Jan 29, 2009; Category: Accessibility, CSS, Design/Development; Tags: Accessibility, CSS; One Comment
I’m not an accessibility “expert,” though I care about the issue and do my best to create accessible websites. However, I read a lot of web design/development information, and sometimes in my reading I pick up a trick without thinking through all of the accessibility angles. A classic example is how I’ve routinely (until now)
Jan 25, 2009; Category: Book Review, Marketing; Tags: Business, Case Studies, Change, Marketing; No Comments
I’ve known Casey Hibbard for approximately five years, and have provided web design/development services for her. She has written some case studies, or "success stories" as she prefers, for my company. She’s smart and has a lot of integrity, and I was thrilled when she told me she was writing a book about how to
Jan 21, 2009; Category: Accessibility, Bad Websites/Good Companies, Design/Development, Marketing; Tags: Accessibility, Design/Development, Marketing; No Comments
You’ve seen those homepages with 3 product lead-ins and 2 giveaways and NEW!!! special pricing and the latest news and a billboard about what the company stands for and the mission statement and a picture of the CEO and an announcement about the company picnic and a picture of the dog by the sales manager’s
Jan 17, 2009; Category: Accessibility, Business, CSS; Tags: Accessibility, CSS; 3 Comments
Web accessibility has to do with making websites accessible and usable for everyone, regardless of abilities or disabilities. Most of the techniques for making websites accessible are easy to do and don’t take much time, but many websites are minimally or not at all accessible. There are laws in place to ensure that public and
Jan 12, 2009; Category: Accessibility, Bad Websites/Good Companies, Design/Development, Marketing; Tags: Information Architecture, Splash Page, Usability; 4 Comments
Splash pages represent a fundamental misunderstanding of the online medium. Often, they come from a print perspective ("books should have a cover"), or sometimes from a broadcast perspective ("a show should have an intro"). In user surveys, splash pages consistently rank as one of the most annoying things on the internet, but there are still
Jan 8, 2009; Category: Bad Websites/Good Companies, Business, Design/Development, Marketing; Tags: Business, Design/Development, Marketing; No Comments
Don’t get me wrong: web designers and programmers are critical to the process of creating a website. But they cannot manufacture a viable web presence without the ongoing interest and participation of C-level (CEO, COO, etc.) managers in establishing, supporting, and adjusting a company’s web strategy. Companies that don’t understand the place their websites have
Jan 7, 2009; Category: Video, Zeitgeist; Tags: Change, Education, Future; No Comments
Many of you may have seen this. It’s a 2009, Americanized update of a video from mid-2007, originally produced for a British audience. What’s it mean? That’s the question left hanging at the end of the video. Share your thoughts.