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The Power of Experience Design

I went to my first Experience Design meeting for the AIGA Colorado chapter last night so I could watch Peter Merholz give a great presentation on "The Power of...

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January 27, 2005
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At least Adaptive Path will come to Denver

I just read my Adaptive Path newsletter today and was shocked to see that not only is Peter Merholz stopping through town to talk at an AIGA Colorado meeting, but...

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January 11, 2005
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Teaching Standards to Co-Workers - The Class

Finally, a few months after my original entry, I finally taught a standards-based design course, focusing on XHTML/CSS and semantic markup, to my co-workers at the office. The Class The...

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September 23, 2004
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SEO and Web Standards

I'm dying to post a recent PowerPoint I put together at work showing the benefits of standards-based design for SEO. But in-light of recent happenings at Friendster, and my own...

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September 21, 2004
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Meetup.com - The Response

Last week I sent a long feedback message to meetup.com. A few days ago, I received a response that, as far as I can tell, addresses none of my concerns....

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September 18, 2004
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Meetup.com Redesign Problems

I wrote the following to meetup.com recently, to critique and offer solutions to some serious issues I think were overlooked in their redesign: I'm writing to comment on your new...

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September 10, 2004
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Overlapping CSS Tabs

Last week I needed to put together a set of overlapping tabs for a project I'm currently working on. It has slanted tabs that overlap one another on both sides...

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August 01, 2004
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WebVisions and Portland

Last weekend I traveled to Portland Oregon for the first time in my life. I was there for a few reasons, but mainly to go to the WebVisions Conference put...

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July 25, 2004
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Headers vs Headlines

While working out the particulars of how I want to design this site I came against a problem that's become pretty common for me in the age of standards-based design—should...

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June 17, 2004
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The Makings of a Web Design Community

The community for web design in Denver is so scattered and isolated (and probably very small) that until last year, I had never met another true web designer in this...

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June 12, 2004
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Lost in Translation - Talking Web

When I'm talking about the internet, I might as well be speaking Japanese to my co-workers. A couple of them have worked to varying degrees in the field, so they...

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May 21, 2004
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Progressive Enhancement Design

Not to long ago, Jared Spool wrote a great article on rebuilding a website through gradual evolution of smaller changes rather than engaging in a massive redesign project. Many sites...

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May 05, 2004
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Progressive Enhancement Design

Not to long ago, Jared Spool wrote a great article on rebuilding a website through gradual evolution of smaller changes rather than engaging in a massive redesign project. Many sites...

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May 05, 2004
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Fun with Design Tools: Strategic Definition Documents

This is the first in a set of entries detailing different tools I use when designing a website, and how I'm applying those tools to the design of this website,...

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May 03, 2004
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Font-size Widgets: An Accessibility Hack?

Six months ago, I went in for an eye exam. I usually enjoy the part with the dilating drops. Sitting in the chair and looking around the room I commented...

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April 28, 2004
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The Plan

Design Update of the Day - 4/27/04 I have a plan. Using a little web-fu, bottle up everything I want to tell the world into a 800x600 screen. Simple. I...

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April 27, 2004
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Font-sizes and Categories

Design update of the day - 4/26/04 I had to clean up the look of the site a little, I just couldn't stand waiting until I had my plan in...

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April 26, 2004
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Teaching Standards to Co-Workers

I've spent my entire career working inside large companies. It has afforded me some really good opportunities, but has also come with a large disadvantage—I am often the only person...

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April 26, 2004
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My first "real" website

Cameron Moll has asked the question: "What was you're first website". It took a little work, but I was able to cull together my first website I did back at...

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April 25, 2004
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