8 Apr
Not sure when it went into effect but Jack in the Box has a new logo and I don’t know what to think yet. I was a fan of their old logo because it was simple, easy to recognize and easy to recreate. I think the new logo could be a good thing, especially if Continue reading →
27 Feb
Designing for any large organization is always difficult since there are usually so many restrictions and a very large audience to cater to. The question is, how long will large organizations and business fall behind web design trends and just plain good design? I’d like to see some risks taken and the envelope pushed by Continue reading →
21 Feb
So you’ve hired a designer or you’re looking for a website designer, but now what? There are lists all over the internet so I thought I’d but down a few of the best. Despite our best efforts, web designers are not magicians and it is up to the client to create the content of the Continue reading →
19 Feb
How should you decide on a web designer? Well there are several ways, but i thought I would share a few of the ways to avoid the bad website designers. 1. There are no clients listed. People list clients to show off work, but also a way to show that they have worked well with Continue reading →
I was trying to find a script that would add/blog YouTube videos automatically whenever I added them to a playlist. I couldn’t find such a thing. But what I did find is Smart YouTube. This plugin is a perfect WordPress plugin because you just post the URL, add a ‘v’ after the http, and it [...]
I always want to share great youtube videos with my much younger brother-in-law, but I always ran into the issue of trying to find clean youtube videos. So I started a site last year, then neglected it for almost a year, and now I’m committed to posting often. I lost focus of what it was [...]
Facebook is constantly rolling out new features and “updates,” but often those changes are unwanted. The way that the photo viewer worked before was just rock solid. It was dead simple and there was nothing to change. But… Rolling Back Facebook Changes? If only Facebook would release new designs and features with the option to [...]
We officially launched Qpicker.com, a cool tiny site that chooses 1 thing for you to watch from all of those in your Netflix Queue. It seemed like we were always having the conversation “What should we watch on Netflix?” We have over a hundred titles in our queue and can never make a decision. When [...]
Sallie Mae’s last site design was really terrible. Their new design looks better, but is still horrible to use. Here are a couple examples of Sallie Mae’s horrible UX. Account Summary From this page, we are reassured that we are on “Account Summary” in no less than 4 ways. Navigation highlight Breadcrumb Page title Section [...]
