Data on the web is increasingly location-specific. Between the rapidly expanding mobile web and the new geolocation API in browsers, it's easier than ever to attach locations to users and the content they create.
It's less easy to display location data in a way that is usable. There are plenty of free mapping tools, but which to use?
Over the past year, we've been exploring mood boards, and how they fit in our visual design process. First, how did we know we even needed them?
Throughout our design process there are a number of tools & conventions we use to make it easier to get to the design concept. Here’s a simple template we use to create wireframes, a little faster.
Last week, Poynter's NewsU.org, the world's leading journalism education website, went live with a complete redesign. We're extremely pleased with the outcome of the process.
As a new Senior Designer at Aten, our design process seems fairly similar to how I've done things in the past, with one clear exception: the attitude surrounding design revisions.
We take a content-first approach to building websites. That means that one of the first things we'll do in a project is ask you for all the content you plan on publishing to the web. Here are a few reasons why.
About three years ago, my wife, Jen and I packed up and moved back to Rochester, NY (where we met in college). I’ve been telecommuting ever since.
Card-sorting and cluster analysis for information architecture.
We took a few minutes to reflect on what was 2008, and what is 2009. Among the upcoming events are DrupalCon 2009 and a barrage of new work for the portfolio.
As browser-based game developers, it is easy to loose sight of what we are really after when it comes to creating meaningful games. No matter how much valuable information is packed into a game, it can't really succeed if it is not fun to play.
