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• A Re-use of a Retired Logo · 20 November 08
• Web Design Notes: Unpacking AEA · 16 November 08

  In June, I was lucky enough to attend An Event Apart in Boston. Seated as I was in the front row, I listened intently. It was a tremendous gift to spend two days drinking-in web development wisdom from the top designers and thought-leaders in the industry.

  The vast wealth of knowledge that was dispensed in that function room in Boston’s Copley Marriott was phenomenal—and, daunting due to its sheer volume.

• Fail Whale for Sale · 15 August 08

  I’m amused by the fact the Twitter has burned an iStockphoto image into the consciousness of its users.

  The FailWhale, now famously part of the web lexicon, is for sale.

  I don’t know if my amusement comes from the fact that a Web 2.0 company that is flush with $15 million in venture capital is branding itself with a $3 Royalty Free image, or if it’s the fact that I, too, can own the FailWhale.

• Content Design: Web Design that Works · 15 August 08

  Content design is about the forest and trees; the big picture and the minute details. Content Design is not “web design”—it goes much deeper than the look, feel and layout of a site.

  Content Design is: content architecture, development, and management.

• about Eileen Foster · 29 May 08

  I got my start in web design in 1998 when I outlined the information architecture of a “companion site” for a PBS program. I found the key questions of IA to be fascinating: What content should be included and how should it be organized? Very quickly, I was hooked on web development.

• End of the Personal Blog · 28 April 08

  For anyone who has watched the arc of personal blogging, you may have noted that your favorite bloggers don’t seem to be posting. For example: Todd Dominey.

  Jeff Zeldman shares his thoughts on the decline.

  If you read through the comments on Zeldman’s post you’ll find a real gem: Jon Tan. Tan and Jon Gibbons crafted a beautiful site for Designer Denna Jones. They have an extensive write-up.

  In building Jones’ site, Tan and Gibbons grappled with the question of how to funnel her social media content into her personal site. The result is a stylish, functional meeting place for Tumblr, Flickr, Twitter and other web apps.

• Charlie Rose's Tech Cred · 19 March 08

  Today, I couldn’t help but notice Rose was sporting a solid shiner on his left eye and a band aid just above.

• Still Photography for the Web? · 19 February 08

  Video is a useful tool, but still photography has a place on the web. It is faster to load and some folks will plain simply just prefer it to video.

  David Mamet’s On Directing Film is hands-down the best bridge for transcending still photography to video/film. It all boils down to the shot, the frame, the still image. It isn’t the moving image, it is the directing and editing of a sequence of images that gives film/video its storytelling power.

• What a Web Producer does. · 7 February 08

  The job title “Web Producer” is fairly self-explanatory.

  While the Web Producer’s focus is on producing web features, it is essential for ROI that they have working knowledge of various production workflows, such as print and video. Proper production planning of a web feature can generate content for every other communications medium: television, web, cd/dvd, audio, and print.

• Blog-on · 3 February 08

  Blogs began appearing on the web as text-only documents in the mid-1990s. Back then, blogs were written in a first-person style and many were personal narratives. Today, individuals are publishing videoblogs, photoblogs, and audioblogs.

  It’s no longer only individuals publishing blogs. The media, education and business worlds are recognizing the power of blogs to improve communication and to reach customers.