5 Must-read books for interactive content designers
Although the all mighty internet provides guides, tutorials and blogs galore; sometimes nothing beats a good book. I've come across several great reads and thought I'd share them with the masses. Some you may know, some you may have even read; but check out the list and seriously think about getting hold of these titles.
Political web design, a showcase
With the impending Lord Mayor's show in London on the 14th of November I thought we could take a look at some political websites. Technically these sites should be flat out amazing, selling a politician is a hard job, and no cheap persuasive tactics will work on such a cynical crowd; something a bit special is needed. We'll also look at some government websites where information is key.
I'll try and include political sites from around the Globe as to avoid leaving anyone out, however please be warned that i terms of 'good webdesign' it's pretty slim pickings.
10 Web based typography inspirations
As discussed in our last article, there are many ways to get interesting type onto your web designs (or more specifically onto your web developments). This article will provide a little inspiration in the form of a showcase highlighting some great uses of type on the web - including my own portfolio site! I'm not going to be going into details or explaining the complexities of how type can aid in persuasive design and usability; I think I'll save that for another day.
Oh, I'll also be including some links to other lists of great uses of typography ... just to fill the gaps.
Jeffrey Zeldman: The Importance of Web Standards
So what are web standards and where do they come from?
Well I have for you here an excellent little video, from Jeffrey Zeldman's BigThink collection. Jeffrey Zeldman is a truly massive name in web design; you might be aware of him from 'A List Apart', 'An Event Apart' and 'Happy Cog'.
It's a little unstructured, but a very interesting interview none the less! Also check out his other videos, as they're also quite insightful.
The survey for people that make websites 2008
This years survey from 'A List Apart' is available for digest here. Here's an explanation of the survey in the form of an extract from the site:
As we did in 2007, A List Apart and you teamed up to shed light on precisely who creates websites. Where do we live? What kind of work do we do? What are our job titles? How well or how poorly are we paid? How satisfied are we, and where do we see ourselves going? In 2008, 30,055 readers took part in the A List Apart Survey. Once more, data analysts Alan Brickman and Larry Yu crunched numbers this way and that. With a global recession in full swing as of December 2007, we were particularly interested to find out how financially and professionally secure web people felt, and whether there were discernible differences in the way people responded to questions about satisfaction and security in 2008, compared with 2007. This year we also improved our fact-finding on freelance and part-time web personnel. - A List Apart
So, the average profile is a 25 year old white male, who has worked 45 hours a week for 10 years or more as a web developer earning $45,000p/a, lives in North America, holds a degree, runs a 10 year old personal web site and is excited by their job.
Sound like you?
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