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

8 Excellent Design Resources for Your Creative Projects

Creativity is an untamed beast. It’s possible to have them in spades one way where endless ideas seem to flow out of your head. There are days when your mind like an empty well that’s run out of inspired ideas. As designers, you have the responsibility of sustaining creativity at all times. What seems like… Continue reading 8 Excellent Design Resources for Your Creative Projects

A Guide to Live Streaming

Live streaming is one of the key things you should be doing for your business in 2018. We’ve got everything you need to know below. More and more users are going to social media for their information and entertainment, and businesses have done well to respond by investing in social media. However, consumers have a… Continue reading A Guide to Live Streaming

Why Web Devs Need To Know About Servers And Infrastructure In 2018

April 4, 2018 by Spyrestudios Blogger Web developers must always be up to date with the latest advancements in their field if they want to remain relevant and create future-proof websites. Since the computer industry is one of, if not the most, dynamic field of specialization, keeping abreast with what’s new is not as easy… Continue reading Why Web Devs Need To Know About Servers And Infrastructure In 2018

Design Conferences are broken, but we can fix them

I just got back from a design conference. It was just one in a sea of poorly-designed design conferences I’ve attended over the years. I wont beat around the proverbial bush. Here are 3 easy ways for organizers to step up their game and put on an impactful, memorable, and successful design conference. Speakers are… Continue reading Design Conferences are broken, but we can fix them

These 5 UX Mistakes Drive Visitors Away in Less Than 5 Seconds

Posted · Category: Best Collections The longer you can keep a visitor tuned into your website the better. But the time needed to fully engage a visitor is quite short. If your website UX isn’t up to snuff, you’ll be fortunate if a visitor sticks around more than 5 seconds. That isn’t much time to… Continue reading These 5 UX Mistakes Drive Visitors Away in Less Than 5 Seconds

How to Find and Hire The Perfect Freelance Logo Designer for Your Business

It’s not always easy to find the ideal freelancer for your business. It’s especially hard when we’re talking about design, such as when you’re looking for a logo designer. In this article, you’ll find out how to not just find and approach freelance logo designers but also hire and make them part of your team.… Continue reading How to Find and Hire The Perfect Freelance Logo Designer for Your Business

A series of interviews with senior UX leaders to celebrate International Women’s Day

Meet Elizabeth Elizabeth Churchill is currently a Director of User Experience at Google. She is an applied social scientist working in the area of human computer interaction, computer mediated communication, mobile/ubiquitous computing and social media. Elizabeth is the current Secretary/Treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s premier professional society for computer science… Continue reading A series of interviews with senior UX leaders to celebrate International Women’s Day

Mobile App Development Trends That Are Expected to Roll Out In 2018

The market of different mobile applications is increasing with each passing day. In fact, it has penetrated into different walks of our daily lives. That is why there is a great demand for a wide variety of mobile applications. Even the most startup companies use apps to promote their businesses and earn great revenues every… Continue reading Mobile App Development Trends That Are Expected to Roll Out In 2018

​Law Firm Website Design Mistakes To Watch For

Websites are very important in 2018 and most companies or professionals out there should have one. However, having a website is not enough; it needs to be helpful, look good and help sell to potential clients that you are worth their money. Law firms and lawyers, in particular, are not always the best at web… Continue reading ​Law Firm Website Design Mistakes To Watch For

Why You Should Choose JQuery for Your Next Project?

JQuery is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks that are commonly used in interactive, dynamic and responsive web development. A JQuery programmer uses this platform to call numerous JavaScript library functions to implement into the web development very easily and effectively. A large number of giant IT Corporations like Google, IBM, Netflix, Microsoft and… Continue reading Why You Should Choose JQuery for Your Next Project?

