People talk about user-centered design—design that reflects the needs of, and is easily used and understood by people—all the time. It’s less often that they talk about user-centered writing, at least outside the Web Reader Humpfests I’m always involved in.
I was reminded of this while reading the introduction to Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the [...]
Category Archives: Business
Mud & Fluff
September 20, 2010 – 10:24 am
One Year of Bucking Dogma
September 9, 2010 – 4:12 pm
The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get
Here’s some business advice I’ve recently gotten: Work hard, play hard. Never work with your family. Let the universe guide you. Early to bed, early to rise. Follow your passion. Find your true north. Maximize profit. Maximize freedom. Do what’s right.
Books and people are full of pithy nuggets like [...]
Content-Driven Design at SXSW
August 18, 2010 – 3:30 pm
A La Mode
We’ve all been talking about the trend toward content-driven design (that is, design in which the writing, messaging, videos, photos and related data—not the technology or look & feel—are considered first) lately, and for two good reasons:
The first is, it makes sense. You can’t write a paper without a thesis or paint a [...]
