Learn about lean user research and testing this May with my upcoming workshop. Find out more here or just email me and I’ll tell you all about it. https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/9a370638-98b2-4070-b6d0-c16b5b5c99b3/episodes/35e18724-4f1e-46b8-a472-a50b0236a845/audio/7eda2666-8c08-42fb-a8c4-b35343002c1c/default_tc.mp3?nocache Listen to this post and subscribe using Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify or RSS Hi all. I’ll go out on a limb and hope I’m not… Continue reading Do You Suffer from User Research Imposter Syndrome?
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How To Make Your Designs Scannable (And Why You Should)
Jakob Nielsen’s How Users Read on the Web is 25 years old this week, and one glance at an eye-tracking study will tell you its key observations are still relevant today. Simply put, users don’t read a web page; they scan it for individual words and sentences. A typical pattern shown in eye-tracking reports is that… Continue reading How To Make Your Designs Scannable (And Why You Should)
Co-creating has drastically improved my designs
How co-design has drastically improved my work Users, engineers, product managers… I’m not the only one designing things around here I find defining a problem challenging. Ideally, at the start of a project all the metrics and objectives form a crystal clear statement. But working with high ambiguity in the platform space, I often start with a… Continue reading Co-creating has drastically improved my designs
How To Design A Website With Data Privacy In Mind
If you have any experience with web design, you should be aware that a site consists of numerous elements. Examples include navigation, branding, visual graphics, and content, among others. Naturally, when building a website, you have to take into consideration these elements. For example, to ensure proper branding, it’s crucial to include your company’s logo.… Continue reading How To Design A Website With Data Privacy In Mind
How to Use Figma’s New Auto Layout Features
In this video I’ll show you how Figma’s new and improved Auto Layout features make designing responsive components and layouts easier than ever! Figma’s original Auto Layout features were introduced in December 2019–and now, almost a year later, Auto Layout has been completely reimagined, rebuilt and is (in my opinion) much better. Watch the Video… Continue reading How to Use Figma’s New Auto Layout Features
How to Use ARIA Roles, Properties, and States in HTML
In this beginner’s accessibility tutorial we’re going to learn what ARIA is, why it is necessary to write our HTML with ARIA in mind, what ARIA roles, properties, and states are, and (very importantly) the 5 rules of ARIA use. What is ARIA? ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications and it was created by the World… Continue reading How to Use ARIA Roles, Properties, and States in HTML
eCommerce SEO: 5 Proven Ways to Grow Sales
We get it, budgets are really tight at the moment. Not only are small businesses and start-ups battling to keep their heads above water during this time, but corporate giants are also feeling the pinch. With this in mind, we thought we would step in and give you a helping hand with one of the… Continue reading eCommerce SEO: 5 Proven Ways to Grow Sales
Common Things Entrepreneurs Forget when Starting an Online Business
March 5, 2020 by Richie KS The idea of launching your own online business is undoubtedly exciting, but a lot of entrepreneurs miss a few things along the way. After coming up with a great idea and planning out your next steps, it is easy to get swept away by the eagerness of bringing your… Continue reading Common Things Entrepreneurs Forget when Starting an Online Business
9 Tips For An Effective Mobile App Design
Mobile applications with a compelling design strike a chord with users almost instantaneously. Achieving such a design, however, is anything but easy. Knowing this fact very well, we’ve collated this blog outlining several important mobile app design tips to help you break through the noise with your next app. Design is one of the most… Continue reading 9 Tips For An Effective Mobile App Design
Stumped on a Logo? Lettermarks are Simple to Create and Look Great
December 15, 2019 by Spyre Studios It can be really difficult to design an original logo from scratch, especially for designers who are just starting out. There are always websites like Hire the World to give you a boost in your logo designs, but if you want to hone your craft, the task of inventing… Continue reading Stumped on a Logo? Lettermarks are Simple to Create and Look Great
5 Secrets for Creating Successful Mid-Level Pages
Designing mid-level feature pages is one of the hardest parts of building or revamping your website. How do you divide your business into neat, tidy sections? How many categories should you use? Does it make sense to combine this feature with that one? How do you find the optimal balance of text, images and graphics?… Continue reading 5 Secrets for Creating Successful Mid-Level Pages
5 Human Things UX Designers Can Learn From Conversational Design
It seems like magic: you talk to the phone, and it talks back. And if you’re lucky, it says something useful. You type into the chat box, and if the bot is good, you find out what you need to know. [Cue: shocked-looking stock photo models.] The current marketing term for it is “conversational design”,… Continue reading 5 Human Things UX Designers Can Learn From Conversational Design
