Category: business
Make them dance, make them dance.
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What is Art Direction (No. 9)
A provocative poster deconstructed. How art direction communicates wordlessly, and how it differs from design. Disabled veterans, Gap ads, and James Gandolfini.
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Don’t design on spec
Happy Cog receives its share of RFPs, and sometimes these requests stipulate that our proposal include design work. Even if the project looks promising, we just say no.
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The King of Web Standards
A new article in Business Week might help designers who aren’t named Jeffrey Zeldman sell web standards to their bosses or clients.
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What Apple copied from Microsoft
Apple has learned the marketing psychology lesson that Microsoft got first. For many consumers, convenience is of greater value than choice. A platform built of parts that work together seamlessly beats a self-curated collection of…
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Let there be web divisions
Almost no one who makes websites works in their company or organization’s web division—because almost no company or organization has a web division. That void on the org chart is one reason we have so…
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“Maybe” is one option too many
“Maybe” is one option too many. As a best practice, we should dispense with it, just as we should replace five-star rating systems with four-star ones.
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E-mail is not a platform for design
ASCII means never having to say you’re sorry.
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ALA 237: client school
Generally, Issue 237 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, is all about education. Specifically, it’s about educating bosses and clients to approve good design and make better strategic decisions.
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The Web Design Survey
In all the years people have been creating websites, nobody has bothered to gather statistics about who does this work, using what skills, under what conditions, and for what kinds of compensation. It’s time for…
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Web 2.0 Buyouts: Butchers vs. Farmers
As Web 2.0 Buying Season winds down, it is pleasant to consider what was different about it. This time, for the most part, the buyers have been farmers, not butchers. They bought to nurture, not…
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Happy Cog redesigns, 2/7/2007
Good redesigns are like Mr Mancini’s mustache. Happy Cog has redesigned.
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Register for An Event Apart Boston
Registration is now open for An Event Apart Boston 2007. Enjoy two days of design and code plus meals, a party, and a bag of swag for $795. Save more with discount code just for…