Organizations are messy places: politics thwart progress, departmental squabbles are status quo, and decision-making often takes months. This chaos makes its way right to our websites, filling them with crap users don't want, need, or sometimes even understand. We’re practicing content strategy now, so what gives? Why are we still designing around all this clutter and corporate-speak? Because strategy documents and style rules alone won’t make people actually produce content that meets users’ needs and aligns with our designs. In this talk, you’ll hear what will: embracing (okay, tolerating) content chaos, instead of anguishing over imperfections. You'll learn strategic approaches for defining meaningful content problems in your organisation—and solving them one at a time.
8. ‘‘§ 10-702. Litter in Public Places.
(1) No person shall place or deposit litter in or
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place
within the City except in public receptacles or
in authorized private receptacles.
— Philadelphia Municipal Code
22. ‘‘§ Content in Public Websites.
(1) No person shall place or deposit content in
or upon any page, module, or PDF within the
website except when authorized.
—Some long-lost web policy, probably
29. ‘‘I’ve always been a trash picker
upper, but there are neighborhoods
that are just too heavily covered for
a person to pitch in while walking.
— A West Philly resident
53. ‘‘We can have one team that’s the responsive
team and this team just goes on and makes
the site responsive … The organization would
have learned nothing from this exercise.
— Livia Labate, Marriott
Responsive Web Design Podcast
54. ‘‘Because we have so many people today that
are contributing to these sites, how are we
going to get to a place where they feel
equipped to do that?
— Livia Labate, Marriott
Responsive Web Design Podcast