Monthly Archives: August 2011

Messes we knew we were making

Today, I came across the idea (probably via stackoverflow) of technical debt. To quote Martin Fowler: You have a piece of functionality that you need to add to your system. You see two ways to do it, one is quick … Continue reading

9/11 Memorial Guide

9/11 Memorial Guide

Over the spring and summer, I had the opportunity to work with Local Projects on the companion website to the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.  The memorial doesn’t open until 9/11/11, but you can already start exploring  the names on the … Continue reading

“Our Mission”

“Our Mission”

The subtitle of this post could be “how to get people to read your statement of philosophy” or “how to introduce yourself to a new user”. Frequently, clients want to include a page on their website that both welcomes the … Continue reading

The Limits of User Advocacy or Why Everyone Should Be Investing in Usability Testing

The Limits of User Advocacy or Why Everyone Should Be Investing in Usability Testing

The field of “user experience” is in a phase right now where everybody seems to acknowledge that it’s important, but no one wants to actually invest the time and money to make users the centerpiece of their web strategy.  Even … Continue reading

Designers vs. Developers

jennamarino So tired of the “designers need to code” talk. We heard you.. and you … and you. Got it. Is there anyone still arguing the fact? skybondsor @jennamarino I don’t think it’s nearly this cut & dried. I’m sure you … Continue reading