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“Data is useless without the ability…

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2017

"Data is useless without the ability to visualize and act on it." Andrew Coyle writes about the ingredients of a successful data table user interface design. He presents a nice list of design structures, interaction patterns, and techniques.

John Maeda posted his slides (along…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

BusinessDesign

John Maeda posted his slides (along link to video) of his 2017 Design in Tech Report at SXSW together with Jackie Xu. Some "key observations" include: - Design isn’t just about beauty; it’s about market relevance and meaningful results. -…

Parrot is an integrated site builder…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Design

Parrot is an integrated site builder and editor concept for WordPress, and Davide Casali talks about it here. This concept started as the team thought of new approaches to how a future WordPress customization experience could have worked. I like…

K. Adam White is the design…

Brian Krogsgard

March 3, 2017

Design

K. Adam White is the design lead on the WordPress REST API, and has been involved with the project for the last three years. On the Bocoup blog, he gives an in-depth overview of his time with the project that…

The theme directory disconnect

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2017

BusinessDesign

In many ways, the WordPress theme directory is an invaluable resource -- for theme developers to have access to put their work out there in the wild for a huge audience, and for users to have a relatively safe way…

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 21, 2017

DesignDevelopment

Don't miss your opportunity to visit Boston for the second iteration of A Day of REST, a conference exclusively devoted to teaching you about the WordPress REST API.

I sent out the first post…

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2017

Design

I sent out the first post and newsletter for my new Commerce Notebook project. If you didn't subscribe, I figured I'd share the Footnotes from that newsletter here, this time. If you are into eCommerce, I hope you'll check out…

Editor blocks design is underway

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2017

Design

The editor blocks concept is being designed. An extremely healthy conversation is happening on Make Design around what the behavior should be, and how people may interact with a block-style editor. I'm really liking the general UI concepts, and most…

Plasso is an online subscription service…

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2017

Design

Plasso is an online subscription service that enables payments and membership functionality using the Stripe platform. Tom Mcfarlin wrote about Plasso's recently released plugin and themes for WordPress -- which WordPress veteran Jason Schuller had a hand in. Plasso is…

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Sami Keijonen

January 7, 2017

BusinessDesign

Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Core focus areas get leads, clarity

Brian Krogsgard

January 5, 2017

Design

The three focus areas for WordPress core for 2017 have been assigned leads. The focus areas are replacing the WordPress major release cycle, as described in the State of the Word, and expanded on in my interview with Matt Mullenweg.…

New WordPress.org homepage is “unstuck”

Brian Krogsgard

December 27, 2016

Design

The new homepage for WordPress.org is live. It's a working prototype, and I like the way Matt put it on his blog: "What’s on the page today actually isn’t that important, even though it’s better in many ways, the key…

After a private beta period, the…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Design

After a private beta period, the Cookbook plugin is now available for everyone. It's a commercial recipe plugin by WP Site Care and Feast, and it looks really nice. It's also a good case study in single product marketing design…

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2016

Design

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer and the designer of Twenty Seventeen, shares thoughts on how good design feedback should be structured. My favorite is probably the last one on the list: Frame feedback as suggestions, not mandates. “What if…

“Don’t Use Carousels” is a mantra…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

DesignNotes

"Don't Use Carousels" is a mantra that's been going around the design community for years, but i found Chris Coyier's article at MediaTemple's blog to take a sensible approach in explaining why that absolute is a bit overboard. If you…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

Brian Krogsgard

December 3, 2016

BusinessDesign

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.

“Data is useless without the ability…

John Maeda posted his slides (along…

Parrot is an integrated site builder…

K. Adam White is the design…

The theme directory disconnect

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

I sent out the first post…

Editor blocks design is underway

Plasso is an online subscription service…

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

Core focus areas get leads, clarity

New WordPress.org homepage is “unstuck”

After a private beta period, the…

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer…

“Don’t Use Carousels” is a mantra…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

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