The Latest Research for Web Designers, August 2020
While a lot of the research for web designers that’s come out this year has to do with COVID-19, we’re…
How to Integrate AI Into Your Toolset
Artificial Intelligence is the use of computers or machines that have been created to work and react like humans. Some…
Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
As a web designer, you’re constantly being bombarded with messages that tell you to acquire new skills, try new tools,…
In Memory of Flash: 1996-2020
We are gathered here today…. Today I write in memory of Adobe Flash (née Macromedia), something that a bunch of…
Eye vs AI: Harnessing Technology to Successfully Track User Attention
Attention is the new gold; brands are in a constant competition for our attention. A big portion of our time…
How to Define Effective Milestones in Design Projects
When it comes to creating and launching a website, it’s important to deliver realistic time expectations to the client, and…
Is it Time to Redesign Your Portfolio?
For many professionals looking for new work opportunities, they know that prospective employers are going to ask for proof of…
5 Tips for Working with Clients When You’re at Home
For those of you working from home right now (willingly or unwillingly), you can’t allow your surroundings to have an…
The Latest Research for Web Designers, April 2020
In today’s roundup of the latest research for web designers, we’re going to look at a variety of topics, from…
Can Web Designers Save the World?
I know this might seem like an odd question to ask. After all, it’s not like we’re living in a…
How to Manage Your Freelance Finances During a Crisis
Have you ever heard of disaster recovery and business continuity? Basically, they’re processes that enable businesses to survive a crisis…
7 Deadly Graphic Designer Sins (And 4 Ways to Atone)
As a designer, you’ve probably wished you could know exactly what your clients were thinking at one point or another….
5 Biggest Non-Design Skills Designers Need in the 2020s
Whenever a company posts a job opening for a web design employee or freelancer, they typically include a set of…
How to Deal with Confrontational Feedback
Sadly, some clients can be just as sensitive, and triggered as online trolls; You recommend an update to a logo…
How to Keep Designing When Tragedy Strikes
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all! We all have personal tragedies. Sometimes those tragedies…
How Many Types of X Acronym Are There? And Does It Matter?
One of the problems with coining a term like “user experience” or its acronym counterpart “UX” is that it opens…
Design from the Beach: How to Work and Travel
Are you experiencing full wanderlust with a side order of burnout in the first week of the new year? Has…
The Art of Persuasion: How to Handle Clients With Mad Ideas
We’ve all been there. It’s 4pm on a Friday afternoon, you’re already in your “weekend outfit” (underwear and hoody combo)…