By Pem McNerney on March 19, 2010
There are many reasons to like the content management system Drupal. It’s powerful, it’s popular, and it’s free. But Drupal 6, the current version, is hard to love. The interface can be confusing. The results, for the beginning user, can be ugly. Even Dries Buytaert, Drupal’s creator, says it can be hard to tell the […]
Posted in Drupal | Tagged Acquia, Content, Dries Buytaert, Drupal, Drupal 7, Drupal Garden, Jeff Noyes, Lynne Capozzi
By Pem McNerney on March 18, 2010
When it comes to creating content, words alone won’t do. You’ll also want to use photos, audio, video, and other forms of content. Photos, for example, can be a great way to convey information in a way that is compelling and succinct. But keeping large numbers of photos organized and editing them so that they […]
Posted in Editing, Photography | Tagged Flickr, Photobucket, Photography, Photoshop, PIcasa
By Pem McNerney on March 16, 2010
Julie Zhuo, the product design manager at Facebook, has had plenty of experience dealing with people who are unhappy with change. In this podcast with Jared Spool, Design Lessons from Facebook’s 350 million with Julie Zhuo, she talks about why people don’t like change and how Facebook takes that into account when they introduce new […]
Posted in Design, Facebook, Social Media | Tagged change, Design, facebook, redesign
How to gather information, assess it, and present it in a way readers will understand and appreciate