How our perceptions of the world around us and the groups we work in may be misleading This week builds on our previous post on cognitive illusions and perception errors. optical illusions help illustrate how blind we are to the cognitive heuristics we use to make sense of the world around us. What they show is… Continue reading How ‘collective illusions’ influence decision making
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UX and UI Logo Trends
26 Shares With the advent of online and mobile working culture, UX/UI trends have experienced a significant transformation over the years. Yet 2021 is just no exception. As a UX/UI professional, it is vital to keep updated about these continuously shifting trends and follow and recreate good UX design examples. The COVID-19 issue has transformed… Continue reading UX and UI Logo Trends
7 Best Podcast Hosting Platforms Reviewed for 2021
Are you looking to start a podcast? If so, choosing the right podcast host is one of the first steps you’ll need to take. There are a lot of options out there, but we’ve narrowed it down to just the best of the best. It’s impossible to recommend one as the best for every podcaster,… Continue reading 7 Best Podcast Hosting Platforms Reviewed for 2021
3 Tips to Never Lose Smartphone Videos Again
You are a creator and you love to capture videos while traveling light so you choose to shoot your videos on your smartphone. You return to your room and realize that all your videos are missing. What do you do? Where do you find your lost videos? Did you have a backup? Questions pop up… Continue reading 3 Tips to Never Lose Smartphone Videos Again
Portugal by Sebastião Rodrigues’ pencil
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A journey that merges with the country’s history © Tamanna Rumee The recent history of design in Portugal in general and graphic design, in particular, is certainly still to be written. In other words, it is a story that is written every day, thanks to the work, often in difficult contexts,… Continue reading Portugal by Sebastião Rodrigues’ pencil
How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background
What You’ll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pastel gradient background in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Cool and warm, this timeless trend will give a soothing effect to any design. All you have to do is look for the best gradient combinations. Looking to download some pastel… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Gradient Background
Building resilient DesignOps teams
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Photo — Jonathon Colman We live in difficult times… resilience is critical for all of us in our personal and professional lives. As DesignOps practitioners and leaders, we need to take care of the individuals in our teams, the teams we work with teams and the organizations. The curation team for the DesignOps… Continue reading Building resilient DesignOps teams
20+ Affinity Publisher Tutorials (Including Free Affinity Publisher Templates!)
Affinity Professional Creative Software is the latest challenger to Adobe’s decades-long dominance. With Affinity Publisher offering similar interface and functions to Adobe InDesign, it provides an excellent alternative for those who prefer to pay for a single app download rather than be tied to a subscription plan. If you are interested in mastering Affinity Publisher, here are over… Continue reading 20+ Affinity Publisher Tutorials (Including Free Affinity Publisher Templates!)
Fall Leaves and Pumpkins: Design Inspiration for the Season
September 9, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine The autumn season is almost here and there is no better way to warm up to it than fall leaves and pumpkin-inspired designs. We are seeing a lot of red and orange hues every fall and it makes internet users feel warmer as the air becomes colder. Different website… Continue reading Fall Leaves and Pumpkins: Design Inspiration for the Season
A Guide to Accessible Interactive Components using React Libraries
May 29, 2020 Content Warning: This blog post contains gifs. I’ve wanted to write this blog post ever since I wrote a11y and JS – A Seemingly Unconventional Romance. I love JavaScript, and my job is to code in React. I often observe folks (rightly) critique that React Apps are inaccessible. According to the WebAIM… Continue reading A Guide to Accessible Interactive Components using React Libraries
20 Jewelry WordPress Themes for WooCommerce Websites
Perhaps you create jewelry and would like to turn your hobby into a business, or maybe you’re ready to start selling a wide range of products from other brands. Whatever your long-term plan, one of your first ports of call should be to launch your website—after all, what better way to get more eyes on… Continue reading 20 Jewelry WordPress Themes for WooCommerce Websites
Is It Time to Start Using an Image CDN?
One of the most important elements in the success of a website is speed. Tools like Google Lighthouse have been built to emphasize performance precisely because it is so important to user experience, and by association, to search engine ranking. The speed of a website is determined by numerous factors, but the single greatest is… Continue reading Is It Time to Start Using an Image CDN?
