Design4Drupal Boston 2010: Drupal Gardens
My notes from, and reaction to, Linea Rowe/Acquia’s presentation at Design4Drupal Boston 2010.
The ICU Blog
This blog is written for business clients and Web designers, focussing on such issues as best practices, usability, design trends, behavioral studies, modern standards, and relevant technologies.
DrupalCon SF 2010: Making Drupal Run Faster
My incomplete and subjective notes from the session.
Navigation Labels: Clarity Versus Consistency
Should your navigation labels be all verbs or all nouns?
Site Building: Content Management Systems Versus Frameworks
At what point along a learning curve do you cut your losses, or carry on?
A Poke in Your Eye Tracking Study
Eye tracking studies and their conclusions turn out to be a hash of pseudo-science and sloppy practice.
7 Ways to Kill Your SEO Consultant
At a dime a dozen, SEO consultants are scandalously overpriced. Here are 7 simple, honest coding tips that will save you thousands in phony fees and keep you on the right side of Google’s blacklist.
The New Basics of Marketing
The February 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine had a nice feature section (fourteen brisk pages) on “The New Basics of Marketing.”
Is Your Web Site Easy to Read? Probably Not.
Most Web sites are crammed with small text that is a pain to read. This snarky article from Tokyo has the fix.
The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names
Even though many successful domains embrace only a few of these characteristics, they’re still the seven most important things to consider when choosing your domain.
Design by Committee: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Designers who whine about clients wrecking their work need to cut back on the narcissism and chillax.
