Comments on: Happy Cog redesigns, 2/7/2007 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blackfriars' Marketing: Happy Cog: communicating value in fourteen words or less http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-47627 Blackfriars' Marketing: Happy Cog: communicating value in fourteen words or less Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:56:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-47627 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] guys. And if you want to read about the philosophy behind the redesign, you can read it here at Zeldman.com.Technorati Tags: Design, Elevator pitch, Happy Cog, Strategic [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] guys. And if you want to read about the philosophy behind the redesign, you can read it here at Zeldman.com.Technorati Tags: Design, Elevator pitch, Happy Cog, Strategic [...]

]]> By: Jason Santa Maria | Happy Cog Redesign http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-42890 Jason Santa Maria | Happy Cog Redesign Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:06:19 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-42890 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] is sparking or fizzing, feel free to speak up. When you’re done kicking the tires, drop by Zeldman’s post about the new digs and Dan’s write-up of the site’s smooth [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] is sparking or fizzing, feel free to speak up. When you’re done kicking the tires, drop by Zeldman’s post about the new digs and Dan’s write-up of the site’s smooth [...]

]]> By: Happy Cog Redesign » Peter Unruh – News & Inspiration für Kreative http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-42073 Happy Cog Redesign » Peter Unruh – News & Inspiration für Kreative Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:09:26 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-42073 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] der Informationen wirklich gelungen. Weitere Infos zum Redesign kann man direkt bei Jeffrey Zeldman und Jason Santa Maria [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] der Informationen wirklich gelungen. Weitere Infos zum Redesign kann man direkt bei Jeffrey Zeldman und Jason Santa Maria [...]

]]> By: Happy Cog Anew « Adrian Pelletier http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-40813 Happy Cog Anew « Adrian Pelletier Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:43:18 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-40813 [...] Happy Cog releases a beautiful new design, pushing the message that they are not just web designers but authors, speakers, and industry movers as well. More from the man who got the cog rolling, Zeldman outlines the process in a recent post. [...] [...] Happy Cog releases a beautiful new design, pushing the message that they are not just web designers but authors, speakers, and industry movers as well. More from the man who got the cog rolling, Zeldman outlines the process in a recent post. [...]

]]> By: Paul Buchhorn - Online Marketing News http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-20107 Paul Buchhorn - Online Marketing News Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:25:12 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-20107 it looks very nice! it looks very nice!

]]> By: Dan Mall http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-11195 Dan Mall Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:03:49 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-11195 <a href="#comment-10168" title="Dave’s comment" rel="nofollow">Dave</a>: We actually never talked about it offline, but I have been getting a lot of requests to talk about the technique. I wrote an article called <a href="http://www.danielmall.com/archives/2007/04/20/soft_serve.php" rel="nofollow">Soft Serve</a> that should point you in the right direction. Cheers! Dave: We actually never talked about it offline, but I have been getting a lot of requests to talk about the technique. I wrote an article called Soft Serve that should point you in the right direction. Cheers!

]]> By: Dave http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-10168 Dave Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:34:15 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-10168 I was disappointed that you went private with the Dimo's 2/7 Q re: px vs. em's - I was learning new (and scary) things from that, and I would have enjoyed following the conversation to the border! About the Cog: Watercolor's not really MY thing, but It's cool, decent on the eyes, and apparently works quite well for you. I think it's rude for certain folks to bash you for not appealing to their personal tastes. Still worthy of my bookmark! I was disappointed that you went private with the Dimo’s 2/7 Q re: px vs. em’s – I was learning new (and scary) things from that, and I would have enjoyed following the conversation to the border!

About the Cog: Watercolor’s not really MY thing, but It’s cool, decent on the eyes, and apparently works quite well for you. I think it’s rude for certain folks to bash you for not appealing to their personal tastes.

Still worthy of my bookmark!

]]> By: IE 7 does not resize text sized in pixels | 456 Berea Street http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9602 IE 7 does not resize text sized in pixels | 456 Berea Street Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:38:15 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9602 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] One new design that seems to have caused some confusion is Happy Cog's. Dan Mall's font size technique for Happy Cog was to use pixels for all browsers except IE; IE's style sheet has font sizes in "ems". Dan's comments are here. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] One new design that seems to have caused some confusion is Happy Cog’s. Dan Mall’s font size technique for Happy Cog was to use pixels for all browsers except IE; IE’s style sheet has font sizes in “ems”. Dan’s comments are here. [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9345 Jeffrey Zeldman Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:32:37 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9345 <blockquote> I’m slightly disappointed that you had crankycog taken down. Are you now, strictly business? </blockquote> I had nothing taken down. If someone wants to satirize us — even if the satire is meanspirited and unfunny — it's no skin off my nose. I took no action against the anonymous creator of that rather witless parody.

