I come from what I consider to be a traditional agency background. Creatives gathered under one roof from 9am to 5pm every day and worked together to deliver meaningful products and services to our clients and users. Whatever work we did was done during those hours. Sometimes things went smoothly, but I recall more readily…
In my time editing my own writing and the writing of others, I’ve found one surefire way to make weak writing stronger. Not only does this technique eliminate unnecessary words, it also improves precision and clarity in any piece. As an added bonus, following one simple rule will make your writing appear more professional, and…
James talks about the field of UX and it’s growth away from the user’s experience with the business itself, and how as UX professionals we must teach our clients why we built experiences the way we did so that users can have a consistent experience across all forms of communication with the company.
James talks about the importance of telling people what you do for a living, and explaining it in a way where people come out feeling less like they’ve been sold to, and more like they’ve met someone they’re excited to find a project to work on with.
With blogs announcing more and more companies being bought out by big-name companies or getting millions of dollars in VC (venture capital) funding, people are jumping from their seats and headfirst into entrepreneurial ideas. But does it take a good idea to make it big?
This past weekend, James had the opportunity to attend Startup Weekend Toronto 2011 where he met loads of amazing people with more amazing ideas and motivation to create them. In 54 hours, he worked with a team to go through two ideas, and a hell of a lot of tallboys. Here’s his side of the story!
Here at The Phuse, we do a lot of design and front-end development for web apps. Tables have a bit of a bad reputation in the web world but there are a lot of times where using a table makes sense according to the data being presented. One of the most common approaches to tabular…
Jim isn’t a happy client. After having done through months of work and receiving a subpar product (in his eyes), he is unsuccessful in his idea and blames it all on the team he put together. But maybe he has a point – maybe all these “clients from hell” people often talk about aren’t as much to blame as we make them out to be, and maybe we should be looking in the mirror to find the problem!
Pro bono work is important for design firms. Albeit the ability to experiment with new things, you’re supporting causes that you personally support and vouch for, and the Trek for Teens Foundation was just that. When they came to us looking for some help with their marketing initiatives. We responded with a resounding yes. We helped with everything from print to web design, managed social media campaigns, and more!
For the past couple years, most of the websites I’ve made have been built on top of WordPress. I’ve found WordPress is super easy for clients to use, there is frequent updates fixing or adding features and almost endlessly customizable. The only downside (of any off-the-shelf system, really) is that the more people use it,…