MODx Versus WordPress
We don’t generally do a ton of techno-blogging, for the simple reason that it’s far more fun to riff on client headaches, stupid design choices and ill-conceived packaging decisions. However, our front...
View ArticleDissecting the Best Website on the Planet
While there are a great many websites we find admirable and even praiseworthy, there is one site that exceeds all reasonable and even exalted expectations of what a website should achieve. This...
View ArticleCSS4 Isn’t Here – Everyone Relax
Remember when everyone was so excited about PlayStation 3? Doesn’t that seem like only yesterday? Now, PlayStation 4 is being rolled out, and everyone who bought the Super Slim PS3 in 2012 is already...
View ArticleCutting Edge Web Design – How Much Grunge Is Too Much
Alright, your brand is edgy, subversive — you swim against the stream and aren’t afraid to let people know it. Naturally, you want your website to convey this exact mentality through bold designs with...
View Article5 Web Design Trends You Should Ditch Right Now
How is it possible that trends — be they fashion, digital or food — can be simultaneously intriguing and status-enhancing and yet so, so… stupid? We’ve all been guilty of wearing acid-washed jeans,...
View ArticleHow to Smack Down Floating Web Design Elements Before They Breed
Remember books and magazines? Of course you don’t (what were we thinking?). Anyway, back in the olden days of late 20th and early 21st century, when we wanted to glean information from a published...
View ArticleI Think Icon, I Think Icon, I Think Icon
Iconography is a large part of website design; even the most astringent and clean Web pages require icons of some sort; it is only a matter of what kind of icon is appropriate for the particular brand....
View ArticleDeck the Website Halls
How to make the most of the holiday rush and making sure your target market doesn’t forget (or get annoyed at) you. Many businesses, especially in the retail sector, like to decorate in the spirit of...
View Article5 Trends in Web Design That Aren’t Totally Stupid
There are way too many web design trends these days that are completely, irredeemably idiotic. But here are 5 that aren’t. Oh, web design. With all of the crazy artists out there who realized going...
View Article4 Signs Your Website is No Longer User-Friendly
Responsive website design goes a long way to making a site more user-friendly, as recently acknowledged by Google. But the fact is, there’s a lot more to site user-friendliness than just that. Remember...
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