Muriel Rukeyser was right when she said – “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms”. In our day-to-day lives, we consume a steady stream of stories – be it while reading a book, listening to a colleague explain a business concept, or even while watching an advertisement. There’s a reason why humankind chose to use stories and illustrations to pass on knowledge; even during times before language made its debut. But why build…
Websites are still a super important part of a business’s branding strategy. They are an extremely critical weapon that, if used correctly, can still help you reap rich dividends in the form of leads and sales. The fact of the matter is that websites have never gone out of fashion. But, there is a significant rider here. It’s only the best websites that work. So what separates the best from the rest? While the various…
The objective of designing is not just to make the website or the paper look good but to successfully portray what the brand is to the target audience, visually. This also includes minimum amount of effort on part of the designer and maximum amount of result, which gets us to today’s topic, “Minimalism”. Minimalism is a concept which helps you to successfully draft a message for your audience by using minimum elements and efforts and…
In my previous post, we covered the social platforms that will help web developers collaborate better and enhance and develop their skills over the internet. So, we thought, why not help web designers collaborate better as well and list down certain platforms that you, as a web designer can try out. With the rise of the online era, social networks are coming up to help people connect with different people with common interests and profession.…
You’ve just had a fantastic meeting with a client. The requirement is exciting and the pay will be too. You are ready to start work as soon as possible. To your shock, things start to unravel right from the very first change request to the invoice date. What could have been done to prevent this? Most web professionals, unfortunately, do not sign written agreements with clients before starting work. This mistake could not only cost…
Designers are very interesting professionals! You do what you love and love what you do. The projects that you take up and complete are top notch, but then when it comes down to the invoicing process, you might flip out. Anytime a money matter comes into the picture, it does make you go a little crazy inside. The competency of the invoicing process is integral in order to maintain a healthy and balanced cash flow and…
Before I begin writing anything of significance, I have a little exercise for you. Just scroll through these fonts below & mentally make a note of two things: The tone it sets – is it casual or formal? The age group it could possible be targeted at – kids, young adults, adults? Ready. Set. Scroll. Notice how it took you less than 5 seconds to figure if the design was casual or formal, for kids…
While roping in the big clients is certainly not an easy job, I believe it’s still only half the job. The considerable other half of the job is the management bit – communication, deliverables and deadlines. Most people do not see Web Project Management as an important or necessary part of the web services business. But is it? In this blog post, we point out the three most important reasons why project management is not…
