Deciding What Social Networks are Worthwhile to Your Brand

overview of the different classe/types of social networks (link to post)

showing how to determine if your audience is on them (search)

deciding how you'll invest in each social network

Are eCommerce and Web Shopping Carts Evolving with the Web 2.0 Surge?

Helping out a client tonight I found myself searching for a few decent examples of well designed and highly capable shopping carts that they could implement relatively quickly, efficiently, and cheaply.

http://web2.0stores.com/

Flash's Role in eCommerce

Flash is always …

Getting Ideas, the Edison Way

About ten years ago, when I was first learning web development, I started to realize that I was figuring out problems I had at work during the day, through my dreams at night. This was great then, but as I've gotten older (30 years young now), it has become noticeably …

Are eCommerce and Web Shopping Carts Evolving with the Web 2.0 Surge?

Helping out a client tonight I found myself searching for a few decent examples of well designed and highly capable shopping carts that they could implement relatively quickly, efficiently, and cheaply.

http://web2.0stores.com/

Flash's Role in eCommerce

Flash is always …

5 Types of User Profile Pictures

We're betting you never thought that so much calculation could be put into a profile picture on a social network, but what we've found is that if the image is right, it can dramatically increase the way you/your brand is perceived within the fraction of a second. After …

MySpace #1, Facebook a Distant #2 - Assumptions Be Damned

I stumbled onto this terrific website and found a study they did of the Top 10 Social Networking and Forums. The study is based on US Market Share of Visits using data collected by Hitwise.



What we see from the chart below is that MySpace comes in first at 40% and the …

10 Ways to Fight Content Rot For the Busy Marketing Director

Our clients are busy folks and constantly on the go. Hey, we're New Yorkers, we understand the importance of time! So one thing we've been doing a lot lately is guiding clients to a better process of keeping their websites updated with fresh content. For some folks …

Explaining Web Standards - in Layman's Terms

If you're a client, you might have heard the term before but probably haven't gotten a clear explanation on exactly what Web Standards are. If you're a web designer, you've probably fumbled a few times trying to explain it to your clients without going into a long …

20 Things I Learned Using Twitter

I've been using Twitter rather regularly for the past year as @schutzsmith and we've recently setup an account for DSGN + DVLP as @dsgndvlp. Being a regular twit (is that really how you'd say it!?), I've grown to learn some essential habits, rules, and 3rd party apps …

Flash in Facebook

Over the past week we've been setting up our own Facebook Page and getting acquainted with all of the nuances and applications available for it (we'll be doing a larger post about this later this week). If you're not familiar with Facebook Pages, it's essentially a way …

Web Design for Art Directors Class at SVA

I'll be running a brand new course this semester at the School of Visual Arts in New York City called Web Design for Art Directors.

The Background

I thought up the course after having a conversation with an old friend that was trying to make the transition from being a …

The Designer's Guide to Giving Good Feedback

Having been around the block several times, we know how some clients can get fixated on the wrong things when reviewing a design composition. This often frustrates the design team and makes the feedback process stressful for both parties. We want clients to know that …

Picture Perfect Gallery for PDN Magazine

Earlier last week we launched the PDN Photo Annual 2008 website for PDN Magazine. Its a flash based photo gallery displaying all of the winning entries as well as information on the Contest and the Judges.

Project : PDN Photo Annual 2008 Website (view)

Client : PDN …

Defining Online Visibility

Since launching our site and declaring that we are "the first studio to focus in Online Visibility", we've been getting many questions from clients and peers as to what exactly is Online Visibility. Specifically, how does it differ from other similar practices like …

Open for Shop

After two years of laying low and pretty much teaching full-time at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, I am opening shop for real with my own web design studio called DSGN + DVLP.