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Content Not Connecting? Hire Writers.

There's a big theme this year at DrupalCon. As there was last year, really – content considerations are the future of Drupal. Dries spoke about it in detail on Day…

May 24, 2016

Simplifying, GBoard, Typography…

"What We’re Talking About" is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. This week, Tim Shaw…

May 20, 2016

Delight in Unexpected Places

In a typical UX document, joy and whimsy are usually nowhere to be found. It’s like we forgot that the X in UX stands for "experience." What’s wrong with adding…

May 18, 2016

Hacking with the Feds for a Greener World

Hackathons promote open, transparent government by fostering collaboration and innovation between government agencies and U.S. citizens. Ultimately, this improves how government implements innovation, how it operates, and how it facilitates…

May 13, 2016

Rebrands, Feedback, Data Visualization…

"What We’re Talking About" is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. Two brands rolled out new logos…

May 12, 2016

Have We Reached the Peak of Civic Tech?

The answer to this intentionally provocative question depends on whom you ask, how you define “civic tech,” and how you interpret “peak.” At Forum One, we’re passionate about initiatives that…

May 11, 2016

Top 5 Planning Tips for Drupal 8

Recently, we published a comprehensive guide to planning your upgrade to Drupal 8. We followed that up with a webinar—watch it below. But in today’s time-pressed world,…

May 9, 2016

Bears, Boarding Passes, Boring Logos…

"What We’re Talking About" is a blog series featuring the articles, websites, topics, and trends that the Forum One team has been chatting about. Another long-form piece came to…

April 28, 2016

Good Data Visualization Practice: Tile Grid Maps

As I consider data visualization practices, I would be remiss not to include ways to display map data, as it is clearly a prevalent data visualization case. To that end,…

By Tim Shaw April 27, 2016

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