Authors: K: Erin Kissane
Erin Kissane is a writer and editorial strategist as well as a contributing editor to A List Apart. She writes about writing at Incisive.nu. A longer bio is available at Happy Cog.
Articles By This Author
Your About Page Is a Robot
Issue 222August 22, 2006
“An About page should provide context and necessary facts, but should also give the reader compelling reasons to do what you want them to do.”
Attack of the Zombie Copy
Issue 206October 24, 2005
”...the zombification progresses so gradually that you don’t realize it’s happening until your ‘About Us’ page begins to smell bad and tries to bite your face.”
The Way It’s Supposed to Work
Issue 192January 18, 2005
Groundbreaking accessibility information. Project management and information architecture theory from old-school experts. Plug-and-play solutions to universal design and development problems. Experimental CSS/DOM hacks that use non-semantic elements to do funky design tricks. One of these things is not like the others…which is why we’re introducing a tiny new feature to the magazine.
Typography Matters
Issue 124October 19, 2001
It’s a style thing. It’s a usability thing. It’s a tricky thing for large content sites and a step up for independents. It’s typographically correct punctuation on the web, and ALA’s Erin Kissane makes the case for it.
