Blog Archive

Do Migration Projects Help or Hurt SEO?

Clare Gillman · 4 Min Read

Strengthening Your Cyber Security

Hailey DeBoer · 3 Min Read

So, You Need a New Website…. Questions to Ask Before You Begin

· 5 Min Read

Four Things Your Organization Can Do To Prepare for Google Analytics 4

Hailey DeBoer · 4 Min Read

Outsourcing Migration Can Save Your Project (and Sanity)

Clare Gillman · 4 Min Read

Webinar: Why You Should Complete a Branding and Website Redesign Project in Tandem

An interview with Curt Kotula, Monica Sanchez, Lauren Herrington and David Moore · 45 Min Read

Performance Scores and Videos

Nick Hall · 3 Min Read

Our Highlights from UXPA 2021: Connecting is Caring

Katherine Martineau · 5 Min Read

Making Strategic Decisions About Core Web Vitals

Jemal Cole · 5 Min Read

Avoiding Notifications Burnout

Michael Scherr · 3 Min Read

Going remote, but not too distant (Or, conducting fully remote work when you’d normally go visit.)

Curt Kotula · 3 Min Read Min Read

How to be a Project Manager, not a Robot

Abigail Galvin · 3 Min Read

Balancing Creativity and Consistency in Design

Yianni Mathioudakis · 4 Min Read

Choose Appropriate Alt Attributes

· 4 Min Read

Getting Unstuck: How Rapid Ideating Can Help You Break Through Creative Blocks

· 3 Min Read

Caring About Code Standards

· 3 Min Read

Zero Assumptions

Nick Hall · 4 Min Read

Automating Contrast Accessibility

Chris Gilbert · 1 Min Read

In Search of Menu Clarity

· 4 Min Read

Personalization Realities

· 7 Min Read

An Ounce of Prevention

Navigation conventions can only take you so far

· 5 Min Read

Managing subscriptions is the design detail Apple needs to pay attention to

Curt Kotula · 3 Min Read

Why Fastspot Made the Switch to Axe for Accessibility

· 2 Min Read

On the Campaign Trail

How Agencies Make Remarkable Work

Tracey Halvorsen · 5 Min Read

What's Next for BigTree?

· 2 Min Read

Navigating an Association Redesign

An interview with and Tara Young · 5 Min Read

Mobile On My Mind

· 3 Min Read

Community colleges are complicated. Their websites shouldn’t be.

· 3 Min Read

Fine Tuning Effort and Impact in Content Strategy

Curt Kotula · 6 Min Read

Image Optimization for the Web

· 3 Min Read

Your Inaccessible Website is a Sitting Duck

· 4 Min Read

Mediocrity Kills Success.

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Why the Three-Click Rule Won’t Improve Your Website

· 5 Min Read

Beware the Shiny Things

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Upcoming Changes to WordPress with Gutenberg

· 2 Min Read

Content Lessons from Print Journalism

· 3 Min Read

Small Site, Big Impact

· 3 Min Read

Three Ways We Prioritize Accessible User Experiences for Websites

Fran Zablocki · 4 Min Read

Navigating Gray Areas in Website Accessibility

Curt Kotula · 6 Min Read

Writing for Purposeful Design

Curt Kotula · 3 Min Read

Don’t miss music for the notes.

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Digital Space, Sense of Place

· 3 Min Read

HighEdWeb 2017 Conference Themes

· 3 Min Read

The Never-Ending Website, Conclusion

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

The Never-Ending Website, Part III

Tracey Halvorsen · 11 Min Read

Front End Development: Bridging the Gap

· 4 Min Read

Message, Mode and Method

Kim Koenig · 3 Min Read

There’s no excuse for bad photography.

Yianni Mathioudakis · 3 Min Read

Lunch and Learn Gets a New Spin

· 1 Min Read

Usability Testing Answers Questions. Stop Speculating.

· 3 Min Read

Making WordPress More Secure

· 5 Min Read

Say "Goodbye" to Social Media Feeds

· 4 Min Read

You're Not Finished.

· 3 Min Read

Monticello, Home(page) of Thomas Jefferson

· 2 Min Read

Fostering a Supportive Culture

· 5 Min Read

Formstone: A Collection of Front-end Components

· 3 Min Read

Three Rounds and Still Standing

· 3 Min Read

It's all in the details.

· 5 Min Read

Sprouting Template Trees with Twig

· 3 Min Read

Hit Button. Launch Website. Brace for Impact.

