The UX behind the need to checking the weather Persona The persona I interviewed were young adults ranging from the age of 20–30 yrs old. I mainly focused on busy college students. All my users have checked the weather either daily for the purpose of commute, or weekly for the purpose of vacationing or weekend planning.… Continue reading Weather Commuter: A UX Case Study
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The Secret to Creating Products That Scale
Bigger is better. Right? At least according to conventional startup wisdom, it is. It seems like many entrepreneurs are under constant pressure to scale from advisors and investors. Generally speaking, aggressive scaling involves ramping up sales and marketing, raising sufficient capital, and hiring and managing new people. But for some software companies, there is an… Continue reading The Secret to Creating Products That Scale
Stockio.com – Thousands of Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos
Finding images, graphics, fonts or even videos for your design projects can be a difficult challenge. Photos and graphics are expensive; many of us have found that to be true. With many thousands of new designs being created each day there is a growing need for designers to obtain good quality royalty free images, free… Continue reading Stockio.com – Thousands of Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos
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
WordPress CV Templates for Recent Graduates
When you are a former student, finding the profession of your dream seems to be only a matter of time. If you wait for a little, you will easily find what you need. But the reality is a bit crueler than you may think. You have to be aware of how to sell your knowledge… Continue reading WordPress CV Templates for Recent Graduates
Copyright, Creative Commons and Licensing For Web Developers
What is copyright? Very few people outside the creative industry have a strong or accurate understanding of copyright law. Let’s review some copyright basics, from the ground up. What is copyright? Copyright occurs as soon as an idea is “fixed in a tangible medium.” It does not require registration or a fee. The moment you… Continue reading Copyright, Creative Commons and Licensing For Web Developers
Colour Ideology Behind Web Design
Using the right colours in web design is absolutely vital. Web designers can’t just go out and put together a website for a client based on the colours they like using or like the look of, they have to be right for the project, thought has to go into the selection process. You could say… Continue reading Colour Ideology Behind Web Design
What is a landing page and what purpose does it serve?
So, let’s start off at the beginning! What is a landing page and what purpose does it serve? Well, in brief, it’s the first port of call after a consumer click through on a link, or ad for the product or service they are searching. This is your big chance, that opportunity you have been… Continue reading What is a landing page and what purpose does it serve?
Tips on Designing Site Architecture for Optimal SEO Results
Think of site architecture as a blueprint of a house. If effectively created, the site architecture can help you lay out the structure of your website so that it serves your target audience as well as the search engines. Your goal should be to create a fine balance between these two segments. As far as… Continue reading Tips on Designing Site Architecture for Optimal SEO Results
How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today
The internet has undergone a lot of changes over the last few decades. In the early days, the complexity of web design was more about the technologies available and had nothing to do with fonts, typography variations, robust visual content representation, rich media and all other elements of modern web design. Today, however, such complex… Continue reading How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today
Top Tips For The Best Mobile App Design You Could Have
Great design is essential for the overall quality of an application, regardless of the misinformation provided by some people. Design is even more important in the mobile aspect, where applications ought to be applied on smaller screens and through different operating systems. Despite the numerous obstacles, design proved to be an indispensable asset for web… Continue reading Top Tips For The Best Mobile App Design You Could Have
The Journey of a Fragile Idea
unsplash.com As a designer, I am often very impulsive with new ideas. When I come up with a new interaction for an app I’m working on, I get an insatiable itch to share it with my peers. In the light of inspiration, I get a natural high and run to the nearest piece of paper… Continue reading The Journey of a Fragile Idea
5 Mobile App Genres Budding Entrepreneurs Should Look At
The diversity of mobile apps on App Store and Play Store opens up the new door for hundreds of thousands of indie developers and app development companies — but probably the shortcoming is the limited categories. It’s understandable that the way mobile apps and startups cultures are evolving, we’re likely to see a lot more… Continue reading 5 Mobile App Genres Budding Entrepreneurs Should Look At
