Category Archives: Everyone
Intro, Part 5: Who is “we?”
To this point, I have mostly written in the collective as opposed to the personal; “we” instead of “I.” However, right now “we” is officially “me.” Several others have signing on to indicate they believe in our mission, and I’ve … Continue reading
My XTech 2007 Conference Proposal
Since I spent the entire past day and well into the night working on my proposal for speaking at the XTech 2007: ‘The Ubiquitous Web’ conference, I wasn’t able to complete my promised Friday installment of the introduction. Rather than … Continue reading
Intro, Part 4: More than just Mapping
Many people see URLs and think only of technical concerns. You can see this thinking in websites implemented using Vignette and in most websites implemented using Microsoft’s ASP.NET. This we feel this shortsightedness is a serious error in judgment. Alternately, … Continue reading
Intro, Part 3: Focus on User-Centered URL Design
First and foremost, the focus of the Well Designed URL Initiative is User-Centered URL Design. Although URLs a.k.a. URIs are used in many places that typical users never see, our primary focus will be to advocate for the designing of … Continue reading
Intro, Part 2: The Long Tentacles of URL Design
At first glance, you might think that the Disciple of URL Design is a relatively narrow subject. Au Contraire my good reader, the subject of URL Design is miles deep and oceans wide. URL Design permeates practically everything about software … Continue reading
Intro, Part 1: Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to the first of a series of introduction posts for the Well Designed URLs Initiative blog. During the next month I plan to present why I launched the Well Designed URLs Initiative, provide background on URLs and … Continue reading
Coming Soon…
If you are checking out this blog and dismayed that we’ve got no content online yet, please note we’ll currently doing a ton of research on good Url design so we won’t post uninformed opinons and then look like ignoramouses! … Continue reading