AI and the big why

2018 UX Trends As designers (and human beings) we have a natural curiosity to want to understand the potential and limits of a technology by pushing its boundaries and asking all the “what if…?” questions. After all, experimenting is a great way to understanding. Our entire industry is rushing to launch the world’s first AI-powered [insert… Continue reading AI and the big why

4 Ecommerce Challenges For Luxury Brands

Have you ever noticed that luxury brands rarely sell online? Sure, big names have elaborate, appealing websites, but many of them have restricted ecommerce offerings because it’s just not exclusive enough. Ecommerce is for the masses and luxury brands thrive on the distinction between those who can afford a product and those who can’t. That… Continue reading 4 Ecommerce Challenges For Luxury Brands

When AI gets in the way of UX

Interest for “Artificial Intelligence” over the last 5 years, according to Google Trends. Artificial Intelligence is the big buzzword of today. If you are a digital designer, there are good chances that a quick scroll through your RSS reader, Twitter feed or Slack channels will show you more instances of the term “AI” than you would… Continue reading When AI gets in the way of UX

Let Your Audience Design Your Website: Why Online Casinos are Built on Logic Not Luck

Taking an activity that primarily existed in the physical world for decades and making it something internet users will enjoy is never easy. Indeed, when you look at the mixed response to online books, you’ll see just how tough it can be to convert people. According to Forbes’ review of Amazon’s Kindle sales in 2013,… Continue reading Let Your Audience Design Your Website: Why Online Casinos are Built on Logic Not Luck

UX trends, 2017 highlights, and more UX links this week

The State of UX in 2018 → We have seen quite a lot this year. After curating and sharing 1,926 links with 189,489 designers all over the world, we see a few trends in what our industry is writing, talking, and thinking about. Here is what to expect for UX in 2018.

5 Essential Features of a Viable Human Resources Software

The end of the year makes an ideal time to reflect on the year’s performances and to make new resolutions for the new year. As a business owner, your human resources department is the most important within your company. The unit is vital in hiring, firing, payroll, benefits, and understanding all tax and employment laws.… Continue reading 5 Essential Features of a Viable Human Resources Software

The Best Email Design Hunt 2017 – Showcase Your Email Design Talent

Emails have paved a long way from being a plain text personal communication to an effective marketing channel with amazing animations and interesting interactive elements. The entire email industry is sure to experience many more revolutionary trends in the years to come. EmailMonks, one of the largest email template production company, is happy to announce,… Continue reading The Best Email Design Hunt 2017 – Showcase Your Email Design Talent

UX portfolios, writing products, discoverability in touchscreens, and more UX this week

How to build a UX portfolio if I have never worked in UX? → A lot of user experience professionals who are active in our industry today have faced the question above when starting their career. Let’s be honest: it’s a bit unfair. “Portfolio” is a mandatory field in almost every job application form, regardless of… Continue reading UX portfolios, writing products, discoverability in touchscreens, and more UX this week

Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface

The concept of something as intangible as a design calling consumers’ attention to a tangible product is a concept that goes back more than one hundred years with brands such as Pepsi, Valvoline and Jack Daniel’s. These logos of yesteryear might be largely unfamiliar, but the way designers chose how to construct a likable image… Continue reading Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface

The Perfect Product Label

When trying to create the perfect product label, there are certain fundamental steps you must adhere to in order to reach the right design. Labels for products have to convey a lot of information while also appealing to customers and standing out from the competition so going through the right process to get the perfect… Continue reading The Perfect Product Label

Grab This Month’s (Nov.) FREE MultiConcept eCommerce Shop Template

AllStore is a premium HTML online ecommerce store template. It is easy to use, customize and fully responsive in design. Although this theme can be used for selling almost anything it is most suitable for clothing shop, fashion store, furniture ecommerce, selling electronics, gadgets and accessories. The template layout is well structured and has been… Continue reading Grab This Month’s (Nov.) FREE MultiConcept eCommerce Shop Template

The 6 Elements of an Effective Logo

The signature of your company, a strong logo has the power to make people think your name without actually seeing the words. It’s your symbol, and as such it should immediately telegraph what you stand for in the minds of your customers. This is why it’s important to consider the attributes of your primary customer… Continue reading The 6 Elements of an Effective Logo

Embedded Signing with the HelloSign API — SitePoint

A walkthrough into embedded signing with HelloSign We’ve teamed up with HelloSign to help you get started with their eSign platform. HelloSign is a full-featured eSignature platform with the fastest eSign integration platform in the industry, making it easy for you or your company to manage and sign any legally binding document. In less than… Continue reading Embedded Signing with the HelloSign API — SitePoint