Strategy Archives
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ALA 274: Content Matters
December 16, 2008
In Issue No. 274 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Content strategy gets as little respect today as information architecture did in 1995. Halvorson tells how to stop pretending site content is someone else’s problem, and learn, practice, and plan for content strategy. And MacIntyre defines the roles, tools, and value of this emerging user experience specialist.
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ALA 273: Agile vs. IA
December 2, 2008
Issue No. 273 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, looks at web design from both sides now. Learn how traditional, research-based IA leads to better site design—and why many are abandoning traditional methods in favor of agile design.
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The Survey, 2008
July 29, 2008
It’s back, it’s improved, and it’s hungry for your data. Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide. Please take the survey and encourage your friends and colleagues who make websites to do likewise. The world is watching.
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A List Apart No. 263: Stay sane and productive while working from home
July 15, 2008
In Issue No. 263 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Natalie Jost discusses how to cope with the challenges of working from home—especially a home you share with family and kids. And we ask readers to tell us how you walk the blurry line between work and home. (Best tips will be published in an upcoming ALA issue.)
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Happy Cog New York’s New Digs
July 3, 2008
The New York office of Happy Cog Studios has moved to swank new accommodations on Fifth Avenue above Madison Square in Manhattan. We’re sharing the plush space with our colleagues at Roger Black Inc. and Danilo Black. A few photos from the move are now available. Our Philadelphia office is also relocating to a fine new spot; more will be revealed.
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ALA 249: setting type, understanding web design
November 21, 2007
In Issue No. 249 of A List Apart for people who make websites:
- How to Size Text in CSS: Richard Rutter, creator of the best practice most of us follow in setting type on the web, presents a better best practice (and the experiments it rode in on).
- Understanding Web Design: Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman explains why cultural and business leaders mistake web design for something it’s not; shows how these misunderstandings retard critical discourse and prevent projects from reaching their greatest potential; and provides a framework for better design through clearer understanding.
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How Not to Get Noticed
August 9, 2007
We all have ideas about the design and usability of WordPress, but what happens when actual testing gets applied to the problem? Liz Danzico’s presentation from WordCamp 2007 shows Happy Cog’s work on the information architecture and usability for WordPress.