Top Best Tools to Improve Your Skills in Graphic Design

Seeking to improve your skills is always good idea. This is even more relevant, when it comes to ever evolving craft like design. Whether you are looking for a “quick fix” or prefer to take a more long-term approach to improving your design skills, you need to start somewhere. It is important to keep in… Continue reading Top Best Tools to Improve Your Skills in Graphic Design

7 Top Corporate and Business Web Designs

July 23, 2018 by Spyrestudios Web design trends aside, some things stay constant for a corporate or business website to stand out from among the hundreds and thousands in its industry. It must be contemporary, with a cutting-edge design that is appropriate for its business. It must provide a great user experience, a responsive design… Continue reading 7 Top Corporate and Business Web Designs

50 Best Handwritten Script, Brush & Vintage Fonts

Beautiful handpicked modern calligraphy script fonts, handwritten brush fonts and vintage fonts that can be used easily and simply, perfect for branding, logos, greeting cards, wedding stationery, stationery, typographic quotes, book covers, website headers, flyers, clothing, packaging designs and more. These high-quality script, brush and vintage fonts can significantly improve your design by simply included them… Continue reading 50 Best Handwritten Script, Brush & Vintage Fonts

How to Optimize, Compress, and Save Images For the Web

It’s not a sudden discovery that the size of web pages are increasing. Developers minify their code, ditch expansive libraries, and shift code to the server side, all in an attempt to shave 100 kB off their code base. You may even be asked to drop valuable libraries like jQuery in an attempt to speed… Continue reading How to Optimize, Compress, and Save Images For the Web

5 Mobile UX Trends To Implement In 2018 And Beyond

July 5, 2018 by Spyrestudios Blogger The use of mobile has far surpassed desktop usage. People spend more time on their phones than their desktops. In fact, most mobile users are spending more than 60 hours per month browsing on their phones. As designers, it’s critical that we optimize the mobile experience to the best… Continue reading 5 Mobile UX Trends To Implement In 2018 And Beyond

5 Things to Consider Before Building a Website

There are multiple reasons why people want a website nowadays. It’s not even strange to have a personal website for who you are and what you like to do. Mostly, however, people build websites for growing their business. We don’t recommend getting caught in having a website simply because everyone is doing it. Really figure… Continue reading 5 Things to Consider Before Building a Website

Competitive analysis is a method, not a solution

Pineapples might look cool, but that doesn’t mean that every fruit should be spiky. (source) We all have been there: you have been with your team in a room for a couple of hours now, and it seems you hit a dead-end while discussing one design problem. Suddenly, someone brings up the solution for it all:… Continue reading Competitive analysis is a method, not a solution

11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device

There are many iOS apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why we are sharing 11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device. So, without any further ado let’s take a look at these and feel free to share this post with… Continue reading 11 ‘Learning With Fun’ Words Puzzle Games, If You Have iOS Device

Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications

Notifications are a crucial part of any app. Not only are they a key part of keeping users engaged with your application: many apps require notifications for their basic functionality. You won’t have much of an email app, for example, if you don’t have notifications. But the line between good notifications and bad notifications is… Continue reading Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications

9 Effective Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Should Pay Attention To

Posted · Category: Best Collections  “Time is money” may be a business cliché, but its truth is not to be denied. How you use your time when working for a company can influence your salary and your job security.  How you do so if you are self-employed can impact your earnings. One way to use… Continue reading 9 Effective Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Should Pay Attention To

Shhh… a UX designer’s mistakes

A few days ago was my 2 year anniversary at StatMuse (visit us) and subsequently also my 2 year anniversary as a UX/UI Designer! Although I am happy that we’ve shipped multiple responsive websites, a brand new iOS app, and a some platform bots, I do recognize that I’ve made a whole bunch of mistakes… Continue reading Shhh… a UX designer’s mistakes

Are you asking for customer feedback?

