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5 Steps to Making Sure Your Users Trust Your Website

5 Steps to Making Sure Your Users Trust Your Website

Research by the Nielsen Norman Group suggests that the average Internet user will leave a web page within 10 to 20 seconds of arriving. Typically, the user will quickly scan…

Tips for Designers Who Don’t Code

Tips for Designers Who Don’t Code

I hail from a design background and moved into front-end development some years ago. With responsive web design, the requirement of the designer is shifting. Here are a few tips…

Dispelling the Testimonial Pages are No Longer Important Myth

Dispelling the Testimonial Pages are No Longer Important Myth

In an article on Search Engine Land published early this year, Greg Gifford tears down testimonial pages, noting that: “Your testimonials page does nothing for you”. Gifford has a point….

5 Reasons Why UX Design is Not Cheap

5 Reasons Why UX Design is Not Cheap

Over the past ten years, the growth of technology has rapidly accelerated, allowing for advancements across the design industry, which has evolved into a more complex and sophisticated arena. During…

Why You Should Choose iOS When Building Your First Mobile App

Why You Should Choose iOS When Building Your First Mobile App

When designing a new mobile application, the biggest question you will need to ask yourself is where to launch it. The best decision you can make is to start building…

Anti-Apps: The Rise of Apps That Get You Away from Technology

Anti-Apps: The Rise of Apps That Get You Away from Technology

Every generation has complained about the habits and technology of younger generations. Malesherbes, a French statesman, thought that newspapers isolated readers in contrast to the “spiritually uplifting” group practice of…

Common SEO Myths & Misconceptions

Common SEO Myths & Misconceptions

There isn’t a day that goes by that I hear from a client something they have heard about SEO that isn’t even close to the truth. It seems there are…

What UX Designers Can Learn From Disaster Design

What UX Designers Can Learn From Disaster Design

As long as there have been humans living in groups, there have been warning systems. Warnings for fire, for bad weather, calls for help from injured members of the group,…

Writing Good CSS

Writing Good CSS

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I’m always trying to learn new things. However, I also try to learn ways to improve the way I already do things. Both at my full-time gig and for client…

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

They’re the kinds of problems you can’t seem to think your way out of. Whether it’s a unique layout for your site, a concept for a blog post, or an…

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Striking out on your own as a freelance designer can be incredibly exciting and rewarding, but to be successful, designers who go this route must hone much more than their…

Shifting Focus from Startup UX to Enterprise UX

Shifting Focus from Startup UX to Enterprise UX