Other Engagements Archives
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Download Happy Cog
March 13, 2008
Crisply produced Voices That Matter Podcast video interviews with Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman and a host of design and web luminaries are now available for your listening and viewing pleasure in the iTunes Music Store and at Peachpit. Additional SXSW video, coming soon, includes:
- A discussion on user interface design between Michael Lopp and Zeldman
- Video of the Everyone’s a Design Critic presentation featuring Happy Cog creative director Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert
- Video of the Respect! panel featuring Google’s Douglas Bowman and Happy Cog’s Erin Kissane, Liz Danzico, and Jason Santa Maria (and moderated by Zeldman)
Watch this space for announcements!
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Kongrats!
March 13, 2008
Congratulations to Kongregate, whose Happy-Cog-designed site was named the People’s Choice at the 11th Annual Web Awards at SXSW Interactive, Austin TX.
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Cog at SXSW
March 3, 2008
Happy Cog at SXSW Interactive:
Respect!
Friday, March 7th, from 5:00-6:00 pm, in Room 18ABCD, moderated by Jeffrey Zeldman and featuring Happy Cogs Jason Santa Maria, Erin Kissane, and Liz Danzico plus Google visual design lead (and web design legend) Douglas Bowman.
“We create the web. Yet twelve years and two bubbles into its history, we get no respect as a profession. … How can architects, designers, writers and coders work with clients, journalists and the public to foster understanding and get their best work produced?”
Everyone’s a Design Critic
Sunday, March 9th, from 10:00-11:00 am, in Room A, featuring Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert.
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, but not if they’re all hot air. A valid critique is fundamental to any design process, and we’ll demonstrate some do’s and don’ts, including the anatomy of a well-formed opinion and a handy guide to getting useful feedback from clients.”
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Stop me before I keynote again
December 4, 2007
On December 10, Happy Cog’s founder, web designer numero uno, and godfather of web standards Jeffrey Zeldman keynotes at Web Design World Boston in beautiful Copley Square. Chaired by Jim Heid, Web Design World is the industry’s longest-running web design conference. The Boston speaker line-up includes some of the greatest talents and best speakers in the business.
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Zeldman at FOWD and beyond
October 17, 2007
Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman can be seen at the Future of Web Design conference (New York, NY, November 7–8), where he’ll discuss, of all things, “the future of web design” with fellow designers Andy Clarke and Josh Williams. Upcoming Zeldman appearances also include:
- Private address, Business Week (New York, NY, November 5, 2007);
- Keynote address, Web Design World Boston 2007 (Boston, December 10-12, 2007);
- Keynote address, Web Directions North (Vancouver, BC, January 28–February 2, 2008).
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Weychert Jams
September 10, 2007
On 21 September, Happy Cog creative director Rob Weychert will appear at the Webmaster Jam Session in Dallas, discussing his definition, sources, and means of maintaining creative inspiration. The two-day event will also feature such luminaries as usability expert Jared Spool and renowned designer Jeff Croft.
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How Not to Get Noticed
August 9, 2007
We all have ideas about the design and usability of WordPress, but what happens when actual testing gets applied to the problem? Liz Danzico’s presentation from WordCamp 2007 shows Happy Cog’s work on the information architecture and usability for WordPress.
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Danzico at WordCamp
July 8, 2007
Speaking at WordCamp 2007, Happy Cog’s Liz Danzico will deliver a Usability Analysis of WordPress as the penultimate address of the two-day conference. WordCamp is a high-level conference for WordPress users and developers; this year’s conference takes place July 21–22 at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco. Additional speakers include John Dvorak, Dave Winer, and Matt Mullenweg.
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Cogs on the move
May 31, 2007
On 7–8 June, Happy Cog creative director Jason Santa Maria will address @Media London on the devilish details that make the difference between good and great design. Other speakers at this amazing event include father of CSS Håkon Wium Lie, and leading accessibility expert Joe Clark.
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“After the Brief” SXSW podcast
March 17, 2007
Happy Cog art director Rob Weychert and creative director Jason Santa Maria rocked SXSW Interactive with their March 11, 2007 presentation, “After the Brief: A Field Guide to Design Inspiration.” Seven hundred people attended the two-man panel (scheduled co-presenter Cameron Moll was unable to attend). If you weren’t able to catch this presentation, or if you just want to relive the memories, an MP3 audio file is available. (Video, one hopes, is forthcoming.)