Tag Archives: design

PEBKAC is a Failure of UX Design

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And you’re ultimately responsible for it. Most web designers and developers are familiar with the term PEBKAC. It stands for Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair and is often used to describe a bug that was triggered or caused by user error, not the application itself. Developers sometimes have a laugh at the expense of […]

A Design Primer for Web-based Startups

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© Wells Riley If you’ve ever tried to start your own online business, you probably know that one of the most difficult challenges is making it look good. The Web app we are developing needs a clean look and an intuitive interface. Design is what really ties the Web app together. Wells Riley, a UI/UX […]

Looking Back On My First Time @ SXSW

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For as long as I’ve been doing web design and development I must confess that this was my first year attending the famed SXSW festival. My cohorts at Pelago are all SXSW veterans and were willing to drag me along as their token noob, so I jumped at the chance to finally go and see […]

The Anatomy of a Well Designed Invoice

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Now that you’ve drummed up some business as a freelancer, a web design and development shop, or a creative agency, it’s time to start collecting money owed. Using a well designed invoice is the easiest way to bill your clients. If you use an accounting program like QuickBooks or an online project management application like Intervals, […]

3 Survival Tips for Creatives

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When I first stepped out into the real world as a creative professional, my college diploma and senior portfolio under my arm, I soon encountered the Client. We experienced some client interaction in school — mostly in the form of competing against classmates to have our logo chosen for a local non-profit — but nothing […]

Project Management for Creatives

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Project management has a wide range of definitions. At one end, there is the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide, defined by the Project Management Institute. This extensive definition of project management is mismatched to how small businesses work, and is primarily what agile development, and simplified web 2.0 services, are revolting against. At the […]

Design Can Change

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If you are a graphic designer who is also interested in sustainability, visit Design Can Change and take the pledge. Designers actually have more potential to slow environmental degradation than economists, politicians and environmentalists. Their power is catalytic. Alastair Faud-Luke