Big Data Cloud Providers
Cloud providers come in all shapes and sizes and offer many different products for big data. Some of the cloud providers that can be used for big data include Amazon, ATT, GoGrid, Joyent, Rackspace, IBM, and Verizon. More ...
Dopamine Makes People Addicted to Seeking Information
Do you ever feel like you're addicted to e-mail or Twitter or texting? Do you find it impossible to ignore your e-mail if you see that there are messages in your inbox? These are all examples of your dopamine system at work. More ...
How To Build A Web Site That Sells
Without a clear purpose for your site, you will not know where you are heading. For example, the purpose of my design site, is to help small business owners attain a presence on the web to sell their product or service. Now, write down the statement of purpose for your web site. More ...
Web Legalities - Linking
There is some concern over the acceptableness of this linking behavior. Some commercial sites are not happy with linking because it bypasses their "home page" or sidesteps their advertising. More ...
What is Metadata?
Definition, description, and examples of metadata. More ...
Top Five Design Tips
Great graphic design looks effortless, but it requires lots of attention to details. Think back to an eye-catching advertisement, publication, or flyer you saw recently. Do you remember why you liked it? Perhaps it was something specific like the use of a cool graphic or font. Or, more likely, the layout and the words worked together to create an eye-appealing, memorable message. More ...
Choosing a Domain Name
Choosing a good domain name is an important step in creating a website. If you already have an existing business, try to get a domain name that is the same or close to the name of the business. More ...
Proposals, Contracts, and Getting Paid
Your time is money. The reality of any design business, or service business in general, is that you must pay as much attention to the business end of your efforts as you do to the service end. More ...
Website Blunders of Even Top Designers!
Users hate coming across a PDF file while browsing, because it breaks their flow. Even simple things like printing or saving documents are difficult because standard browser commands don't work. Convert any information that needs to be browsed or read on the screen into real web pages. More ...
Mini Site or Content-based Web Site?
The purpose of creating a web site should be to attract visitors and convert them to paying customers. Is a mini site with a few pages enough to do this or should you spend more time and create a content-based web site which contains many pages? More ...
Top Tips for Web Design
You need to consider the consequences of your design decisions and how it will effect the users of your site. The following tips should help you have a positive effect on your site and its users. More ...
A Day in the Life of a UX (User Experience) Designer
User Experience design comes down to sticking to a process. And the best process that I've found for problem solving is a process I learned way back in design school - it's called the I-D-E-A-T-E Design Loop. More ...
