Happy Cog: News

ALA 275: duty now for the future

happycog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:44:33 +0000

Ring in the new year by exploring where the medium is going (or isn’t). In Issue No. 275 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, John Allsopp explains why semantics in HTML 5 are a dead end, and Dominique Hazaël-Massieux explains how to make mobile style sheets work. (No, really!)

Changing the face of American leadership

happycog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:31:57 +0000

Some programs are about helping students get into college. Some are about helping them stay there. The Posse Foundation is about changing the face of American leadership. This unique nonprofit foundation makes a lifelong commitment to each student taken under its wing—and the members of Posse extend that same spirit of mentoring and giving back when they enter the workforce. We are thrilled to announce the launch of a Posse Foundation website designed by Happy Cog. Read the case study or visit the site.

An Event Apart 2009

happycog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:31:18 +0000

To celebrate the arrival of 2009, we’ve launched a brand-new design at aneventapart.com; published the complete, detailed schedule for our first show in Seattle; and opened the store for all four shows. Now you can claim a seat at any of this year’s fantastic events: Seattle, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco!

ALA 274: Content Matters

happycog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:10:22 +0000

In Issue No. 274 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: Content strategy gets as little respect today as information architecture did in 1995. Kristina Halvorson tells how to stop pretending site content is someone else’s problem, and learn, practice, and plan for content strategy. And Jeffrey MacIntyre defines the roles, tools, and value of this emerging user experience specialist.

Happy Cog and Housing Works showcase

happycog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:06:30 +0000

In an Expression Engine Showcase Interview, Greg Hoy and the staff of Happy Cog Philadelphia discuss how the agency used Expression Engine to meet the detailed and sophisticated needs of Housing Works:

As soon as information architecture was complete, it was obvious that Housing Works would have a very “deep” site. They needed a CMS that would allow for unique sets of nested pages. ExpressionEngine, and its support of custom fields and the integrated Pages module was a perfect match.

Housing Works provides homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and their families with housing, meals, medical care, drug treatment, social support, employment opportunities, and other lifesaving services fundamental to health and happiness.

ALA 273: Agile vs. IA

happycog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:04:03 +0000

Issue No. 273 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, looks at web design from both sides now. Learn how traditional, research-based IA leads to better site design—and why many are abandoning traditional methods in favor of agile design.

ALA 272: captions ’n code

happycog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:20:58 +0000

In Issue No. 272 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, Joe Clark asks what it will take to make video on the web accessible by default. (Answer: Legislation, probably, as voluntary compliance has not worked.) And Mr Dean Frickey improves the humble 404 page to the point where it might not need to be so humble any more.

ALA No. 271: write right

happycog — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:59:35 +0000

The fundamental things apply in Issue no. 271 of A List Apart, for people who make websites. Erin Kissane tells how non-writers (i.e. the people who write most of the stuff on the web) can make every word count in “Writing Content that Works for a Living.” And Aaron Gustafson wraps our introductory series on progressive enhancement with a look at the thinking behind (and best practices for executing) “Progressive Enhancement with JavaScript.”

Housing Works launch

happycog — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:14:21 +0000

When you’re a web design agency, you try your darnedest to find clients to work with that make an impact. If we’re talking about global corporations, such impacts are often measured in quantitative terms like “market share” and “revenue”. In the case of Housing Works, a nonprofit organization based in New York, the fundamental issue at hand is whether someone lives or dies.

Started in 1990 by four members of ACT UP, Housing Works focuses its efforts on the homeless men, women, and children of New York City who live with HIV or AIDS. Happy Cog is humbled to have had the opportunity to help communicate the mission of this astounding organization. We are very proud to introduce you to the new Housing Works website.

10 Years of A List Apart

happycog — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:09:05 +0000

In Issue No. 269 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, master the basics of progressive enhancement and look back in orange at our first ten years.