In less than two weeks, members from the WordPress community around the world will head to Nashville, Tennessee for WordCamp US. This is the second consecutive year that the event has been held in Music City and WordPress community has evolved significantly since 2017. The most anticipated topic of discussion this year will be around the new WordPress editor, Gutenberg. While WordPress co-founder, Matt Mullenweg has stepped out to answer pertinent WordPress 5.0 questions , WordCamp US will be a larger event with more discussion of the new editor.
In addition to numerous sessions about Gutenberg, WordCamp US will be chock full of intriguing and relevant sessions. We’ll be covering...
This week, we explore the Academy Pro theme, a theme for online course creators, membership site owners, and educational content marketers. In a world where so many schools, institutions, educators and universities are looking for innovative ways to more effectively reach students, the Academy Pro
Soon, everyone got on board and organizations began creating mobile versions of their site. However, inefficient and clunky infrastructure left users dependent on their desktop. Finally, the mobile web reached a point of maturation with the creation of Responsive Web Design. Using the same code for
Austin’s Annual PRIDE celebration is one of the largest opportunities for local non-profit organizations, social groups, and causes to gain exposure in the LGBTQ community. This year marked 28 years of Pride events in Austin. This year’s parade emphasis was awareness, equality and
Is Bitcoin Accelerating Our Global Warming?
And everyday innovators are taking up this task to do just that. Plus, computer chips also continue to advance by the day, improving the efficiency of computation in relation to power intake. However, the main downside of this approach is as long as there is money to be made, more miners will
5G and Blockchain: What to Expect
The increases in network participation that would result from increased connectivity on devices such as mobile phones and tablets will lead to better security and decentralization. Blockchain functionality can also be improved by the adoption of 5G in several ways. For example, smart contracts
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability
Experience Design: Bridging Brand Intention and Brand Interpretation
Designers extended these elements to create user interactions that aligned with Google brand attributes. The dot animations that reflect the “expressions” of listening, thinking, replying, incomprehension, and confirmation not only serve as a way to indicate system status (remember, this is one
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10 Ways to Use Exit-Intent Popups for Good
Tommy Hilfiger also asked for feedback when a user tried to leave the shopping-cart page. The language it used was customer-centric: the company indicated that the feedback would be used to improve the customer experience (Sharing your experience will help us serve you better). Although the
Mobile Microsessions
A good design will often translate into a reduced interaction cost and thus low task time. Yet, it is not enough. You can do more. To understand why, let’s think of a user who is trying to check in for a United Airlines flight on the phone. First, the user must find the app on her phone, launch
Generic Commands
Currently, the only generic Web commands that truly work are those in browsers rather than on individual sites. Examples include Back, Forward, and Print. In the latter case, it would be much more useful if the generic Print button subsumed a page's Printer-friendly version feature; clicking Print
Sliders, Knobs, and Matrices: Balancing Exploration and Precision
Adobe Lightroom uses multiple types of input controls for numeric parameters, including sliders and virtual knobs. Although they all represent continuous numeric data, each type of input control reflects some important, additional information about the data being modified: the Angle control uses a
The Need for Speed
A practical tip: links to a directory should include the final slash in the URL when embedded in webpages. The slash should be left out when writing the URL for human consumption. For example, the link to the list of Alertbox columns should be written as http://www.useit.com/alertbox in a (printed
Why Personas Fail
In order for stakeholders to use personas, they have to believe in them, feel invested, and have ownership over them. The most successful personas are created with involvement from their end users. Otherwise, people will have no understanding of the data behind them and the rigor that went into
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One Billion Internet Users
Looking forward, there is every reason to expect continued growth. Lower growth rates , for sure. We almost certainly won't see a second doubling to 4 billion users during the 6 years from 2011 to 2017. But it might be realistic to add another billion users during this period. The absolute
Good UX: What I Learned While Working in Restaurants
Don't be quick to assume anything based on customer appearance or demographics, because assumptions offend, and people tend not to be WYSIWYG. Hungry people are often irritable, but when satisfied, they can transform into your happiest customers. People who are used to bad service may arrive with
Variable Fonts and Wide-Screen Layouts: Adopting Data-Driven Progressive Enhancements
Let’s consider a case from the history of the web, at the time when 20% of users were still using slow dial-up modems. You would like to use a nice big hero image that would increase page load time by 1 minute for these dial-up users, even though the delay would be negligible for broadband users
Decision Frames: How Cognitive Biases Affect UX Practitioners
Resist the impulse to make a snap judgment. Acting quickly is satisfying, but taking the time to explicitly think through the context yields more accurate and meaningful decision frames. In our example, consider the amount of time spent planning and running the usability study (with 20 users, this
UX Guidelines for Recommended Content
Similarly, users on Netflix could view their past activity by visiting their account information and navigating to their Viewing History page. Here, users could remove items that they felt were atypical for their taste (e.g., because someone else watched them using their profile). (Our study
AI Learning Algorithms Find Your New Target Groups
In addition to these simple everyday tasks, the systems are increasingly developing into a digital assistant and a virtual representation of the consumer. A digital assistant has an impact on customer communication and interaction. If the consumer selects his favorites from the hit lists on a
The Positive Evolution of Your Business Depends on the Tech Revolution
Technology affects how you interact with your customers — which is essential because of the busy environment we now live in. Today’s websites must let their customers find answers to their questions even after hours. If you are in product and need to ship; fast shipment options are no
Internet of Warnings: How Smart Technology Can Threaten Your Business’s Security
Any device with a microphone or camera can potentially be activated by a remote user with the right knowledge. That’s why sites that seek out the IP addresses of webcams with unprotected open ports stream millions of private video feeds to viewers willing to pay. Familiarize yourself with the
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
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How to Choose a Startup Investment
Finally, weed out investments that aren’t likely to produce a return. Start with the rule that if any opportunity seems too good to be true in terms of what it promises, it probably is. Although you may seek a business idea that is truly unique, beware of those that don’t have a proven product
How to Upgrade Your Cyber Defenses to Protect Growth
Companies across the spectrum are embracing digital initiatives as crucial parts of their growth strategies. But the same technologies that allow companies to seamlessly connect with consumers — AI, machine learning, big data — also represent new targets for hackers to attack and new tools for
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Shopping Online for an iPhone Plan Is Painful
Avoid making frequent and significant changes to your website. Because many users return to a site over time while they research their big purchase, it’s important that the site remain largely the same, so that users don’t have to relearn everything. (While I was researching plans, one site
Kill the 53-Day Meme
When I was writing my recent book on hypermedia and hypertext, I needed a simple way to describe the growth of information for the chapter on information overload. One of my estimates was that the number of available servers on the WWW was doubling every 53 days. In addition to putting this
Simplicity Wins over Abundance of Choice
There is tremendous business pressure to tack on options and features to products as a way to differentiate from the competitors or to remain relevant. In designing any user interface, key decisions must be made concerning the tradeoff between feature richness and simplicity. Deciding the
