Okay, real talk, blogging often is hard shit. We care so much about you and your time. We don’t write posts for the sake of writing posts. If we have a passionate topic, you’ll see it here. Otherwise trust we are probably just busy making something great for the citizens of the interwebs.
Color is very important in design and web design. Your color choices can affect the mood of your site, the functionality, and the effectiveness of your site in general. Many people tend to like blue, it’s a very popular color. But your favorite color isn’t always the most appropriate choice for your company, and there…
Read moreWe love cool textures and grungy sites as much as the next person around here at Factor 1, and it’s still in this year. Layers are the way to go with grunge and textures, using lots of different patterns and interesting backgrounds, with less ripped paper and torn edges. Textured backgrounds add a lot to a site and…
Read morehave you ever noticed how many web pages you visit NEVER change after they are released? OR have you been to a website that has a posted item or a blog where the date is still form last year? What were your thoughts? Did you you think the company had died? Did you think that…
Read moreI’m sure many of you have heard, yellow has been named the new “in” color of the year. With all the dismal news these days of the economy, the housing market, and other current events, people want to feel uplifted. Marketing changes with the times and the needs of the people and color trends usually…
Read morehttp://business.motorola.com/experiencelte/home.html It appears we really don’t need our desktops, but most of us with laptops knew that already. My wife and I are currently getting caught up on “LOST” by watching back episodes from our wi-fi at home while snuggling in bed… turns out we will be able to do this and many more things in…
Read morei’ll even ignore the fact that its for a product ad.
Read moreSince I am finding out that many of our readers are actually designers, I thought I would kick off things with a web geek post. So I am a mac guy. I always have been. I grew up with a mac since I can remember. Since becoming a web designer a few years ago, nothing…
Read moreSo I was watching this interesting video on the importance of interaction design in products. (found via forty) In the video they had this sketch. Here they are describing the process a customer takes as a relationship. So the M is marketing. Getting the customer to the point of purchase (P). The area after that…
Read moreSo a lot of our clients love the flexibility we give them on their websites. They can add images to pages or blogs, and often a nice marketing / promotional type image to their home page. Here is the catch. Most of our clients dont have a solid resource for these small graphics. We dont…
Read moreIs this funny, or it just me? In the world of web, when we have 25% of the viewers on a small screen, we accommodate to them. We base our site designs to fit to the weakest, least advanced of the population. Yet in the world of TV, now that 20% of the market has…
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