'Games are becoming more Web-like, and the Web is becoming more game-like.' This is the point presented in Anne Miles' article called What Web Designers Can Learn From Video Games, and considering the developments in gaming technology that allow for online access and the improvements in the web's interactive elements, this insight appears aptly...
This week at Lifeblue University, it was LB Design Savant Ben Tautfest's turn to teach us all something new. As one of our amazing designers, Ben knows the importance of resolution, color and other factors that keep a site looking consistent and high in quality. So in this week's LBU, Ben took the time...
Do you remember Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood and the catchy theme song at the beginning…'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' It got me thinking about social networks and how through them, we all engage in today's hyper-connected, technological world.
I am certain that by now just about everyone (but maybe my own father) has a Facebook...
In last week's session of Lifeblue University, LB's Tech Specialist, Chad Davis, schooled the team on a couple different methods of 'cloning yourself' for the sake of testing a website. These practices serve to present a single user as multiple or new users, and while they can be helpful in simplifying the testing process,...
One of the key aspects in improving the user experience lies in designing a winning website design flow. This critical factor is often overlooked in premature discussion of page design and content architecture, and all too often the element of design flow rarely gets the attention it deserves. This very idea is outlined in...