How to Build a Green Business
Posted on Jun 11, 2008 09:43:52 AM
In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has become a popular catchphrase and the new marketing must-have for many companies. But what does it truly mean? And how can it apply to your business?
In this article, I’ll discuss how our web design and development company incorporated sustainability into our business model, and how other development Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Build, Business, GreenAnyone for a Game of Cards?
Posted on May 29, 2008 10:08:26 PM
Everyone loves a game of cards.
I was raised playing Whist for pennies and matches. Whatever the stakes, we ten-year-olds would play for hours, peering over at our opponents while trying to make sense of the random hand we had been dealt. And in exactly the same way, card sorting is appealing to users. As humans, our minds prefer to absorb information in chunks, and we subconsciously look for and remember links, groups, and Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Anyone, Cards, GameThe Rise of Flash Video, Part 2
Posted on May 29, 2008 06:00:56 AM
This will happen to you: Your client calls and informs you that she is seeing a lot of video on the web these days and, that she just happens to have a few she would like to put up on her site as well. There was a time when this request would have struck fear into the hearts of most web developers, but today’s web is a different place; the ubiquity of the Flash player in the marketplace has made this task possible. As I pointed out in Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Flash, Part, Rise, VideoWeb Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook
Posted on May 19, 2008 10:24:54 AM
The one thing those who work and play in the world of Web design know to be true is that the learning is never done. To expand on D. Keith Robinson’s well-rounded Web craftsman theory, making Web sites and doing it well is an art and a craft. Those dedicated to making Web sites well know how to provide great content using techniques to make their sites as inclusive as possible. In Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook, Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Handbook, Markup, Solutions, standards, StyleThe Icon Grab Bag: The Top 50 Sources for Free Designer Icons
Posted on May 19, 2008 01:51:18 AM
Do you feel like something is missing from your site? Do you want to give your design a little snap? Make your site stand out with icons! When used correctly icons can add flavor and character to your site. Below are the top 50 sources for designer icons for use on your website:
Ganato.com - PSD icons Lots and lots of sets of free icons that you can use in PSD and on the web.Websiteicons Another free icon website with plenty of different Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Designer, Free, Grab, Icon, Icons, SourcesCompetitive Analysis
Posted on May 12, 2008 10:53:27 AM
Every industry has its own version of the competitive analysis and its function is clear: to line up your product with other products and show where yours falls short and where yours is superior. Each industry brings a different spin to this old favorite and user experience design has its own set of criteria by which to judge competitors.
Take the simple competitive analysis shown in Table 5.1.
Simple Competitive AnalysisCriteriaPETCO.comPetSmart.comProductsNo Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Analysis, CompetitiveThe evolt.org community
Posted on Apr 4, 2008 09:16:32 PM
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw
Since founding evolt.org nearly three years ago, I've been called unreasonable more than a few times: "A non-commercial website that relies on its own members for content?! Get real!"
Looking back, I can see Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Community, evoltDigital Fashion
Posted on Mar 23, 2008 11:23:06 PM
Design is the visual expression of thoughts and feelings, and combines rational and emotional conditions. In digital media the focus is shifted to functionality, primarily because the development is rapid and it takes a lot just to understand the options. This is as truer for users as it is true for designers. Once this phase is over and the standards are set, there will be a growing demand for more refined design solutions: projects that communicate Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Digital, FashionDigital Convergence: Insight into the future of Web design
Posted on Mar 23, 2008 03:37:26 PM
Much of what is written about the Web has to do with the problems developers encounter today, such as a lack of uniform standards and accessibility compliance. While on one hand that is appropriate—providing knowledge and skills for today’s challenges—on the other, this tight focus on the here-and-now is doing us a disservice. We continue to operate in a reactive space, one where the way we are thinking is not attuned to the Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Convergence, Design, Digital, Future, Insight, into10 Reasons Clients Don’t Care About Accessibility
Posted on Mar 17, 2008 05:03:13 PM
Working as an accessibility consultant in an IT company is a very frustrating job right now. Highly publicized lawsuits and deep-rooted accessibility myths leave us with a lot to explain when the final product does not really help visitors. Our clients simply don’t care about accessibility as much as we’d like them to, and there are several reasons for that.
Reason 1: It’s the Law But There’s None to Follow##2## Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: About, Accessibility, Care, clients, Reasons