Category Archives: Digital Best Practices

Killer analogies help you explain the different facets of your work

Working in tech and digital, it’s so easy to speak in code, literally and figuratively. But in order to resonate
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What advice do you wish you’d gotten before starting a web project or redesign?

We asked this essential question to our clients and colleagues to get their take on pitfalls and opportunities of the
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Get out of their way! 4 easy digital usability tactics that deliver serious results

Everything is easier with the right process. In advance of my session on usability at next week’s ASAE Tech conference,
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“Shut up and see what unfolds!” (aka website usability testing for dummies)

Today we’re at the annual National Council for the Social Studies’ annual meeting to test the alpha release of our
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Bean Bites: Is your website guilty of 2017’s worst offenses in design and development?

As we round the bend toward the end of the year, it’s time to take stock of your website’s strengths
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Try this one simple exercise to guarantee a successful website kickoff meeting

Yesterday, the Bean Team kicked off the redesign of Ranger Rick, the leading nature magazine for kids aged 7 and
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