“For every customer who bothers to complain, nearly 26 others remain silent.” How will you address the grievances of those who will just leave you silently. How will you solve the problem when you actually don’t know what the problem is. For this you need to take initiative and start talking to your customers.The first step… Continue reading Are you asking for customer feedback?

Tips and Trick to Improve Your JavaScript’s SEO

JavaScript usage can have a surprising impact on SEO. But how? As you probably know, basic web crawlers are pretty dumb. They just read through the text files associated with your domain, following links and trawling through your code. But they can’t really “see” the website: only the code that comprises it. As a result,… Continue reading Tips and Trick to Improve Your JavaScript’s SEO

How to develop an eye for Design

When I started off in design, I sucked. I was obsessed with copying pieces of the trending Dribbble shots, but oblivious to how all the pieces worked together. If you could see the harsh drop shadows and unnecessary flourish I added to things, you would gasp in horror. Though I was no product design prodigy,… Continue reading How to develop an eye for Design

Taking Your Business Green

The hottest trend for companies right now is not to have a funny social media stream or to create viral Vine videos. It’s to be more environmentally conscious — not only in terms of how products are produced or services are offered, but also in how the business is operated. More consumers are voting with… Continue reading Taking Your Business Green

5 Tools that Web Developers and Programmers Need

Web developers are like digital poets. Their lines of code help bring ideas to life by way of beautiful and stunning websites and apps. The demand for more responsive sites is growing, which is a sign that site owners are becoming smarter on how they provide content for their target audience. As a result, programmers… Continue reading 5 Tools that Web Developers and Programmers Need

Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

Capturing stunning images of impressive landscapes and attractive portraits is a popular pastime as well as a serious occupation for numerous people. Maneuvering the camera is a skill that can be learned only from experts in the field. If you are interested in a career in photography or just want to enhance your dexterity as… Continue reading Photography Training Course For Improving Photography Skills

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

Why You Need to Include Quality Images And Video in Your Online Content

March 23, 2018 by Spyrestudios Blogger Conventional online content isn’t enough to stand out any more. If you’ve been producing brilliant blog posts for the last few years, the chances are you’ve enjoyed the success of being one of the first to the content marketing party. Content marketing has been an essential ingredient for online… Continue reading Why You Need to Include Quality Images And Video in Your Online Content

8 Awesome and Free PHP Books

PHP is one of the most popular scripting language for web development. It has an approachable and easy to learn syntax, works on all operating systems, and can be used for building classic web sites and applications, mobile app backends, REST APIs and more. In this article, we’ve collected some of our favorite free PHP… Continue reading 8 Awesome and Free PHP Books

Design is not Design, thoughts on IxDA 2018

From 6 Feb to 8 Feb, the conference had separate subjects for each of the three days. I am going to recommend and elaborate on one talk for each day to explain the thoughts behind the above statement I made. At the very end of this article, I will also recommend talks that I think… Continue reading Design is not Design, thoughts on IxDA 2018

Integrating Security into Your Web Development Plan

Website security breaches have real consequences for visitors and site owners. Frustration and inconvenience from hijacked pages can keep potential customers from engaging with a website, while phishing and data leaks that expose customer information can cost site owners’ reputations, and their bottom line. Integrating security into a new website or implementing security fixes to… Continue reading Integrating Security into Your Web Development Plan

How does design strategy work within a large enterprise?

Courtesy Dilbert Last October, I visited my alma mater, the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding program, which teaches graduate students about the intersections of business & design. Whenever I visit, there’s always students that have questions about what I do, both as an IBM’er and a Design Strategist. Most recently, I was asked… Continue reading How does design strategy work within a large enterprise?

A Short Guide to Mobile-First Web Design

There is no way to go around the fact that modern websites have to provide a quality user experience on a variety of devices. Four out of five people who would visit your website use both mobile and desktop devices. Even though mobile-only is a trend that has been exhibiting growth, it still makes the… Continue reading A Short Guide to Mobile-First Web Design