I tried Streaks (what an awful name) a while back but it didnāt stick, I think because I picked overly-ambitious things to track. The gang was talking about it recently on Do By Friday and I gave it another spin. Itās clicking this time. This is my current mix: Iāve been try to pick habits … Read more
I like when designers solve problems with words in a straightforward and simple way. I nearly opened the wrong end of this carton of heavy cream. But then I saw the all-caps instructions to OPEN OTHER END. So I did. Not hard to imagine a designer using an illustration (which youād probably decrypt right after … Read more
What do you do with that shiny new content ecosystem map youāve created? Hereās how to effectively put your map into practice.
Thereās a lot to like here. Clear heading. Shows up immediately, full screen. The pre-selected path (to remove your email address) adds privacy and is user-focused. It explains what the email address is for in simple language, right there on the same screen without having to go anywhere else to read anything. Love it.
This sign delights me. Snapped this pic in Indianapolis last year during Confab Higher Ed and donāt think I ever shared it. I hope it delights you, too.
The boss had me as a guest on her new podcast about content strategy, The Content Strategy Podcast (great name). I canāt bear to listen to it but I hope you will. Thereās a transcript, too. Behind-the-scenes: I went home to record from my apartment so we wouldnāt have to mess with a multi-mic set-up … Read more
Been developing a new workshop to help orient practitioners to all of the various tools available for being user-centered in their content strategy work. Itās been interesting and maddening at the same time. Thereās a good deal of semantic diffusion across the various tools and methodologies. And many were blatantly misnamed to begin with. In … Read more
Replace āelvesā with ādevelopersā and ātableā with āprojectā and these principles could work just as well on a design sprint.
Took a one-night class on letterpress at MCBA recently. There were about 10 people in the group. Ruby, the instructor, had us start by making exquisite corpse poems based on the loose theme of ācircusā. We picked the best two, divided into teams, and got assigned words to pick out letters for from the trays. … Read more
In case youāre as unobservant as me, I thought Iād point out this useful button on the iPad keyboard. I didnāt notice it for at least a month: A quick tap in the bottom-right minimizes the on-screen keyboard. This is essential in making stuff work in your web browser. Form fields and the like are … Read more