· 5 Min Read

The Fold Does Not Exist

· 4 Min Read

The Never-Ending Website, Part II

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

One Weird Trick for the Best Redesign of Your Homepage, Ever

· 2 Min Read

Building the Best .edu Websites - an Interview with Tracey Halvorsen and Pete Mackey

An interview with Tracey Halvorsen and Pete Mackey · 22 Min Read

Website Conventions

Yianni Mathioudakis · 5 Min Read

Slacking my Way Into Work

· 4 Min Read

Learn Pug.js With Pugs

· 6 Min Read

Formatting Complex CSS

· 5 Min Read

Building the Best Health Care Website

Tracey Halvorsen · 18 Min Read

Complacency is Bad Design

Curt Kotula · 6 Min Read

How to Organize and Prepare Your Team for a Web Redesign Project

Kim Koenig · 5 Min Read

Mobile Heuristic Evaluation with Airtable

· 5 Min Read

Utilizing Time Wisely in Advance of a Website Redesign

· 5 Min Read

The Best Way to Begin Any Digital Project

· 3 Min Read

Founding Fastspot, Finding Fruition

Amy Goldberg · 7 Min Read

Why Do Any Code Reviews At All?

· 4 Min Read

All Hail Collaboration!

Tracey Halvorsen · 5 Min Read

The Rhythm of Communication

Monica Sanchez · 4 Min Read

Words to Live By

· 5 Min Read

The Never-Ending Website

Tracey Halvorsen · 10 Min Read

When It's Time for a Change

Tim Buckingham · 5 Min Read

Evaluating Trends

· 5 Min Read

Education and the Entrepreneur

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Creating Personas to Inform and Inspire

· 8 Min Read

One Size Does Not Fit All

· 5 Min Read

How to Be a Good Client

· 6 Min Read

We don't just make websites. We make Disneyland.

· 5 Min Read

Everything you Need to Know About Accessibility Compliance

· 8 Min Read

Drupal Theming and Component-Based Pages

Jemal Cole · 5 Min Read

Escape Velocity

Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

Change = Innovation. Happily, We Introduce Snappily.

· 4 Min Read

True Discovery

· 4 Min Read

Point of Pride: Using Design and Content to Unite an Organization

An interview with Jill Farley and Tracey Halvorsen · 10 Min Read

Be Curious, Be Specific: A Guide to Giving Meaningful Design Feedback

Curt Kotula · 3 Min Read

Making the Most of a Small Budget

· 4 Min Read

You Are Not Your Target Audience: How Persona Work Can Add Value to Your Internal Processes

· 3 Min Read

Do These Eight Things Before You Hire a Digital Agency

Tracey Halvorsen · 5 Min Read

A Banner Year: Looking back at the redesign of mountvernon.org.

An interview with Rob Shenk and Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

Flexing WordPress Muscle on the Lafayette Website Redesign

An interview with Ken Newquist, and · 10 Min Read

A Unique Approach: Discussing the Bucknell Redesign

An interview with Roberta Diehl and Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

Tackling a Small Project Fast

Yianni Mathioudakis · 4 Min Read

Drawn/Erased: The Line Between Art and Design

· 4 Min Read

If You're Not Innovating in Interactive Design, You're Sinking.

Tracey Halvorsen · 5 Min Read

Facing the Blank Screen

· 6 Min Read

Best Practices in .edu Content Management

· 9 Min Read

Parallel Projects & the Root of Creativity

· 5 Min Read

Brevity, the soul of wit and sound content strategy

· 3 Min Read

The Real Thing

· 4 Min Read

Staying in the Black

Nick Hall · 3 Min Read

An Extrovert's Guide to Working from Home

· 3 Min Read

What's Taking So Long?

· 3 Min Read

Making a Tight Schedule Work

Monica Sanchez · 4 Min Read

Celebrating the Holidays with Laughter

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

Your New Best Friend

· 3 Min Read

Choose a Job You Love

· 2 Min Read

Building the Right Team

· 4 Min Read

At Your Service: Retaining Client Relationships

· 3 Min Read

On Falls Road

· 3 Min Read

Presenting Designs with Motion Prototypes

Yianni Mathioudakis · 6 Min Read

Backwards Compatibility Is Backwards

Tim Buckingham · 6 Min Read

Fighting the Good Fight

Monica Sanchez · 3 Min Read

Oiling the Squeaky Wheels

· 4 Min Read

Inside/Outside Edu

· 3 Min Read

Breaking the .EDU Mold

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

Learning from Style Guides

Curt Kotula · 4 Min Read

Make Me a Match.

· 5 Min Read

Managing Client Support Without Sinking Your Business

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

Become a Storymaker

Tracey Halvorsen · 15 Min Read

The Perfect Project. The Perfect Client

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Take Your Spec Work Request and Shove It.

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

Lose Some, Win Some

Tracey Halvorsen · 7 Min Read

Was Your Website Project Worth It?

