Good First Impressions: The Home Page
The home page of your website is like a first interview for a new job, except you’re dealing with potential customers. Making a good first impression is imperative, but if you say too much — or not enough — then you’ve potentially ruined a business relationship, as people often visit websites before visiting, calling or e-mailing. If your home page is confusing, they aren’t likely to peruse further. They might even believe your entire business operates in a confusing, disordered way.
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Looks like Twitter may have finally caught up to other social networks that have been doing this for a while now. Most recently, with Facebook who introduced
I don’t think there is anything more appropriate for illustrating how the Internet has evolved in the past ten years than an animated .gif graphic. The infographic created by
If there is one thing that everyone can agree on that is a lacking about Instagram is that it’s missing an official website for it’s users. Since Instagram was built specifically for mobile, iPhone first then
Google is just blowing my mind this week with all
For anyone that uses Disqus as a commenting platform (I know a lot of Tumblr’s do), you may want to check out the brand new Disqus 2012 commenting system. Disqus has made a lot of changes from the old format to the new format which really should improve the commenting experience.
This is an oldie but a goodie. I saw the
As part of a new initiative on Tumblr which I first
Being a freelance designer can be a rocky road to go down. Outside of having the appropriate skills to get the job done; you have to take the idea of some stranger who may or may not know what they want, who probably has little to no design ability and turn it into a masterpiece that they have always dreamed of, for the lowest possible cost — with that cost being free of charge of course. Not to mention quite often you have to deal with not-so-smart individuals.
The United States and North Korean relationship has been tumultuous, with a recent and big flare up when North Korea decided to launch a ‘satellite’ into space. The U.S. firmly suspected that N. Korea was launching a missile into space, which could be positioned to hit many countries including the U.S., saying the launch was a direct threat to the U.S. North Korea, not really giving an eff, launched anyways, and
For years it has been debated that code can be stolen, therefore if it can be stolen, you can be prosecuted for stealing other peoples code or work in a court of law. Also in a similar token, if you can steal code, then it should be able to be copyrighted. In a recent court ruling, this may have all changed.
After the
Google has made a big announcement today saying that they are overhauling Google+, to make it a better user experience with design in mind. The new design changes are rolling out in phases world wide, so if you don’t see it yet you may see it in the next few days.
If you’re looking for a great way to enhance the fonts on your website, animated typography may be a great option for you. Typically in the past, animations have been accomplished through Flash, but as Flash is slowly
Facebook is pushing out a new photo viewer that many may have seen recently, maybe not, as it’s still pretty new. If you use Google Plus, the wider view photo viewer may look familiar to you.