CSS3 For Web Designers, A Book Apart
November 16, 2010
CSS3 for Web Designers by Dan (Simplebits) Cederholm, the second book from A Book Apart, is now available for your shopping pleasure in print and digital editions.
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Get Started With Git
November 2, 2010
In A List Apart No. 317: Version control—it isn’t just for coders any more. If you’re a writer, editor, or a designer who works iteratively on the web and you want to reshuffle or combine pieces of your work quickly and efficiently, version control is for you, too. Al Shaw shows us how easy it is to install, set up, and work with Git—open-source, version control software that offers you much, much, more than just “undo.”
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Happy Cog-designed Kongregate: one of Time magazine’s top 50 for 2010.
August 26, 2010
Way back in 2006, we worked with social gaming company Kongregate, helping them devise a plan for world domination. Kongregate was just recognized in Time Magazine’s annual “50 Best Websites” list. Read more.
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Happy Cog Helps Refresh Zappos.com
July 14, 2010
Back in September of 2009, Happy Cog was invited to begin a project help “reskin” Zappos.com. We have always been big fans (not to mention loyal customers) of Zappos.com, so the opportunity was one we were thrilled to be a part of.
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HTML5, Habit Fields
May 5, 2010
In Issue No. 305 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Jack Cheng finds creative genius embedded in our everyday tools, habits, and spaces; and Jeremy Keith offers “A Brief History of Markup”—AKA Chapter One of his new A Book Apart Book, HTML5 For Web Designers.
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HTML5 For Web Designers
May 2, 2010
There’s never been a better time for web designers to get into the dead tree publishing business. Introducing our first A Book Apart title, on sale May 4, 2010. Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 For Web Designers obliterates the confusion surrounding the web’s new markup language and cuts straight to what matters to accessible, standards-based web designers, developers, and content specialists.
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Seattle conference schedule
January 4, 2010
An Event Apart, Happy Cog’s conference “for people who make websites,” proudly presents three days in April—including a special, one-day workshop on HTML5 and CSS3, led by Jeremy Keith and Dan Cederholm. The complete schedule is now available for your perusal.
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Take the survey
December 15, 2009
Each year since 2007, we’ve asked you, the members of the web design community, a few dozen questions about your professional life, and compared your answers to those of your colleagues. The data that you provide and we analyze is the only significant information about our profession as a profession to be published anywhere, by anyone. Please take the survey for people who make websites. The job you save could be your own.