With three similar graphic design positions under my belt, I can say that each company I’ve worked for has ran in a completely different environment. Each company used their own set of tools and resources to help their workflows, whether that be a waterfall, iterative waterfall, scrum, lean software development, or any other type of […]
Word association time: when you think of the phrase “modern web design”, what immediately comes to mind? Styles change, and fads come and go, but a lot of what we’ve seen change in web design over the past several years is the result of a fundamental shift in mindset. The responsive mindset For the past […]
Creation - the accessible to anyone and everyone. With the Internet being the complete toolkit to us creators, we can do anything. With a website, we are the business owner. With a digital camera, we are the photographer. With a 3D printer, we are the product designer. And with clipart, we are the graphic designer. […]
Not everyone can afford (or wants to pay for) professional web design and development… and hey, you know what, we get it. You’re a new business, or you’re just not that invested in being serious with the internet. It’s cool. But did you know that more often than not, especially with the internet, you get […]
Milwaukee’s Regal Creative Awarded with Silver Award for Website Design from AIVA International Davey Awards Milwaukee, WI (JANUARY 14, 2015) - Third Ward digital agency, Regal Creative, was selected from nearly 4,000 entries for a Silver Award for www.VICICapilli.com. The 2014 Davey Awards judged entries from across the US and around the world, and honored […]
It is not uncommon for brands to unknowingly create jarring digital user experiences, which inadvertently send their hard won customers to their top competitors. Usually the culprit is a lack of integration (siloing) of sales and various marketing functions, which in the end leads to measuring KPI’s based on tasks instead of results. A study […]
This past Wednesday evening, I flew out to Boston for a two-day conference: The Email Design Conference (TEDC), presented by Litmus. I was incredibly lucky to have my ticket to the conference provided by the awesome team at Postmark (thanks so much, Natalie, et al.)! The conference, which was held at the beautiful Seaport World […]
Yesterday, Apple held their much anticipated iPhone event (the video is available here). As expected, Apple released two new phones, the flagship iPhone 5S and a plastic, entry-level iPhone, the iPhone 5C. The iPhone 5C offers little in the way of new features (from the original iPhone 5), while the iPhone 5S shows its most […]
Update: Check out Vladimir Sobolev’s Youtube Embed Player Customizer for way more options and a coding-free method of customization. As the third most-visited site on the web, YouTube is unquestionably the most popular method of online video distribution. YouTube does have its strongpoints: anyone can post an unlimited number of videos for free, basic analytics […]
Ready for a word association test? Tell me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase animated GIF. Did you just picture a mid-1990s amateur website? Perhaps one created by your uncle, and hosted on GeoCities? If you didn’t, here is a great example of a common use of animated GIFs […]
For over a decade now, eCommerce has been an integral component of the lives of consumers. In fact, eCommerce sales have more than tripled since 2003. Mobile web use has also exploded, increasing by 39% over the past year. Naturally, the number of consumers making purchases via mobile devices is on the rise. As such, […]
If you’ve ever spoken with a web designer for more than five minutes (myself included), you’ve heard complaints about Internet Explorer’s non-standard methods of rendering web pages. While Google, the Mozilla Fondation, and Apple (makers of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, respectively) have made every attempt to adhere to web standards, Microsoft (creator of Internet Explorer), […]
Introduction If you’ve recently purchased an Apple device, or are just a fan of Apple products, you may be familiar with Retina displays. Retina displays feature a pixel density so high that Apple claims the human eye cannot distinguish between individual pixels. You can find Retina displays on current iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, and MacBook Pro […]
For nearly a decade, Adobe’s Creative Suite has been the definitive software package for web designers (among many other types of designers). While the power of Creative Suite applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator is undeniable and unrivaled, the cost has been prohibitive for many aspiring designers. The current version of Creative Suite, version 6, […]
The most popular term at the moment in web design circles could very well be “responsive design”, and for good reason; after all, responsive web design isn’t some meaningless buzzword, it’s a whole new of thinking. Responsive design is all about creating a flexible user experience, which automatically adapts to the user’s device, whether that […]
As long as they have existed, webmasters have had the desire to choose the fonts users saw when visiting their sites. During most of the history of the Internet, this was generally limited to the fonts a user had installed on his or her computer. Font embedding technologies have slowly evolved, and we’re finally at […]
Since the general public began using the internet in the 1990s, web designers and site owners alike have been frustrated by the limited number of typefaces available to them when creating websites. Despite the fact that most computer users have a multitude of fonts installed on their machines, the selection of typefaces from machine to […]
If your company’s website uses a content management system, you probably use a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor to create and modify content on the site. Many WYSIWYG editors are very powerful, but with power comes responsibility, and this responsibility is often ignored by CMS end users, who try to do […]
Social media is an incredibly popular, and ever-expanding way for businesses to reach their customer base, and at the forefront of social media is Twitter. Millions of companies use Twitter for a unique way to promote their brands, but how can you best use your company’s Twitter page to convey your brand’s message? Although Twitter […]