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Louis's blog posts are hosted at:
http://louisrosenfeld.com
http://louisrosenfeld.com
May 14 2008
Steve Krug and I are in Chicago this week to teach our day-long workshops (me on Thursday, and Steve on Friday). Roundarch has kindly agreed to sponsor and organize a happy hour in concert with our visit. It takes place... read moreMay 08 2008
Joshua Kaufman of UXmatters interviewed Liz Danzico and me about Rosenfeld Media, specifically addressing how we determined book features and tested our designs. We describe a bit of the "show and tell" approach we used for identifying features, and a... read moreNew Rosenfeld Media book: Luke Wroblewski's "Web Form Design"
May 05 2008
Whew! It'd finally available. Joy. Relief. Here's the info from the Rosenfeld Media site: We're excited to announce that Luke Wroblewski's long-awaited book, "Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks," is now available! And with hundreds of sales since our... read moreApril 30 2008
Just on my way home from an enjoyable visit to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Tim Offenstein and friends put on a great event. Sick (again; WTF?), exhausted, but happy. And happy to report that I should have... read moreApril 28 2008
On Wednesday I'll be keynoting the University of Illinois' 9th Annual Webmaster Forum. The theme of the event is redesign, and for me, redesign boils down to two four-letter words. Double trouble. Redesigns are counterproductive; not surprisingly, my talk will... read moreApril 25 2008
Just posted an updated set of the slides for my site search analytics workshop. Feel free to download them from SlideShare. I'll be teaching it once more this spring, in Chicago on May 15; come join us for the day.... read moreApril 24 2008
Just got back from a few days in the Bay Area. Incredibly packed trip, immensely enjoyable nonetheless. The coolest idea from the visit: Mike Kunavsky told me about ParkScan.org, a "...community-initiated, web-based reporting system that tracks maintenance conditions in San... read moreChicago early bird registration is April 18
April 17 2008
The Steve and Lou tour's last spring stop is Chicago, May 15-16, and the early registration deadline is tomorrow. Register by then to receive a $100 discount off each day-long workshop. I'll be teaching my new workshop, Site Search Analytics... read moreApril 16 2008
Anyone who's followed my blog over the past seven (!) years knows that I'm always promoting the IA Summit. It was my baby at its inception, but it's gotten better every year. As a strapping nine year-old, it's clearly enjoyed... read moreApril 15 2008
The early registration for Steve Krug's and my May 15/16 Chicago workshops (site search analytics, do-it-yourself usability) is this Friday (April 18). Last chance to save $100 per workshop, last stop on our spring road trip; details here. And on... read moreDiscount to attend An Event Apart
April 11 2008
After months of intense negotiation, Louis Rosenfeld LLC's legal department has just completed an agreement with the good folks at An Event Apart to provide you, loyal Bloug readers, with a very nice discount for this year's conferences. These are... read moreApril 10 2008
I've always loved Kurt Vonnegut's take on social networks, as presented in Slapstick, published in 1976. I blogged about this five years ago: "...I was reading Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick for the umpteenth time recently. The protagonist runs for President with... read moreApril 10 2008
As so many of us head to Miami for the ninth (!) Information Architecture Summit, a couple of souvenirs from #8 showed up: video interviews of a whole mess of information architects by Jorge Arango in Boxes and Arrows magazine,... read moreMarch 27 2008
Lou's teaching a whole day on site search analytics? Is there really that much to it? Well, you be the judge; here are my 118 slides. | View | Upload your own During the workshop, I'll also be demoing and... read moreMarch 26 2008
Peter's hit another home run with his collection of search patterns. Incredibly useful; all right there on Flickr. Very handy; enjoy!... read more
