While UX and user testing experts are important and have their place, they’re often less common on smaller development teams. So what can you do without a specialist to improve the usability of your software? Before we get started, there are a few realities about UX (User Experience) design we need acknowledge: All software has […]
Guest reviews in the accommodations industry remain important, and the marketing opportunities and risks they present have evolved over the last several years. The players in the third-party review space are changing, and the uses for first-party reviews are growing as well. User-Generated Reviews (1st Party Reviews) Reviews that brands collect themselves have historically been […]
My mom was complaining about how her phone is cluttered with all kinds of apps she doesn’t use or know what they are. So my eight-year-old son popped over to help out (free screen time!). Faster than I could have, he had moved the unwanted apps into a “junk heap” folder on the phone. He […]
Creating wireframes or Sketches is a critical step before developing new software. But what happens when you have multiple wireframes that outline several pages in a piece of software, or several user states that the app can have? It can be a bit overwhelming to review, and you quickly lose the context of what you’re […]
UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) are important steps that need to be thought of first, before building software/ web applications or adding new features. I’ve touched on this topic before in my Lonestar PHP 2016 conference recap about the You Can UX Too: Avoiding the Programmer’s User Interface session by Eryn O’Neil. This post will cover […]
With the need for fast loading web pages steadily increasing, it’s important to make sure your site is keeping up with others. And despite what you may think, you don’t have to sacrifice creative to make your site load faster. This blog post offers tips for updating your web page images for site speed while still […]
In the past 48 hours, we have seen several blog posts about the Mobile-Friendly algo update and its aftermath (aka Mobilegeddon). We wanted to create a resource guide for anyone looking for information on this update, so we will be updating this post every day with new links. Check back for more in the coming days and weeks.
Thanks to an announcement from Google regarding a major change in how they will rank mobile websites in the near future, the last 4 weeks in the SEO industry have been a blast. Some SEO’s are like, “Meh.” Other SEO’s are like, “RUN FOR THE HILLS!” Let’s dive in and see what all the fuss is about. Here is an overview of everything that we know about the April 21st “Mobile Friendly” algorithm update…so far.
Recently, I tried to go on the Norwegian Cruise Lines website earlier and they were doing some work on their site. I came across this well designed 404 page. Here are a few other well designed, funny or classic 404 pages. Enjoy! 😉