2016 is come and gone and the end of the year was such a downer for so many people that I thought a little levity was in order. Come for the dog pictures, stay for “Are you from Canada?”
Now on The Interconnected: Learning from the Ladies Room
Learning from the ladies’ room is a tale of indecipherable design in a place where most of us would really like the design to be obvious. It’s also a guide into a world most men don’t get a glimpse into, and hopefully a lesson in user hacks and how to prevent them.
Now on The Interconnected: Rhythms and Risings
Part love letter to the company I’m leaving after 16 years, part political commentary on the rough roads American has walked during those 16 years and the recent election of Donald Trump, my most recent post on The Interconnected, Rhythms and risings, talks about incremental change and staying the course
Now on The Interconnected: Doing Agile Wrong: When Is Big Up-Front Design Right?
The last of my three rants about Big Up-Front Design discusses the conditions in which big up-front design is a really good idea.
It’s not always be a good idea to do big up-front design. Conversely, it’s not always a good idea to skip it. Th trick with this technique as with all techniques is to know when to use it and when not to.
Now on The Interconnected: a review of ForgeConf
I attended ForgeConf, a one-day conference about making and designing for the web. Because I believe excellence should be celebrated, I wrote a review for for the conference on The Interconnected.
Tickets normally go on sale in January or February so keep an eye out if you’re in the Philadelphia area.