Article Making Sense of the Data by Christopher Butler on October 31, 2011 This month we present full coverage of Chris Butler's presentation at the HOW Interactive Design Conference on measurement for interactive designers. You'll learn how to start regularly gathering data that provides enlightening, qualitative insights, how to meaningfully connect metrics from analytics tools, and how to gather data from real, live people... Read Now About
Article Callahan Creek Receives 2011 WebAward published on October 21, 2011 We're thrilled to announce that the Web Marketing Association has awarded the Callahan Creek redesign with a WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development for 2011! Read Now About
Article What’s Been Goin’ On (aka Week 829) by Christopher Butler on October 17, 2011 It's been kinda quiet here at the Newfangled blog, mostly because we've been pretty busy. But I promise, we've got some great content coming up in the next few weeks. In the meantime, here's some of what we've been up to... Read Now About
Article Prospect Experience Design Web Typography: Struggles and Solutions published on September 28, 2011 We recently worked on a project with a familiar stumbling block: the font didn't look the same on all browsers. During the long road to figuring out why and how to fix it, I found a bunch of tips, tricks and tools that will hopefully help you on your typographic journeys. Read Now About
Article Prospect Experience Design Webpage Speed Dating by Christopher Butler on September 27, 2011 Ten seconds. That's how long your webpages have to get the attention of readers. Though it may sound like a insignificant amount of time, ten seconds is more than enough to spark interest, or, in some cases, lose it completely. This month, Chris Butler explores how a webpage's design can help users get to know its content... Read Now About
Article Prospect Experience Design Smarter, Better Cyborgs by Christopher Butler on September 16, 2011 ...or, as I originally titled it, "Designing the Unseen." But, this title plus Tim Lahan's awesome illustration make me very happy. Cyborg's? Holodeck? You've made this nerd's day. Anyway. My latest Interaction column for Print Magazine is now out in the October issue! I've reposted it here, though you'll soon be able to read it over at Print, or, for the best possible experience, pick it up in its native yet ephemeral dead-tree format... Read Now About
Article Resource Roundup: Things Agencies Should Know About by Christopher Butler on September 16, 2011 Here we are again: another couple of weeks past, another batch of interesting stuff collected for your edification. I've got some futurism, anti-marketing, secret datacenters, Amazon's very own Library of Babel, and much, much more... Read Now About
Article FYI, Blogging is Not Dead by Christopher Butler on September 7, 2011 You may have heard it said that blogging is dead. No. As far as I can tell, blogging is not only alive, but thriving. And if "blogging is dead" is some sort of call to make it so... No. Blogging offers something that the social graph doesn't: discovery... Read Now About
Article IRL? by Christopher Butler on September 2, 2011 I've spent more time than ever online this year. So as it draws to a close, I've been taking some time to reflect upon that and think critically about the content I consume and contribute online, as well as my experiences in real life and how they all fit together in my experience. The trouble is that distinction between real and virtual: What is real, anyway? To what extent is my online activity real or unreal? Read Now About
Article Resource Roundup: Things Agencies Should Know About by Christopher Butler on September 2, 2011 Every couple of weeks, I put together this list of stuff, and each time I feel like I have a better list than before. So, this is the best list yet! We've got our usual dose of Googlomania, interviews with talented designers, some book futurism, thoughts on the economics of the internet, and much, much more... Read Now About