How to Make a Website for a Restaurant With WordPress (Quickly)
Running a successful restaurant is no small feat. But, in order to be successful, you need a constant stream of patrons who will visit your venue on a regular basis. The best way to ensure this is to create a website for your restaurant. By doing so you will be able to share your menu,… Continue reading How to Make a Website for a Restaurant With WordPress (Quickly)
What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?
Unfortunately, over half (54%) of the businesses surveyed for the 2018 State of SMB Cybersecurity report believe they’re too small to be a target for hackers. But the data paints a different picture: 67% of small- and medium-sized businesses were attacked in 2018; 82% of those attacked had antivirus software installed on their systems; 72%… Continue reading What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?
6 Amazing Typography Video Templates: Easy & Fast
With new video features coming up more often than ever, video marketing has become a key to every business. In today’s business world, video is all about creating winning visual messages and spreading them across the audience to boost engagement. Even the data by Small Business Trends also show that videos generate 12 times more… Continue reading 6 Amazing Typography Video Templates: Easy & Fast
How to Make a Business Brochure in InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a business brochure with a clean, corporate style in Adobe InDesign. Business brochure templates are quick and simple to put together in InDesign, and can be easily adapted with your own text and images. This eight-page brochure design has a clean and modern… Continue reading How to Make a Business Brochure in InDesign
How to Make Stylish Layouts for a Portfolio Template in InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating Show off your creative work and nail that next job interview with this stylish portfolio design template. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a brochure in InDesign. This multipage document is perfect as a portfolio template. It is versatile and easily adaptable to any work you want to… Continue reading How to Make Stylish Layouts for a Portfolio Template in InDesign
Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone
What, did you think JPEG would live forever? It was introduced in 1992, more than twenty-five years ago! The modern generation of web developers uses WebP for images, not the archeological specimen that is JPEG. Here’s a quick introduction to WebP, SVG, and why they’re better. TL;DR: they’re way smaller, producing faster, and more responsive… Continue reading Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone
How Ransomware Attacks Target WordPress Sites
WordPress remains THE most popular platform for blogging and content management, with a a full 30% of websites on the internet using it. As a result of this popularity, hacking attempts and other instances of cybercrime, especially ransomware attacks, are on the rise. Starting in 2017, analysts began to see an increase of the EV… Continue reading How Ransomware Attacks Target WordPress Sites
How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign
What You’ll Be Creating In this quick and simple tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a bi-fold brochure template using Adobe InDesign. You’ll create the basic structure and style for your brochure template, using an on-trend color palette and stylish fonts. An adaptable pamphlet template for any creative business, this bi-fold brochure can be customized… Continue reading How to Make a Bi-Fold Brochure in InDesign
20 Best Free WordPress Themes You Should Check Out For Your First WordPress Blog
One of the best things in today’s internet-driven era is that you don’t have to work a full-time job to make a living. You can simply follow your passion by creating a YouTube channel or setting up a blog. The process is fun & hassle-free and offers you multiple opportunities to grow professionally and personally.… Continue reading 20 Best Free WordPress Themes You Should Check Out For Your First WordPress Blog
Your Guide to InDesign’s New Rival
Adobe InDesign has long been the market leader in publishing software. But rival layout design programs are starting to make waves in the market, with Affinity Publisher being the latest to offer a competitive alternative to InDesign. If you’re a seasoned print designer or are looking to dip a toe into publishing design, you’ll want… Continue reading Your Guide to InDesign’s New Rival
How to Draw Angel Wings
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you how to draw wings on the back of a human, creating an angel. Angels, though seen as spiritual rather than material, are pictured as winged humans. But wings are not simply an appendix growing out of the shoulder blades—they’re specialized arms. So a typical… Continue reading How to Draw Angel Wings
Professional Copywriting Services
Hiring copywriting professionals can be a smart business decision for those who lack the skills or the time to produce effective copy. … Hiring copywriting professionals can be a smart business decision for those who lack the skills or the time to produce effective copy. Copywriters write everything from instruction manuals, advertising material and customer… Continue reading Professional Copywriting Services