Findability in A List Apart Issue 255
A List Apart recently published an article I wrote entitled Findability, the Orphan of the Web Design Industry. It’s a story of a sadly neglected little boy named Findability whose siblings―Information Architecture, Usability, Project Management, Design, and Development― all garner ample attention from folks in a web design agency while he remains unnoticed despite his essential role to the success of all projects.
It’s a tongue in cheek piece with a sense of humor that attempts to bring our attention back to what’s most important in our work―connecting with our audience. That’s what findability is all about. Using the many techniques explained in my book we can plan, design, and build more findable websites. For findability to be done well it requires buy in from all involved in the project life cycle, which is the premise of the article.
Congrats on all of your recent successes and publishings. Looking forward to your book!
Great article. Keep fighting the good fight.
March 27th, 2008 at 8:44 amDear Mr. Walter, I’d like to translate in Italian your article on my website. Of course I will keep all the references, and even if I’d like to split it in different episodes (in order to fit into my page style and length) every episode will be referenced and completed with your biography. You can find here my first episode
http://www.duechiacchiere.it/889
Please let me know if this is fine for you. Have a pleasant day.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:29 pm@camu Translations are fine so long as you follow the copyright stipulations listed here: http://www.alistapart.com/copyright/
Thanks for tackling it.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:56 pm