I’m slightly disappointed that you had crankycog taken down. Are you now, strictly business?

I had nothing taken down. If someone wants to satirize us — even if the satire is meanspirited and unfunny — it’s no skin off my nose. I took no action against the anonymous creator of that rather witless parody.

]]> By: Eric http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9334 Eric Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:24:08 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-9334 Jeffrey, I'm slightly disappointed that you had crankycog taken down. Are you now, strictly business? Jeffrey,

I’m slightly disappointed that you had crankycog taken down. Are you now, strictly business?

]]> By: Netdiver NEWS archive -> February 2007 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8849 Netdiver NEWS archive -> February 2007 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:30:29 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8849 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Happy Cog Redesigns by Jeffrey Zeldman [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Happy Cog Redesigns by Jeffrey Zeldman [...]

]]> By: Chirag Rana http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8737 Chirag Rana Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:05:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8737 Great Craftsmanship in Code. Lake of aesthetic. Navigation is suitable for your site. I fall in love when I saw sentence based navigation in http://www.boora.com in 2002. Well done! Great Craftsmanship in Code. Lake of aesthetic.
Navigation is suitable for your site. I fall in love when I saw sentence based navigation in http://www.boora.com in 2002.

Well done!

]]> By: Guides > Web Design http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8650 Guides > Web Design Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:04:43 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8650 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] An email newsletter is a great way to build relationships (for B2B businesses), get sales (for B2C businesses), and stay in the customers’ minds. But there’s such a thing as too much. B2Bs have to balance the number of promotional emails with informative emails. Too many promotional emails — readers will unsubscribe because it’s not worth being on a mailing list when there are far more promotions than good stuff they can use. 80/20 rule works here.By Meryl Evans, 0 RepliesPosted: Feb 15, 2007 09:23 AMHappy Cog RedesignZeldman tells the story of how he resdeigned his business site, Happy Cog, for the ... oh a few times ... and from personal experience, I know designing your own site is the hardest job. Writing content for my site was all anguish. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] An email newsletter is a great way to build relationships (for B2B businesses), get sales (for B2C businesses), and stay in the customers’ minds. But there’s such a thing as too much. B2Bs have to balance the number of promotional emails with informative emails. Too many promotional emails — readers will unsubscribe because it’s not worth being on a mailing list when there are far more promotions than good stuff they can use. 80/20 rule works here.By Meryl Evans, 0 RepliesPosted: Feb 15, 2007 09:23 AMHappy Cog RedesignZeldman tells the story of how he resdeigned his business site, Happy Cog, for the … oh a few times … and from personal experience, I know designing your own site is the hardest job. Writing content for my site was all anguish. [...]

]]> By: Communicate Your Services Succinctly  | Yclick.it http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8598 Communicate Your Services Succinctly  | Yclick.it Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:23:13 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8598 [...] Founder and author Jeffrey Zeldman writes that this approach emerged from thinking about the primacy of words in user interfaces. The sentence in large text quickly clarifies the many aspects of their business. The red underlined links ask to be clicked. I think it works well to draw visitors in. [...] [...] Founder and author Jeffrey Zeldman writes that this approach emerged from thinking about the primacy of words in user interfaces. The sentence in large text quickly clarifies the many aspects of their business. The red underlined links ask to be clicked. I think it works well to draw visitors in. [...]

]]> By: Simon Wiffen http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8595 Simon Wiffen Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:43:38 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/02/07/happy-cog-redesign/#comment-8595 Actually, sorry for the double post but I should explain I wasn't insinuating that I thought header usage was 'slack' because of this 1 isolated issue, I'm not that anal. Just that there appeared to be a few headers not marked up as headers (for example the 7 projects on the /design/ page and the publication titles on the /publish/ page). Just thought I should clarify my previous comment a bit. Slack isn't really the right word, just seemed to me that a few things had been marked up incorrectly. Actually, sorry for the double post but I should explain I wasn’t insinuating that I thought header usage was ’slack’ because of this 1 isolated issue, I’m not that anal. Just that there appeared to be a few headers not marked up as headers (for example the 7 projects on the /design/ page and the publication titles on the /publish/ page). Just thought I should clarify my previous comment a bit. Slack isn’t really the right word, just seemed to me that a few things had been marked up incorrectly.

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