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Plain Language comes to the US – for real, this time
The US will join the UK and Australia, which have Plain Language policies. As of October, the US will adopt the principles of Plain Language that makes content more accessible to low-literacy and ESL readers. Among the first initiatives was to design forms in plain language so that the average person could actually understand and [...]
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention
The signage in Vancouver’s transit system is an example of how small content problems can have a negative effect on the overall user experience.
The Content Strategy Bookshself
If you were to look at your library of books related to content strategy – directly or indirectly – what would be on that shelf? Here’s what is on mine.
Consequences of not having a good content strategy
An unexpected, informal usability test shows the role of content as part of the overall user experience.
Podcasts on usability
Userability Show: podcast series that answers usability questions.
Delivering the steak, not just the sizzle
There are too many sites that deliver the sizzle without the steak – in other words, great interactivity but not enough, or the right, content.
Flash pages, skip intros, and other annoying content
Do you support or annoy your website visitors with the first content they see? Using Flash splash screens, skip intro buttons, talking heads, and other presentation techniques is tricky. A few sites do it well; many annoy their visitors before they’ve even given them a chance to engage.
What’s the difference in a UX name?
Is it a good idea to call yourself a User Experience Designer, or should you be more specific about your expertise in the field?
Poor usability marring site experience sparks thoughts on ROI
What happens when a site is developed to be very attractive and nominally useful, but lacks user-centered design.
Recent Posts
- The increasing relevance of ebooks and other epublications
- All I learned about book publishing comes from The Book
- Content Re-use and Narrative Flow
- 2012 in Review – a Content Strategy Retrospective
- Two weeks, four events, eight observations: insights from the conference circuit
- Content Inventories, Audits, and Analyses: All part of benchmarking
- Working on the City of Vancouver website
- Occupying a unique content strategy space
- Move over, Big Data. It’s time for Big Content.
- Setting a context for a content strategy vocabulary
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