This is a guest post graciously contributed by Paul Dawson, who spoke at MIX10 about Total Experience Design. He runs a consulting blog and is Experience Director at EMC Consulting, one of the largest digital interactive agencies in Europe and about to go global. EMC bought Paul’s previous company, Conchango, about three years ago. He’s been in “new media” since it was — “new” that is, working on early day websites and… Keep Reading
Total Experience Design – Why Should a Web Designer Care?
August 7th, 2010
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6 Useful WordPress Plugins by Yoast
June 5th, 2010
Design Resources, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design
![Power Outlet by [F]oxymoron on Flickr](http://readydesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/power-outlet-f-oxymoron.jpg "Power Outlet by [F]oxymoron on Flickr")
There are a lot of useful plugins for WordPress out there. I’ve seen so many “best plugins for WordPress” lists that I would almost feel guilty adding another one (though I make no promises not to eventually do my own roundup of stuff I use, anyway). Instead, today I’m going to recommend a particular WordPress plugin developer, Joost de Valk of the website, Yoast. I’ve never met or talked to him and don’t have any particular stake in his work, but it’s so helpful to me I’d like to give a shout out to him… Keep reading
Critique: Bit.ly’s Fugu Redesign
May 3rd, 2010
It appears the redesign bug is going around. Just a couple of weeks ago one of my favorite online services, Pandora Radio, tweaked their site design. Now Bit.ly, another of my most frequented sites, has revamped their interface as well in what they’re calling the Fugu edition. Below is a screenshot of the site as it looked last Friday, followed by one taken this evening.
My initial reaction to… Keep reading
New Domain!
April 27th, 2010
Hooray! As of today, this site is now on readydesigns.com. Links pointing to the stuff in the old directory should still work, but while you’re reading this it wouldn’t hurt to change any links you might have over to the new URL. That ensures I get the best possible link juice from them as well. I hope I’ve squashed all the bugs that popped up from the domain transfer, but if you find any please do mention them to me so I can fix them.
A huge thank you to Anthony Appleby over… Keep reading
Critique: Pandora Radio’s Redesign
April 19th, 2010
I’m a huge fan of the Internet radio service, Pandora. Headphones and good music are my retreat in the office environment in which I work, but I have a tendency to tire of music quickly and have little patience to search out more. As a result, the intelligent playlist generation of Pandora is truly a lifesaver for me. After spending so much time using the service and leaving my feedback through interaction with the company’s Twitter account, the whole brand is starting… Keep reading
