Category Archives: Web Design

Responsive Web Design or a Separate Mobile Website

There’s a lot of talk about how you should structure your website’s content for mobile devices, and there’s a lot of talk about what techniques and strategies can be used to build your mobile website. Let’s not confuse the two topics. More…

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What is Good Customer Service: Understanding Your Clients’ Emotions to Design a Better Customer Experience

Brolik went to SXSW this year, specifically to attend the interactive conference. Colin Shaw, CEO of Beyond Philosophy gave a great lecture on differentiating your company by focusing on the emotion associated with your brand. A particular statistic stood outMore…

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Responsive Design in the Real World (Part 1)

With some experience under our belts and some time to reflect on the technique, we’ve learned that responsive design isn’t without challenges, but it’s worth every hardship. More…

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Mobile App vs. Mobile Web Part II: Building For The Future of Devices

Before thinking about your “mobile strategy,” step back and thing bigger: device strategy. How will you launch great experiences on all current desktops, tablets and mobile devices, while preparing yourself for devices that will hit the market over the next 5 years? More…

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How Many Design Options Will You Show Me?

There is always one “correct answer” to any design problem. Instead of asking your designer for multiple design options, help your designer give you what you want through upfront discovery and iteration of a single design. More…

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Responsive Web Design (And What It Means To You)

Responsive web design is gaining popularity among designers and programmers, but non-tech business owners can really benefit from understanding what responsive design is and what it could mean for their business. More…

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How To Blog Your Way To More Search Traffic

I’m a content engineer, and I’m doing it right now. More…

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The Web Is Not Print

The web is finally starting to take shape as its own medium. As designers, coders and users, we all need to embrace it as such, and we need stop placing print design constraints on web design and stop judging web design in print design terms. More…

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Web Typography That People Will Read

If you’re not a graphic designer, you may not realize that graphic designers pay attention to every detail of every word- right down to the space between each letter and the space between each word- striving to make content as easily digestible as possible. On the web, however, where it’s especially important to display your content well, designers tend to fall short. More…

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9 Tips For Ecommerce Startups

A simple checklist for ecommerce startups as they prepare to launch. More…

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