7 Years
Today marks my seventh year working for Newfangled. In some ways, I can't believe it has already been that long; in others, I can't believe it has only been that long. 2011 has been a remarkable year for me, one that has probably provided more opportunities for growth, both professional and personal, than any other year I can recall...
Readings for Designers Dreamers
I know I beat the reading horse too much. Sorry. This is going to be another one of those posts, but hopefully a bit more enjoyable
Ten Things You Should *Definitely* Know About Ecommerce
Payment gateways, PCI compliance, discount codes, sales tax, shipping... the list of ecommerce mysteries is longer than it should be. But this month, Chris Butler brings clarity to each of them and gives you a survey of how ecommerce works, from setup to sale...
Six Important Points to Remember About Content Entry
In many cases content creation and then entry is a bigger task for clients than anticipated. We've made these great plans for a site, but then copy has to be written, images chosen, the CMS learned and the content entered, formatted and in many cases related by some method of secondary, suggested navigation.
The following list of tips and principles is somewhat specific to the Newfangled CMS and our site build process, but potentially useful for any CMS user at this critical stage in a website project.
Resource Roundup: Things Agencies Should Know About
Another week, another torrent of content. Lucky for you we've got the best robots filtering out the important signal from the noise. This week's roundup includes articles and interviews with various technology visionaries, a post from the infallible David Baker, thoughts on content, and some thoughts on what creativity really means...
Prompting Creative Thinking (from People Who Don’t Think They’re Creative)
This week I was listening to a podcast from PRI's To the Best of Our Knowledge, which was focused on the creative mind. One segment in particular inspired me. At roughly the 15-minute mark (15:11 - 24:20), Anne Strainchamps begins an interview with Shelley Carson, a Harvard psychologist who does research on creativity and the brain. Through her study, Carson has developed methods for amplifying creativity
Writing: Just Do It
This blog post was particularly hard to write. I knew what I wanted to write about, but I couldn
Found Quotes
Here's a long list of fantastic quotes I've collected over the past few months. On storytelling
Resource Roundup: Things Agencies Should Know About
I was away last week and yet the internet kept sending me stuff! Don't worry, I took care of the filtering for you and have collected only the good, essential stuff right here in this post. As usual, I've got some Google for you, some social media, future of the news, cellphone short films, and some more Google... Like I said, the good stuff...