Design with Difficult Data at A List Apart

Published once every 17 years!

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I’ve written an article about the value of using difficult data when designing for the Web (placeholder text, media, etc.). I’m honoured to have the article published on the venerable A List Apart site:

Design with Difficult Data

My first article for A List Apart was published a remarkable 17 years ago in 2001! Given this cadence, I look forward to submitting my next article in the year 2035.

Thanks!

• Thanks to Nick Burka, Daniel Burka, Malena Andrade, Jacky Gilbertson, Stephen DesRoches and the others at silverorange who helped with the conception and editing.
• Thanks to Ste Grainer who was my ALA editor for this article. Ste offered great feedback and encouragement.
• Thanks to A List Apart taking the submission and for helping so many of us learn and grow.

silverorange designs and develops simple and powerful web and mobile applications. We’ve worked with clients including Mozilla, Hippo Education, EM:RAP, TinEye, CourseHost, and Duolingo. Read more on our blog or follow us on Twitter.