Defeating the Monsters of Web Design
Maybe you remember the Monsters of Web Design? They’re the gnarly issues that menace your website, threatening to wreak havoc on your site (and your sanity). They’re back!
Project Context Workshop
The Project Context Workshop is a great kickoff exercise to get the project owners and the project team to agree on goals and scope. We learned this approach from Agency Agile. A project context session helps to: What you need: You can run this as a virtual workshop with your favorite online whiteboard tool too. […]
Higher Ed Governance for the Real World, Part 2
We as practitioners must take steps to establish the web as a specialty tool that requires specialty skills, not a publishing platform free-for-all.
Higher Ed Governance for the Real World Part 1
A study of how web teams from all types of colleges and universities are getting things done. Part 1 of 2 focuses on organizational structure and CMS tools.
Selling UX: Lessons From The Firing Line
Ever had to fight for the budget to do real audience research? Convince someone of the value of usability testing? Explain how your research informed the design you created? We took a huge gamble in 2005 when we sold Virginia Tech on the idea of doing mental models to inform their redesign. Since that initial […]
KJ Method
The KJ Method — created in the 1960s by Japanese anthropologist Jiro Kawakita — helps groups quickly reach consensus on organizing and prioritizing a set of ideas or data. It’s simple, easy to do, and cost-effective. Why you should try it: A KJ session can be run in-person or online. What works best for your […]
The Monsters of Web Design
Wrecked budgets, redundant content, mid-project changes, and digital marketing no-nos can come together and make any web project seem scary.
Content and Development: The New Dynamic Duo
How to Structure a Cringe-Proof CMS for Content Creators
What Is Good Design Feedback?
Design feedback can be elusive and it falls on the designer to help their client learn to speak design” and get the kind of response that is actionable.”
Translating Higher Ed-Speak from US to UK
NewCity does a lot of work in higher education. We’ve done a few projects in the UK in addition to our customer base in the US. One of the most fun aspects of that work is learning to translate between Higher Ed lingo in the US and the UK. It wouldn’t be so hard if […]
