My wife bought me a refurbished laptop for Christmas last year, and after my initial reactions of shock and delight, I booted it up and found a few surprises. The first surprise was that the previous owner had left a copy of “WWE Presents: The Rock vs. John Cena 2” in...
We’ve all seen the post on Facebook or on a website. “Woman buys her puppy a hotdog. You won’t BELIEVE what happens next!” Did you click it? Did you WANT to click it? This is an example of a Clickbait headline: an overly sensationalized headline that is designed to...
A website’s design says a lot about a company. Say you’re looking for a place to get dinner for a date and you want something hip and quirky. You’ll likely hop on the computer and browse for a bit. You find a place with a promising name so you click through to the...
Every year – heck, every 3 months – readers of design blogs everywhere are treated to the confident declarations of the newest, greatest, most game-changing web design trend that we need to heed lest we be left in the digital dust. Services like Twitter, Facebook, and...
As a web designer, one of the first things I think about when planning a site for a client is what kind of visuals it’s going to have. This quickly leads to the question of illustration vs. photography? This post will look at the strengths of both of these bases. Both...
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