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The content doesn’t “live” anywhere

Found notes from a Donna Spencer workshop on information architecture I took back in 2012. I paid out of pocket…

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Published April 26, 2018
Tagged design, IA Summit, information architecture

Starting in the middle

When I know what I want to say I start at the top-left corner of the page. “Dear Sir or…

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Published April 25, 2018
Tagged design, productivity, sketches, writing

No. 42 | Seven design quotes to deploy in case of burnout emergency

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. ―Charles Mingus

Published April 2, 2018
Tagged Charles Eames, Charles Mingus, creativity, Deiter Rams, design, graphic design, inspiration, Joe Sparano, Maggie Macnab, Rua Arnold, Saul Bass

No. 35 | Seven design principles for bags

Having the exact right bag for a given situation is half hobby, half compulsion for me. So I have a lot of them.

Published December 2, 2017
Tagged bags, design, transit

Ting follower numbers in navigation

This is on the main nav of the Ting website. I like how the follower numbers are displayed — it’s…

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Published October 29, 2017
Tagged design, marketing, UX

No. 26 | Seven lines from Depeche Mode songs you might also hear in a design critique

Everything counts in large amounts. Details add up. Even small things become big over time, after enough encounters with users.

Published August 30, 2017
Tagged content design, critique, design, UX, UX writing

Clarity Through Content Strategy

Getting the clarity and coordination you need to do your job, and to ensure the success of your project, often requires looking beyond the “content stuff” to the entire organization itself. This framework can help.

Published April 4, 2016
Tagged clarity, content strategy, design, design thinking, understanding

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