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Nov 11 2011
At a local Meet Up group I belong to, the owner of a new business consulting company here in Portland posed the idea of having folks in our group critique her site. (Good!) It went further when someone suggested we do a "hack-a-thon" type of event to essentially recode / redesign the site in 20 minutes. (Not so good.)
While the idea seems good, the problem is that it's not going to solve any underlying problems the site might have. And if I may be so bold, it sounded like she wanted to get some design ideas for free, something that certainly doesn't sit well with me.
Oct 31 2011
As a creative web design agency, we build a lot of websites (duh). And one tool we love to use is ExpressionEngine. Here's why it rocks our socks.
Oct 25 2011
Look through various design agency sites and in some cases you'll see what they consider a big selling point: "award-winning agency." Or something to that effect. The problem is, awards don't always mean results.
Oct 17 2011
Back in July I came across an interesting infographic on 13 questions to ask before hiring a web designer. While the infographic itself isn't anything to write home about, some of the questions listed were right on the money. But some weren't.
Oct 10 2011
Have you ever noticed that when you walk into one Starbucks, it looks, smells and feels like just about every other Starbucks? How about when you go in to your local bank? Or Target?
That, my friend, is called brand continuity.
