The following article is an abridged version of Chapter 7 of Nathan Curtis’s 2009 book, Modular Web Design published by New Riders. In fact, one team built libraries for both patterns (for example, Tabs) as well as components (for example, tabbed product details, tabbed content module, tabbed search results, and so on). MORE >>

I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. What are the most important methods to adopt in addition to the tools? But hopefully 2009 will be the year when that begins to change. Getting Things Done is the classic example of this. MORE >>

A selection of news and links captured during June 2009, organised under the usual headings of systems and what makes them: people, information and technology Systems A good definition of a network.success can easily compound into runaway growth (and vice versa.) MORE >>

What is the current state of the identity, and can we see a style guide (if there is one) and examples of it applied to materials? Copyright (c) 2009. Deliverables Deliverables and Documentation Methods Process and MethodsThis is an excerpt from from Kim Goodwin’s excellent  Designing for the Digital Age. MORE >>

And as part of this, I’ve been taking advantage of: 2009 Predictions How Did I Do? 2009 Top Posts and Topics , Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009 and just running through my blog posts for the year. 2009 has continued that effort. And many of my 2009 Top Posts and Topics are related to exactly this. MORE >>