Work Archives
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WordPress 2.5 released
March 29, 2008
WordPress 2.5, designed by Happy Cog and built by Automattic, has been released. Download and enjoy.
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Preview Praise
March 19, 2008
The paint isn’t dry on the WordPress 2.5 preview built by Automattic and designed by Happy Cog, but the buzz in user forums and on blogs is already white-hot, and journalistic reviews are beginning to come in, too.
In “Catch a Sneak Peak at WordPress 2.5’s Sexy New Look,” Wired Magazine says: “Although WordPress 2.5 includes some nice new features like better plugin management, full-text feeds, and built-in photo galleries, the most immediately obvious change is the sleek new look, which comes courtesy of Jeffery Zeldman and the Happy Cog design team.”
And in “10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.5,” Technosailor summarizes: “By far the most comprehensive change in this release was the complete rethinking of how WordPressers do their administrative tasks. Happy Cog Studios was enlisted to do usability research and testing—with the emphasis being on usability research.”
Although 2.5 is still just in preview, the build by Automattic is rock-solid, and we are using it for our daily blogging.
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Kongrats!
March 13, 2008
Congratulations to Kongregate, whose Happy-Cog-designed site was named the People’s Choice at the 11th Annual Web Awards at SXSW Interactive, Austin TX.
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SmartyPig flies
March 11, 2008
Can online banking applications be social? Can social networking apps help your family save money? SmartyPig says yes to both questions. The creators of this pioneering 21st century social banking application know that when you’re bringing new services to the hectic web 2.0 market, everything depends on the initial user experience, and you have only one chance to get it right. SmartyPig chose Happy Cog to design their user experience.
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Web Design Survey Findings
October 17, 2007
Free 80-plus page report; first true picture of business of web design.
In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals participated, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. and worldwide. Months of data crunching later, what emerges in our free 80+ page report is the first true picture of our powerful yet little-studied profession. Presenting the Findings From the Web Design Survey.
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Come fly with us!
July 5, 2007
Happy Cog Philadelphia is looking for a great project manager—details on the 37signals Job Board.