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Deborah Carver

Deborah Carver is the publisher of The Content Technologist. She is an independent consultant on all things digital publishing, specializing in large content-driven websites.

364 posts

Strategy

A phantom that may be the next big indie publisher CMS: Ghost review

Ghost is an open-source content management system that is clearly inspired by the best features of Wordpress. Read The Content Technologist review.

The Business of Content

What scares me about the business of digital media: late 2019 edition

I fear private equity firms and venture capitalists who rightly think that there is good business in media, but who think that is a game of margin-shifting, tweaking algorithms and P&Ls.

Better than a UX stock photo: Mural review

Today’s tool, Mural, is Post-Its for digital design, which, like sticky notes, seems completely unnecessary until you use it. Read The Content Technologist review.

Information Architecture

Types of website nav menus: Farm-to-table web design

What does it look like when we take a farm-to-table approach to menu and information architecture design?

Information Architecture

What happens when your UX opinions shift: Considering IA and menu design

No matter how you design your navigation, no matter the testing you’ve executed, no matter the data you’ve relied on, some user will insist that you designed your menu wrong.

Practice conversation practice: Story Stitch review

I define content technology as any tool that helps create — which Story Stitch most certainly does. Read The Content Technologist review.