Designers are always divided on which tech or software to use. There is no single piece of software that can do it all. They’re all better in some areas and less strong in others. Many designers end up using the software that they started out with because it is quick and simple for them to… Continue reading How to Use Style Sheets in Adobe InDesign
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The Smartphone’s Stunning Design Evolution
Today, practically everyone has an advanced smartphone that can do amazing things for you. Smartphone designs, however, have changed greatly since they were first introduced in the mid-1990s. You’ll gain a bigger appreciation for your current smartphone after you consider how the design for these devices has evolved over the years. The Big Brick IBM built… Continue reading The Smartphone’s Stunning Design Evolution
Designing Accessible Products
2. Focus Focus is one of the most important accessibility features that enables users to use a computer with only a keyboard without the need for a mouse. Most reset stylesheets have this one line of code that causes major accessibility failure – :focus {outline: 0;} This is an anti-pattern that needs to be avoided… Continue reading Designing Accessible Products
The FAQs that got me more UX interviews (and ultimately my dream job)
At the top of my FAQs I added links to my email, portfolio, Medium, and LinkedIn for convenience. What does design mean to you? Design is strategic problem solving that improves people’s lives. Empathy, pragmatism and creativity are applied to the adventure of hunting and validating ideas — a process that leads to intentional solutions. The results are… Continue reading The FAQs that got me more UX interviews (and ultimately my dream job)
Best Photoshop Plugins
April 6, 2017 by Veronika Photoshop is a powerful graphic design software that enables designers to work with both raster and vector images. The incredible algorithms and unmatchable user-friendly interface have helped this design software become a top choice on the market. Yet, what makes Photoshop truly unique is the impressive collection of free and… Continue reading Best Photoshop Plugins
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
An engineering manager’s guide to rebranding —
Anytime a company launches a rebrand there’s the obligatory “how we did it” blog post. Uber did it, AirBnB did it and we did it. Usually these posts jump right from “good looking people putting post-it notes on a glass wall” to “unveil on an unsuspecting public” stage, and completely skip the really tricky part — going… Continue reading An engineering manager’s guide to rebranding
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How to Draw Bar Charts Using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas
In an earlier tutorial we covered how to draw a pie chart or doughnut chart using HTML5 canvas. In this tutorial I will show you how to use JavaScript and the HTML5 canvas as a means to graphically display data by using bar charts. There are easier ways to create charts than coding one from… Continue reading How to Draw Bar Charts Using JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas
8 Strategies to Create The Perfect .COM Domain Name For Your Website
To get that perfect brand name you’ve always wanted for your business or blog, you’ll need to demonstrate a lot of creativity and flexibility. When selecting your domain name extension, .COM remains the best option. According to the result of a finding by Registrar Stats, the most popular name extension is .COM, with 75% of… Continue reading 8 Strategies to Create The Perfect .COM Domain Name For Your Website
Key Web Development and Design Skills You Should Learn In 2017
In addition to building your client contact list this year, you should be thinking of upgrading your knowledge base in critical areas, especially as competition in the digital economy gets stiffer and opens up wider opportunities for highly skilled web developers and designers. What exactly should you focus on when expanding your web development skills-set… Continue reading Key Web Development and Design Skills You Should Learn In 2017
How to Order and Align Items in Grid Layout
In this tutorial, you will learn how to control the order in which items are placed using the Grid Layout module. After that, we will discuss how to control the alignment of different items in the grid. In the past, we covered a few important Grid-related topics. We began by learning about different ways of… Continue reading How to Order and Align Items in Grid Layout
The Best Design to Code Services for You in 2017
Posted · Category: Best Collections Given a choice, web designers prefer to focus on the aesthetics of web design. What they produce doesn’t always have to look all that gorgeous however. What’s more important is that it’s user-friendly, cross-browser compatible, fast loading, and semantic. Incorporating these nuts-and-bolts features into a website can be tedious, and… Continue reading The Best Design to Code Services for You in 2017
23 Modern Responsive HTML5 WordPress Themes
