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Friday, June 17th, 2011 736 views
Content strategy is a beast with many heads, names and trajectories. To approach it is to be sucked in full force. Even so, as crucial as content strategy is, conveying its gravity to a big audience, or to key administrators, is often hard. Being so inherently complex, ...
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Friday, June 10th, 2011 922 views
With the exceptions of typography and layout, nothing has a more profound impact on the way we design and craft websites than color — from the visuals we showcase through images and media to the simple choice of whether to use salmon pink or neon green to ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011 680 views
A common theme that has been discussed on this site over the past couple of weeks is how design can tell a story and yet so often websites don’t do a good job of conveying that. I try to do a decent job of showcasing designs here that ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011 865 views
Someone asked me this very simple question today. What's the difference between web reporting and web analysis?
My instinct was to use the wry observation uttered by US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in trying to define
po rn: "I know it when I see it."
That applies to what ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2011 844 views
If you're a designer/creative, you probably already know that having an online portfolio is very important. Not only do you need to have something to show your potential clients, but these days it's important to be present online for many reasons. If you leave the address of ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2011 1,434 views
It is surprising how often these "simple" things come up.
"What is the difference between a metric and a key performance indicator (KPI)?"
"What is a dimension in analytics?"
"What is segmentation?"
"Are goals metrics?"
And many more.
There seems to be genuine confusion about the simplest, most foundational, parts of web ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2011 933 views
Think about what keeps you coming back to your favorite store, your favorite person or even your favorite website. It’s not just a mindless buy-go, hug-go or click-go relationship. It is a complicated, emotional connection. It is what makes relationships with people and brands intoxicating. User engagement ...
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Friday, May 13th, 2011 903 views
Today we bring you a set of 50 free and exclusive Twitter icons that you can use for your websites.
The icons are provided in both raster and vector formats: The transparent PNG versions are 256×256, and we have also included Illustrator files so that you can resize the ...
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Friday, May 13th, 2011 1,657 views
Below is a list of 99+ graphic design resources, in English and (and a few other languages), that all designers must know about.
It is sorted by category (click to go to category):
General Design
Web Design
Resources
Show Cases
Development
Flash and Flex
Typography
Video and Motion
Personal Design Blogs
Web ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011 974 views
Logo Lounge, for the past nine years, has posted annual logo design trend reports and they have just released the 2011 logo design trends report. I would love to hear your thoughts on the showcased trends.
Do these identity / branding trends effect you or your process? ...
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