Tracey Halvorsen · 7 Min Read

Open Source: A Free For All - Recap

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Open Source: A Free For All

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Something Different This Way Comes - Predictions for 2013

Tracey Halvorsen · 7 Min Read

Links We Can't Live Without: Day to Day Tools of the Trade

· 6 Min Read

Custom Branded Email Signatures, an Update

· 2 Min Read

The Junkformation Age. Is the Internet Making Us Lazy?

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

Responding to Responsive Web Design

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Designers Should Know Programming. Programmers Should Know Design.

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Why We Released BigTree Content Management System as Open Source Software

Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

Adapt or Die, and The Fold is DEAD.

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

Strategy, Schedule, Consistency

Amy Goldberg · 2 Min Read

Create Content that Feels Like a Memory

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Curation is the New Content Creation.

Tracey Halvorsen · 12 Min Read

Sites We Like.

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

The Making of a New Online Museum

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

What Makes a Good Content Management System (and why we built our own)

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

RIP Steve. Thanks for Everything.

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

8 Ways to Know if an Interactive Agency is a Fraud

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

What Makes a Good Main Navigation?

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read

When Asking for Online Donations, Think Like a Pizza Shop

Tracey Halvorsen · 7 Min Read

Your Website is a Party! Who is on Your Guest List?

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

The Nutritious Content Revolution

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Rules for Creating Compelling Website Content

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Fun Stuff at Fastspot

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

The 10/90 Flaw in CMS Design

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Social Media is not the Driver

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Why Documentation Is Important

Tracey Halvorsen · 7 Min Read

The Culture of "Fun"

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Lorem Ipsum vs. Research and Strategy

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

The First Impression

Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

Local Shmocal

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Money Talk

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Storytelling is the Catalyst: From Technique to Experience

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Why Different Isn't Always Better - Thoughts on Drake University and Stamat's

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Tell Me Why, Not How.

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Creating a Great Presentation

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Making a Killer Portfolio

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Sell What You Are Already Selling

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Confidence or Stupidity?

Tracey Halvorsen · 5 Min Read

If You're Confused, Chances Are Everybody Else Is, Too.

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Getting the Right Clients

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Less is Best

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Why RFPs Don't Work (for the client OR the agency)

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Empowering Your Team with "Yes"

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

How To Work Towards Achieving Fun

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Ignore Your Alumni and They Will Go Away

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Are Online Social Networks Good or Evil?

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Custom Branded Email Signatures Made Simple (sort of)

· 3 Min Read

Denote for Good, Not Evil

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Deconstructing the Bucknell Virtual Tour

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Don't Let Fear Prevent Progress

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Top 9 Productivity Apps / Services for Web Design Agencies

Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

When Awards Matter

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Juicing the Orange

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Face Value

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

The Power of No

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Build Tools for Your Own Toolbox

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Don't Ask Ordinary People What They Think

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Have an Opinion, and Don't Tell Me Everything is Fine

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Are You Prepared for Mobile Visitors?

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Jambalaya for Apple's iPad

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

A SXSW Recap - Tracey Halvorsen Talks "Failures"

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

Content Management Systems Matter More than Website Design

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

Exploring Failure - Part 4 (Failure Sucks)

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Exploring Failure - Part 3 (Smells Like Failure)

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Exploring Failure - Part 2 (Failure is the New Success)

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

Exploring Failure - Part 1

Tracey Halvorsen · 6 Min Read

Your Social Network - It's Closer Than You May Think

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

How Apple's Tablet Will Change the Game

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Why I Love Sarcasm (Inspired by My Mother)

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

My New Favorite iPhone App - Hipstamatic

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

"Trust" Isn't a Dirty Word in Marketing

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Don't Expect Your Audience To Do What You Want

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

A Hysterical and Memorable Holiday Greeting

Tracey Halvorsen · 10 Min Read

Being Vague on Facebook - An Admission Department's Biggest Mistake

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Stop Wasting Time and Start Loving Your Work Again!

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

How You Buy Determines How Much You Spend

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Uncensored Marketing Via Social Media

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

What Makes a Good Content Management System?

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Customer Service is What It's All About!

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Don't Let Technology Lead Your Interactive Marketing

Tracey Halvorsen · 4 Min Read

We F*cked Up. Now What? Exploring Failure, Together.

Tracey Halvorsen · 1 Min Read

Nasty Isn't Necessary

Tracey Halvorsen · 2 Min Read

Social Media Marketing for Higher Education

Tracey Halvorsen · 9 Min Read

What Painting Taught Me About Business

Tracey Halvorsen · 3 Min Read

Twitter for Non-Profits

Tracey Halvorsen · 8 Min Read