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Less is more.

By On October 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Maybe im just a sucker for clean design, but I think this mailchimp ad is brilliant. No fancy graphics, no fancy animation, no carefully thought out call to action. Just a giant orange rectangle with a logo in the center.

When the page loaded up, my eye Immediately jumped to this ad. [...]

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What to Know: NNG iPad App and Website Usability Study

By On June 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Nielsen Norman Group released its second iPad Apps and Websites Usability study recently. You can download the 2011 and 2010 editions as PDFs here. The difference between the two editions are that the 2010 edition concentrated on the apps that came with the iPad since there weren’t many iPad-specific apps by that [...]

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Alan van Roemburg Breaks Down the iCloud Icon

By On June 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

As John Gruber at DaringFireball.net said, “Some clouds have a golden lining.”

See what I mean: Alan van Roemburg.

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Is It Time to Shut Down Your Website? | BNET

By On May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Just last month, the U.S. State Department announced that it was shutting down www.America.gov, the website launched to provide cultural and policy content to the world. Instead, the State Department will focus on using social media to get out its message. The aim is to communicate in a more interactive way with today’s networked audiences [...]

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Teach your clients about the mysteries of the web

By On May 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

From the fine folks at WeeNudge:

Trying to convince a client not to squeeze everything above the fold? Is your whitespace filling up fast? We’ve collected a variety of articles on some sticky web subjects that might just help you make your point. Send your client to one of our topic pages for a quick [...]

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