Betsy:
In 2010, when we learned that the Art Directors Club of Metro Washington (ADCMW) was awarding our design of The New Republic site a silver medal, we saw that both as a validation of our ongoing design and UX work in Drupal *and* as an opportunity to grow.
Joel:
As a project manager, I’ve definitely been in situations where clients ask for features that are out of scope. Often they’re responding to internal pressure that wasn’t initially part of our kick-off discussions - and so our Agile processes typically provides us the flexibility to have a conversation about these new features; perhaps we can re-prioritize, trade like for like on value, or simply agree to add the features as well as budget & timeline.
Dave:
For several years, we’ve been fusing the visual design and user experience design processes together more formally. And, in doing so, the end result is a more intuitive site with complementary functionality and aesthetics.
Dave:
How are your users finding your content? Are they coming to your website from a search engine? If so, which one? Are they arriving on your homepage first, or are they landing on an interior page of the site that’s loaded with keyword-rich content?
Betsy:
We love to see more web design and UX talks popping up at DrupalCon each year. And we’re particularly excited that our own Samantha Warren is helping to lead that trend publicly.
Joshua:
Agile design is a given for software development; flexibility helps us better contain unforeseen technical challenges and pivot on formerly expected features when they’re deemed unnecessary.
Dave:
We’ve all been to a website that’s overrun with advertising. Performance on these tends to be abysmal -- the slow loading time is mostly thanks to all those jumping, flashing, talking, moving, animated sidebars, headers, footers, and mid-page graphics screaming for our attention.
Tracy:
After a lot of work, I'm pleased to announce the availability of my new book Drupal Intranets with Open Atrium.
Dave:
The Node Relationships module significantly extends the capabilities of a standard node reference CCK field in a number of important ways - learn how.
Laura:
Recently, I had the happy opportunity to participate in Sunlight Lab's Design for America Challenge. Happy, because I'm gung-ho about this organization's stated mission: "To make government data more accessible and comprehensible to the American public." The five grand prize was nothing to sneeze at, either.
