content strategy FTW

[ I usually don't copy/paste from the brochure, but this one had the best hook that I couldn't write better myself. ]

11th hour copy. Fix-it-later launches. Our users deserve more than the last-minute content we often get stuck with. And you have the power to change the game. Learn how to introduce (and sell) content strategy into your web design process.
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I have a feeling this presentation is going to make the best podcast to listen to. Kristina is awesome. She’d better put this on slideshare.

Presenter(s)
Kristina Halvorson @halvorson
Date
13 March 2010
Tag(s)
#contentstrategy
#csftw
#contentstrategyftw
Books
Content Strategy

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the right way to wireframe

In the UX field: no one shows their work! So Todd and Russ are here to show us everything they do when they build a design project. Has anyone seen a wireframe from Jesse James Garrett, Peter Morville, or Jared Spool?

If you are arguing about the differences between wireframes and prototypes or the best tools (OmniGraffle, Visio, Fireworks, Balsamiq Mockups, Axure), you are missing the point. The best tool / model is the one you are most comfortable with and the one you can produce the best output with. The idea is to communicate your concept to someone else, period.

Requirements. Research. Audience. [Content Strategy?]. Concepts (sketch). Wireframe/Prototype. Visual Design.
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Presenter(s)
Todd Zaki Warfel @zakiwarfel
Russ Unger @russu
Date
13 March 2010
Tag(s)
#rightwaytowireframe1
#rwtw
Books
Prototyping (Zaki Warfel)
Project Guide to UX Design (Unger)
Videos
Will Evans
Russ Unger
Todd Zaki Warfel
Playlist from ixd10

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web content management systems from a designer’s perspective

CMS brings content centralization, rich functionality, and easily puts management into a client’s hands. Most CMS’s out there have large designer/developer communities (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Expression Engine).

Presenter(s)
Scott Fegette
Chris Charlton
Date
13 March 2010
Tag(s)
#contentmgmtdesign

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content strategy: what’s in it for you?

Content is the reason why people use the web. Content strategy involves planning for the creation, aggregation, delivery, and governance of useful, usable, and appropriate content in an experience.
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Presenter
Margot Bloomstein @mbloomstein
Date
12 March 2010
Article
alistapart (the case for content strategy)
Tag(s)
#contentstrategy
#cswiify

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