Aarron Walter

See Me Speak in 2009

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:50:01 +0000

2009 is shaping up to be a busy year for me. I'm going to be speaking at a number of conferences around the United States, and I hope to meet you at one of them to share a beer and conversation.

Findability/SEO Cheat Sheet: Quick Guide to Web Standards SEO

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:48:08 +0000

Whether you are building a new website or redesigning an old one, this findability strategy cheat sheet will guide you through all of the essential tasks, make SEO faster, and help ensure your website connects with its intended audience.

Book Review: Designing the Obvious, Designing the Moment

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:11:39 +0000

User Experience Designer Robert Hoekman Jr has written a pair of wonderfully lucid books that examine best practices in interaction design. In Designing the Obvious, and Designing the Moment, Hoekman extolls the virtues of understanding specific user tasks rather than generalized user personas. It’s easiest to design usable interfaces when the activity it serves is [...]

Findability in A List Apart Issue 255

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:11:20 +0000

A List Apart recently published an article I wrote entitled Findability, the Orphan of the Web Design Industry. It’s a story of a sadly neglected little boy named Findability whose siblings―Information Architecture, Usability, Project Management, Design, and Development― all garner ample attention from folks in a web design agency while he remains unnoticed despite his [...]

Tim Berners-Lee Video: The Semantic Web

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:33:59 +0000

I recently ran across a wonderful video on YouTube in which Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Wold Wide Web,speaks about the idea of the Semantic Web. It’s a simple, yet elegant concept that has yet to come to fruition asBerners-Lee had originally dreamed. The Semantic Web is all about expressing the meaning of our content [...]

Win an Autographed Copy of Building Findable Websites

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:48:12 +0000

To celebrate the release of my new book Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond, I’m giving away an autographed copy to one lucky winner. To enter simply head on over to Facebook and join the Building Findable Websites group. Once you’ve joined post your favorite ideas, tips, and/or tricks to making websites findable in [...]

Discount on An Event Apart New Orleans

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:29:58 +0000

If you’ve been sitting on the fence about whether or not to attend An Event Apart in New Orleans April 24-25, let me help sway you to make the decision easier. The stellar line-up of speakers alone might compel you head to the Big Easy to learn from the likes of Jeffrey Zeldman, Eric Meyer, [...]

What’s it Like to Write a Book?

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:50:19 +0000

At SXSW last year I met Michael Nolan – senior acquisitions editor for Peachpit Press – and pitched him my idea for the book Building Findable Websites. Almost one year later the book is in print and on its way to a bookstore near you. This book has occupied the bulk of my time for [...]

A Brief Interview With Jeffrey Zeldman

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:10:11 +0000

In preparation for An Event Apart New Orleans where I’ll be speaking about how to make websites more findable with web standards, Jeffrey Zeldman conducted a brief interview with me consisting of just one, simple question. â€œWhat is findability? How does it relate to SEO, and what is the web standards connection?â€Â Â Â - Jeffrey ZeldmanYou can [...]

An Event Apart New Orleans: Hear Me Speak

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:38:48 +0000

I'll be speaking on findability and web standards at An Event Apart New Orleans - a conference crafted by web design luminaries Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer - April 24-25. The conference will be held at the posh Hilton Riverside, and the list of speakers and topics covered is fantastic.