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Readability Guidelines Beta update: 3 by Lizzie Bruce
It’s December, and Readability Guidelines Beta is coming to an end. But we’ve got until 18 December to keep discussing the topics together. Plus you can add evidence at any time to the Readability Guidelines wiki! Since the last update we’ve looked at readability of...
read moreContent sprints – matching user needs with business goals by Hinrich von Haaren
In our content sprints we help organisations figure out a solution to a particular content problem. A sprint is 2 weeks. Sometimes it takes one sprint to tackle a content problem, sometimes it can be 2 or 3 sprints. It really depends on how complex the project...
read moreReadAbility Guidelines Beta update: 2 by Lizzie Bruce
Readability Guidelines is continuing as a Beta until week of 18 December. We’re now at the end of week 5 of this 10 week project, so halfway through – already. It’s gone so fast. Since the last update we looked at numbers and then had a multi-topic session on...
read moreLorem ipsum is dead. Hallelujah! by Yael Ben-David
Lorem ipsum sucks. And to my delight, it’s becoming a thing of the past. According to Wikipedia: “In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is a placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the visual form of a document without relying on meaningful content....
read moreReadability Guidelines Beta update: 1 by Lizzie Bruce
We’re back for more. The end of Alpha was not the end of the project! Readability Guidelines is continuing as a Beta until week of 18 December. We’ll focus on finding evidence to answer the readability questions uncovered in Alpha. We’ll also be thinking more about...
read moreReadability guidelines alpha: the end
The end is not the end. You know that. 😉 Last week, we had a meeting to talk about the Readability guidelines alpha. Thank you to all those who came. And a massive thank you to Deliveroo for hosting us with space, drinks, and nibbles. Thanks so much. We talked about...
read moreReadability guidelines alpha update: 4
It’s been just over 9 weeks since we published the readability guidelines wiki. If this is new news to you, this full blog post explains what is going on: https://contentdesign.london/usability/readability-guidelines/ Last week we looked at hyphens using a different...
read moreWhy all communications people should understand content design
I thought I knew a lot about creating content. Until I went on Sarah Richard’s Content Design course. I’ve had many job titles: journalist, editor, copy editor, copywriter, communications manager. But never content designer. I was intrigued. I was the only person...
read moreReadability guidelines alpha update: 3
It’s been just over 8 weeks since we published the readability guidelines wiki. If this is new news to you, this full blog post explains what is going on: https://contentdesign.london/usability/readability-guidelines/ In that time, we’ve: had 259 people (and counting)...
read moreIntroducing Lizzie
Lizzie is one of our new trainers. She’s currently helping the University of Cambridge design their content around user needs. Lizzie first worked with Sarah over a decade ago and was involved with GOV.UK. What’s your content background? I loved studying semiotics...
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