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Cobbling meaning and conversation
The internet is really a vast sea of information, where each URL, each blog post, each highlight, is a lonely island in the ocean. I’m most interested in how we can improve the way we create and document connections among disparate bits of information, such as news pieces, long-form articles, blog posts, comments, photographs, highlights, […]
On Interface Design is Copywriting
In his post, Interface Design is Copywriting, Joshua Porter says: I humbly submit that there is no single element more important to your interface than the copywriting. There is nothing that makes or breaks a positive experience more than the simple set of words that you choose to communicate with. In a world in which […]
From Confessions of a Listaholic
Jessica Gross on the satisfactions of list making: The list composed in anticipation is an antidote to the current life. It contains the ingredients of a future, perfect self. From The List Maker, published on August 23rd, 2011 by The Morning News
The beauty of iPhoneography
It’s a moment in time that we’re never going to get back, that if you’re not paying attention, it’s going to be gone and you may not have ever seen it. —Richard Koci Hernandez Street photography and Instagram photobooks by @koci from Blurb Books on Vimeo.
ALA 332: Designing Fun and Web Governance
Designing Fun by Debra Levin Gelman How do you define fun on the web? Fun means different things to different people. Debra Levin Gelman says that to create fun, we need to allow users to create, play, and explore. Learn how to help your client define fun, rank its importance on their site, and user […]
Great service during downtime: 37Signals
Yesterday morning, while writing blurbs and snapshots for the upcoming issue of A List Apart, I needed to look up a fact in Basecamp. (We’ve used Basecamp, 37Signals’ project management application, to manage each issue as long as I can remember.) Typically, uptime is fantastic. Uptime is so good, that when I experienced a blip […]
Cory Doctorow on Writing
To prepare for writing a book on autism, Steve Silberman asked 23 writers for their best writing advice. I especially love what Cory Doctorow had to say: Cory Doctorow Author of With a Little Help, For the Win, Makers, and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Write every day. Anything you do every day […]
Message Matters: Margot Bloomstein Confab 2011
Here are my notes from Margot Bloomstein‘s talk at Confab, 2011. First we need to step back and look at the strategy part of Content Strategy. Content Strategy is a broad practice. That said, it’s important to understand what a message architecture is, the value it offers, how to sell it, and how to create one. […]
What Are Words For? Erika Hall: Confab 2011
Here are my notes from Erika Hall’s talk from Confab, 2011. Erika Hall cofounded Mule Design with Mike Monteiro. We’re going to talk about the importance of working together across disciplines. We’re going to look at ways to think critically about content online. Everyone in this room wants to do the best work possible and […]
