Writings
Content Strategy in the Fortune 50010
by Nicole Jones on Jul 6, 2011
Your corporate site has everything. Product details. Media info. Legal terms. Calls to action. Friendly support. People flock there every day. It’s the perfect feeding ground. Duh dun duh dun duh dun. Read More…
The Future of Infographics15
by Sarah Slobin on Jun 15, 2011 in Design
Have you noticed that infographics are everywhere? You can't swing a diagram of a cat without hitting an infographic about making an infographic. As someone who loves data viz to death (I do it for a living) I've been stewing about the meaning of this trend. A lot. Read More…
Using HTML 5 Rich Media Tags7
by Matthew David on May 12, 2011 in Development
Today, people will watch more than 2 billion movies on the Internet. That’s right, two billion. Video is a big deal. Fortunately, HTML5 will make it easier for you to add video when you use a new HTML element called VIDEO. The new video element is similar to the IMG element for images—it sits within Read More…
How CRUD Is Your Design?24
by Daniel Ritzenthaler on Feb 8, 2011 in Process
If you’re a software developer or know one well, the acronym CRUD — Create, Read, Update and Delete — is burned into your vocabulary. These are some of the foundational elements of good software development, and each provides ways to keep your audience engaged. When you take any one of these elements away from your Read More…
When Social Media Meet Politics7
by Melanie Verville on Jan 20, 2011 in Web Culture
Are politicians really using online social tools to revitalize civic engagement? Are they really using them to interact with citizens and give them opportunities to express themselves and participate? Or do they use them only to inform and promote their party Read More…
Virtual Paintbrushes and Short Necked Giraffes3
by Branden Hall on Nov 15, 2010
Branden explains how art and science are not always mutually explosive as well as details how we have gone from simple tools for art to using a canvas that is world-wide Read More…
Translating Canvas with HTML58
by Rick Barraza on Oct 12, 2010
Like most designers, I express myself, and feel most at ease, when communicating with motion and rhythm; with patterns of numbers or patterns of pixels Read More…
Javascript Libraries and ASP.NET: A Guide to jQuery, AJAX and Microsoft31
by Dave Ward on Oct 4, 2010 in Development
When Microsoft announced they would begin providing official support for jQuery, few of us realized how profoundly that announcement would eventually impact client-side development on the ASP.NET platform. Since that announcement, using jQuery with ASP.NET has moved from the obscure, to a central role in ASP.NET MVC’s client-side story, and now to the point of Read More…
What Comes After Sketching? Advice for Developers.19
by Jonah Sterling on Aug 5, 2010 in Process
Designers and developers have something incredibly important in common—but people forget it all the time Read More…
Take Social Back: A Call To Action15
by Laura Porto Stockwell on Jul 1, 2010 in Web Culture
User Experience professionals have been reluctant to play in the social media space — so we have no one but ourselves to blame when we see it being misused. What’s our problem? I have my theories. Read on Read More…