Useful Tips to Design a Website Homepage That Draws Visitors
Creating a website for your company, firm or organization is a very useful way to advertise and inform the users and people what your product or agency is about. But more important than that is making the people actually stay on your website to read up about it. You need to make your website’s homepage… Continue reading Useful Tips to Design a Website Homepage That Draws Visitors
Split A/B Testing Graphical Elements of Your Landing Pages: Best Practices to Test and Quantify Conversion Value of Landing Page Elements
It is a known fact that one of the best ways of generating high conversion rates is by having high-converting landing pages. Landing pages are standalone web pages with a single purpose – to act as a point of entry for a particular website. Study has shown that designers have just 50 milliseconds to make… Continue reading Split A/B Testing Graphical Elements of Your Landing Pages: Best Practices to Test and Quantify Conversion Value of Landing Page Elements
From Human-centered design to design for enhancing human ability
The role of design is consequently evolving. From initially being a domain of communication with a predominant aesthetic focus design has taken a key role in the creation of products and has become a human advocacy. Design has moved into the C-Suite with the appointment of Chief Design Officers (CDO) while Design Thinking shifted the… Continue reading From Human-centered design to design for enhancing human ability
35+ Best Corporate WordPress Themes
Best collection of Corporate WordPress Themes and templates with professional layout design and fully mobile responsive WordPress themes for your website. All best themes are highly customizable, HTML5 and CSS3 coded, SEO friendly and fast loading. The powerful WP theme Options Panel paired with intuitive page options panels, a widgetable areas manager and a custom tailored Visual Composer, drag and drop… Continue reading 35+ Best Corporate WordPress Themes
Airbnb Vacation — Seamless Trip Planning Done Right
I wanted to tackle this as a design problem. I started thinking about this against a design framework. What are the JTBD (Jobs To Be Done) here? Have a fulfilling trip Not miss out on an experience/activity due to lack of information Reduce transit time by staying close to where the activities are Reduce FOMO (fear… Continue reading Airbnb Vacation — Seamless Trip Planning Done Right
General Design Elements For Basic Website Development
The concept of web design can easily appear to be intimidatingly complicated. Designers are expected to achieve versatility and visibility, deliver information in an enticing and enriching manner, and be technically sound as well as visually coherent in one robust package. It sounds like a pretty daunting task, especially when you recognize that many developers… Continue reading General Design Elements For Basic Website Development
Building Your First App – A Beginner’s Guide
Mobile apps have become so prevalent that in response to a stated need, someone is likely to offer up an existing app stating, “There is an app for that”. However, it is not enough for your business to have an app. App design, from the user interface to the supporting infrastructure, and the installation page… Continue reading Building Your First App – A Beginner’s Guide
Top 8 Magento Resources to Sharpen your Skills
Magento is currently among the top E-Commerce platforms out there and is being used actively by the largest retailers on the internet due to the many benefits it provides. Not only does it serve as a highly versatile, E-Commerce system, it is relatively simple to understand with an abundance of resources available for that purpose.… Continue reading Top 8 Magento Resources to Sharpen your Skills
Best Places to Find 3D Printing Templates
March 30, 2017 by Veronika 3D printing is a relatively new field where three-dimensional design projects are being translated to the real world with the help of special printers. This 21st century design field is getting more and more popular with year passing year. 3D printers are becoming more available for the mass consumers which… Continue reading Best Places to Find 3D Printing Templates
Why You Should Stop Using The Term “Blog”
Blogs, blogs, and more blogs. They’re in every corner and every pocket of the universe known as the World Wide Web. Everyone – from professionals and teenagers to fictitious characters and even cats – seems to have a blog. But what are they, what purpose do they serve, and do you really need one? The… Continue reading Why You Should Stop Using The Term “Blog”
3 Ways to Help your Website Drive Sales
We all know the importance of a good website, one that reflects our brand identity and can help to boost traffic and drive sales. However, working out the best ways to go about this isn’t always as easy as it might seem. Web design can get incredibly complicated incredibly fast, but having a great website… Continue reading 3 Ways to Help your Website Drive Sales