New modern HTML5 WordPress themes with responsive design specially designed corporate business, portfolio and online eCommerce websites. Multipurpose best WordPress themes will help you create amazing website with tons of highly SEO optimized and easy-to-edit elements that allow you to change the look and feel of your theme to match your brand or represent your… Continue reading 23 Modern Responsive HTML5 WordPress Themes
How UberEats could make ordering for groups of friends simpler — a UX case study
The Problem — I find myself using UberEats (launched early last year) more frequently than the likes of DoorDash primarily because of two reasons: Continuous promotions — They have had some really cool promotions all this while. (No delivery cost upto $5 for an order) Ordering experience — From searching for food to ordering and waiting for it, the… Continue reading How UberEats could make ordering for groups of friends simpler — a UX case study
6 Ways to Keep Your Blog From Getting Hacked
Many businesses from small to big use WordPress for their blogs. WordPress is a customizable and in-depth blogging tool with lots of features that attract bloggers and businesses alike. But WordPress can be vulnerable to hacking, which means any business information you store in your account and your posts themselves are vulnerable. Protect your WordPress… Continue reading 6 Ways to Keep Your Blog From Getting Hacked
How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
It is known that response time of a web server has a great role in indexing of the hosted sites in search engines. The slower is a web site, the lower is its rate among the competitors. Nobody is going to like such consequences: site is displayed on the bottom of the search, less clients… Continue reading How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
8 Best Tools For Making Animated Videos
March 2, 2017 by Veronika This collection of free and premium video creation tools can help you create your very own 2D and 3D character animations and bring your ideas to life. Targeted at both professional animators and amateurs in the marketing and freelance industry, this list of tools is suitable for anyone who’s interested in… Continue reading 8 Best Tools For Making Animated Videos
5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Even more radical than funny cat videos and memes in GIF form, the rise of the Internet has really empowered companies of all sizes to work with remote teams all around the world. This has dramatically impacted how modern business is being conducted because you could have team members everywhere from Sacramento to Sri Lanka. In addition… Continue reading 5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
When budgets are tight in the software world and companies want to save money, form is usually the first to go. In these situations, the design tends to be considered ‘gold plating’ and not a necessity. It’s thought to only make the product ‘look nice’. This assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. Form has… Continue reading Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
Why human-centered design is an expectation.
Human-Centered Design, in short, is the practice of a management and problem solving process that places people (your customer) at the center of every decision. It requires curiosity and contextual observation, empathy, ideation, iteration, and implementation. “Human-centered” is the core of user, customer, and service experience design (UX, CX, SX). Almost every company has a… Continue reading Why human-centered design is an expectation.
Illustrator Tutorials: 20 New Tutorials to Learn How to Design & Illustration
Learn how to use illustrator from top professionals and tutorial writers for creating amazing vector graphics and illustrations. These new 2017 tutorials will teach you latest tips and techniques and shows to draw and digital portraits from scratch, vector logos, and create cartoon characters and more vector graphics. You’ll be able to use these illustration and drawing techniques for your future… Continue reading Illustrator Tutorials: 20 New Tutorials to Learn How to Design & Illustration
A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid
In this tutorial, I’ll be going over all the steps the auto-placement algorithm of the CSS Grid Layout module follows when positioning elements. These steps are controlled by the grid-auto-flow property. In Introducing the CSS Grid Layout and Seven Ways You Can Place Elements Using CSS Grid Layout, I gave an overview of the CSS… Continue reading A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid
5 Above the Fold Elements that Get Your Audience’s Attention
An old study from Nielsen states that web visitors spend 80.3% of their time above the fold – the top area of your site that’s immediately viewable upon loading. Furthermore, Google found out that ads above the fold had 68% viewability, as opposed to ads below the fold with only 40%. Naturally, a lot of… Continue reading 5 Above the Fold Elements that Get Your Audience’s Attention
4 Beautifully Simple Homepage Designs
January 18, 2017 by Spyre Studios Every page on your website tells a story, but few say as much about the brand as the homepage. This is the portal to the rest of the online experience and sets the stage for what visitors think about your brand. That’s why it’s helpful to study what others… Continue reading 4 Beautifully Simple Homepage Designs