12 Best CMS for 2019
2019 is half over, but don’t let that stop you from trying something new… specifically, a new CMS. “But Ezequiel, good buddy, I don’t have time to check out a whole new content management system. I have websites to make!”, you say, in those exact words. That’s fair, but you should be keeping an eye… Continue reading 12 Best CMS for 2019
Definitive Guide to Installing a Free or Premium WordPress Plugin
What You’ll Be Creating Plugins are what makes WordPress special. Without them, WordPress wouldn’t be much more than a humble blogging platform. But by adding plugins to your site, you can turn it into so much more. Depending on what you need, you can use a plugin to make your site more efficient and to… Continue reading Definitive Guide to Installing a Free or Premium WordPress Plugin
How to Work Securely by Choosing the Best VPN For Your Needs
If you’re concerned with working securely or anonymously online, the chances are you’ll have used a VPN (Virtual Private Network) at some stage. But when choosing a VPN service do you know what factors you should be taking into account? This tutorial will help you understand why you should use a VPN and how to… Continue reading How to Work Securely by Choosing the Best VPN For Your Needs
How to Create the Ultimate Social Media Listening Dashboard for Online Marketing
You can’t go wrong with social media marketing. Whether you’re a digital agency offering logo designs, SEO services, or even an ecommerce website, it pays to have your social media presence up and running and getting attention like a digital peacock. The only problem is, it can be challenging to pull this off with all… Continue reading How to Create the Ultimate Social Media Listening Dashboard for Online Marketing
Top 10 Tips to Make the Perfect Logo for a Company
A logo is a strong brand identity of a company and designing a perfect logo is not an easy task. Logos are essential for company growth, whereas a unique logo design shows good impact on company brand. For a company growth it is necessary that the logo that you are creating must be of a… Continue reading Top 10 Tips to Make the Perfect Logo for a Company
10 Things To Remember When Designing An Infographic
Do you want to deliver important, yet overly complex information to your audience in an easy-to-understand way? Or are you finding hacks to engage your readers in the boring statistics? Whichever is your case, infographics might be exactly what you need! Infographics are popular choices when it comes to presenting information in a visually engaging… Continue reading 10 Things To Remember When Designing An Infographic
Most Common SEO Mistakes That Can Kill Your Rankings
SEO is a subject that has often been surrounded by misconceptions. Everyone has his/her idea of SEO. This has troubled the beginners who don’t have a way around this. However, through learning, you will be able to understand what SEO is and is not. One thing is for sure though, SEO is alive, and it… Continue reading Most Common SEO Mistakes That Can Kill Your Rankings
50 Amazing Line Art Minimal Logo Design Ideas & Examples
Amazing clean and minimal logo designs created with abstract line art. Logos with Line art are very popular and so attractive. This collection consists of different designs that use thin line techniques to create minimal and clean logos that many will appreciate. Scroll down and you’ll see that simplicity is definitely a beauty. Come, take a peek, and… Continue reading 50 Amazing Line Art Minimal Logo Design Ideas & Examples
35 WordPress Themes For Achieving Higher Search Engine Rankings
With continuous search algorithm updates over the last few years, achieving first page rankings on Google has become a lot more difficult than what it used to be in the previous decade. You cannot just rely on content anymore for desired results. Factors such as site loading time, design and landing pages play a crucial… Continue reading 35 WordPress Themes For Achieving Higher Search Engine Rankings
5 Tips to Make Your Business Website User-Friendly for More Conversions
Days when businesses used websites for sharing information and promoting products only, are long gone. Today, companies use websites to improve customer experiences and increase traffic conversion. However, to offer your website visitors with the best experience possible, you need to ensure your site is as engaging as possible. One of the most critical aspects… Continue reading 5 Tips to Make Your Business Website User-Friendly for More Conversions
Hey Designer, why so fragile?
The Why Praise overdose If you visit the comment section of behance.com and you manage to see through all the self-promotion, you’ll find that the comments are unusually polite and positive. Every project seems to have really positive feedback, the only thing that really distinguishes projects is the amount of praise they get. The reason… Continue reading Hey Designer, why so fragile?
Bakken & Bæck – Handbook
Flex it up We use a flexible working hours’ scheme at B&B, meaning that you are your own boss when it comes to define your daily 8-hour timetable. We know, however, that we do our best work and have the most fun when we are together in the office as much as possible. Working remotely… Continue reading Bakken & Bæck – Handbook