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Updated 6/2019. I'm taking a break from writing, but want to share a short article from AIGA, a professional design organization. Consider this in how you work with a designer. We offer the following …
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Two people buy fixer-upper homes. Both homes are in rough condition. In one of the bedrooms, each home has several enormous holes in the drywall around the closet. If Ben decides to patch the …
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Updated 6/2021 I'll contend that business should be separate from personal feelings or disputes. And then I'll send out an email newsletter and a few unsubscribes will come in, and I'll get a distinct …
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Updated May 2019. Let’s be honest: Your site navigation hasn’t changed since before mobile happened. No one finds your content, and you really aren’t sure what to do about it. A fairly simple and …
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Updated June 2021. It seems ubiquitous that so many websites are on WordPress — 40% of the web, by last count. WordPress powers the UPS site, CNN, the NFL site, the Dow Jones site, …
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Website accessibility is a huge topic these days, and the sheer amount of information out there can be overwhelming. Here, I've assembled some steps, big and small, to make your site more accessible incrementally. …
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EDCNavigator.org, or the Executive Diversity Career Navigator, is a subsite of ACHE (American College of Healthcare Executives). It had been worked on by a few developers, but it didn't feel like a true diversity …
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Google Service Announcement: Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode. You …
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Influencer marketing—usually recognized as the province of mommy bloggers and social influencers—is also seen by brands as a successful way to reach customers with organic, authentic sharing. But not every brand "gets" it, or …
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Hackathons, those lately ubiquitous marathons of design, tech and inspiration, have always been a fun way to take myself  out of my client mindset. Build an app that begs to be made? Solve a problem …
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