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HD Web what is the proper resolution to use in photoshop?
So now it is unavoidable. Those of us that build websites have to adapt to screens that are as high resolution as print such as Apple’s Retina displays and range in size from tall and skinny iphones,...
View ArticleDamnit Google – Improve the Adwords User Experience!
Dear Google, I created a Google Ad for my wife’s bootcamp last week. I was excited and eager to show her how easy it was so she could do it more often. Well, nine days later, the ad is still not...
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What does it mean – Good artists copy, Great artists steal
“Good artists copy, Great artists steal” It means you may not be the first to try something, but you did it so well that everyone thinks of you when they see that style. Like Picasso, Liechtenstein,...
View ArticleHow to build a loyal audience with a free trial period
Offering a free trial of your site is great. But if users like me are any indication, we sign up, click around and never come back. Here is a behavioral change Idea I wrote down in a file April 15,...
View ArticleSelling your design to a client
As a designer you must be more than an artist. You must be more than a creator. You must be part philosopher, part scientist, part teacher, and, yes, part salesman as well. Your idea needs a champion....
View ArticleA Deep Commitment to Purpose
To inspire performance rather than manage performance, we must give people something they can believe in.
View ArticleGood Design Tells a Story
Good design tells a story, and it is the story that maintains a website just as much as the help desk and developers. When authors and users believe the story the design tells, the system can...
View ArticleRequire a user’s email before downloading a file with wordpress
I have created some presentations on various topics including one on Best Practices for Personalization with IBM WebSphere Portal that I am going to post shortly to Base22.com but before I do, I don’t...
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Book Recommendation: Ready Player One
I do not recommend books very often, but I recommend this one. Go read: Ready Player One. If you have a single fond memory of the 1980s, or liked any of the following movies: The Matrix, Willy Wonka...
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Design Strategy: Go big or go classy
When you design something, there are two ways to do it. You can go big, and invest your whole heart and soul into it. You can pour time, money, and passion into the endeavor and hope it pays off. Big...
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Optimum Web Readability – Max and min width for page text
When you write content, normally you do not have to worry about the length of your sentences (unless you are on Twitter). Most web pages and applications you use will automatically wrap your sentences...
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Truth is not something you know, it’s something you pursue
I work with a team of philosophers. During a recent discussion, we settled on a philosophy that I think is important to share with anyone interested in design for the web or creating software. It may...
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2014 – Goals and Resolutions
Every year it gets closer and closer: the future. And what are you doing to make it a better place? Have you figured out what you really want in life? If not, how do you know if you are moving closer...
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Baby Calculus
“Daddy, what’s an asymptote?” I bought my son this book – never too young to start prepping for college.
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JPG vs JPEG
In case you were wondering: .jpg and .jpeg are the exact same thing. Back in DOS days file extensions could only be 3 letters so the JPEG format – (which stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group) was...
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Youtube in the 1980’s
Anything that can be digital, will be. But the reverse is also true, anything that can be done online could also be done in the pre-digital, analog world – it would have just been less efficient...
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Home Depot’s new bucket shows why design matters
Home Depot has a new bucket – and it tells an important story about the importance of user centered design applied to even the most boring corners of your business. In case you live under a rock, the...
View ArticleStock Market Visualizations
I miss the old Map of the Market which was online since 1998 and was one of the first visualizations on the web. This was long my go to site...
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Tracking files and links with Google Analytics
If you are using Google Analytics, you may have noticed there is no way to see how many visitors to a page downloaded a file or opened a javascript based event. This is because Google Analytics uses a...
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Forms in your email
This is interesting, HomeDepot has been pestering me to review this product I bought online (like once a week for 6 six weeks) so I finally caved. The form was IN the email…I don’t think I’ve seen that...
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