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Personalize UX with ipstack’s Free Geolocation

The holy grail of web development is personalized content; meaning that instead of publishing a generic,…

The Role of Place-Onas in the Future of UX

Most people are familiar with the concept of a persona—a fictional character that embodies the traits of your target…

Magic Password Revolutionizes WordPress Security

Properly protecting the security of your website has to be number 1 on everybody’s digital checklist. Unfortunately,…

7 Places to Find Micro-Gigs for Designers

As a freelancer, there are times when you need to fill the gap between clients, or up your income a bit by completing…

​Find Your Creative Freedom Online with Wix

What kind of website would you create if you had total creative freedom online? If you had the same kind of comfort…

Download 140 Free Images from Storyblocks

‘Tis the season of peace and goodwill to all people, and to celebrate we’ve got an early Christmas gift for you:…

How to Teach Marketers to Design: 3 Tips and 4 Essential Tools

Professionals often interpret things differently: a common problem when a marketer sets a brief for a designer without…

5 Easy Ways to Create Engaging Instagram Ads

In a few short years Instagram has become one of the leading social networks for advertizing, with active monthly users…

3 Ways Justinmind Helps UX Teams Work Together

Communication breakdowns between designers and developers are the prime culprit for productivity stalls, scope creep,…

Gain Greater User Insight with Hotjar’s Incoming Feedback​

It doesn’t matter how great a designer you are, without feedback from your visitors, anything you design will only ever…

UX at Scale 2017: Free online conference with 20,000+ registrants

Scaling design is one of the greatest challenges faced by product teams today. That’s because design just doesn’t…

Because Size Matters: 2 Million Free Icons from Iconshock

Icons are one of the most characteristic elements in many designs; they’re also one of the most readily available…

Stockio Free Assets Site Unveiled

Design assets are the lifeblood of any creative process. Images inspire, typefaces communicate, icons clarify. Whatever…

Giveaway: Win 1 of 3 TemplateMonster WordPress Themes

We’re not sure what happens…perhaps it’s the Summer heat, or a birthday mood that makes TemplateMonster so generous,…

Fast-track Your eCommerce Build with Themify Shoppe for WooCommerce

The common belief amongst web designers is that content is king, but that’s not quite true; when it comes to the web,…

Improve your design, using Hotjar to really understanding your visitors

Being a designer is tough: you can spend months crafting the perfect experience, ensuring your usability is inclusive,…

​Discover Actionable Page Insights with FullStory

When you’re designing for users, and you’re always designing for users, you need to understand them. The problem with…

This red goes to #FG0000: Wide-Gamut Color with <picture> and Cloudinary

Recently, I had the pleasure of reading Craig Hockenberry’s short, sweet, and informative Making Sense of Color…