SXSW 2019 is just days away. Beginning this Friday , digital pioneers, business leaders, and artists from around the world will head to Austin for the annual festival. For ten days, the capital city will be bustling with the best of music, technology, and film.
WP Engine is proud to take part in SXSW 2019, and this year, WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner will take part in two different panel discussions. WP Engine will also host two networking events alongside tech partners AWS and Google Cloud. Additionally, we will host a party for our WP Engine affiliates. Finally, in partnership with our digital marketing magazine Velocitize , thought leaders from...
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The results clearly showed companies that welcome ideas from all employees have better growth prospects than those with a less-inclusive approach to innovation. In fact, businesses that successfully create an “Innovation By All” culture see revenue growth that is 5.5x greater than others, as
WP Engine was proud to take part in this event sponsored by the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion. Each company was encouraged to customize the events during the day according to the needs, nature, and geography of its workplace. At WP Engine, multiple company-wide workshops were held in
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
RW Q&A: Monisha Perkash, founder of Lumo Bodytech
Lumo’s wearable products are characteristically small with intelligent sensors. Perkash described the Lumo Lift, a small lapel pin that attaches to your shirt with magnets, and the Lumo Run, a tiny clip that could be attached to the waistband of your shorts. “When you slouch, the Lumo Lift
Can Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Alone Save $2 Trillion in Preventing Cybercrime?
It’s through smart contracts that transactions can be made whilst their details can be kept both transparent and secure. Writing about their new smart contracts-based Ethereum trading platform, Confideal stated: “To put it simply, code is not law, but smart contracts created on a platform
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
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Browser and GUI Chrome
What do we mean when talking about the "chrome" in a user interface design? An attendee asked this question during a recent course on Visual Design for Mobile and Tablet. Whenever someone asks us a basic question, I assume that many more people want the answer as well — and thus, this article on
Browser and GUI Chrome
What do we mean when talking about the "chrome" in a user interface design? An attendee asked this question during a recent course on Visual Design for Mobile and Tablet. Whenever someone asks us a basic question, I assume that many more people want the answer as well — and thus, this article on
Indicators, Validations, and Notifications: Pick the Correct Communication Option
Notifications have the design challenge that they are not the immediate and obvious result of a specific user action. On the contrary, the user is likely in the middle of doing something different and may not be thinking about the issue raised by the notification. This requires notifications to
Dashboards: Making Charts and Graphs Easier to Understand
The term “dashboard” is a metaphor for a car dashboard, which provides essential information that the driver can absorb quickly, without having to think. Thus, dashboards are not intended as expansive views of complex data: Their goal is not to facilitate exploration; instead, they provide
Wireflows: A UX Deliverable for Workflows and Apps
Wireflows emerged as a common practice among teams designing mobile apps, where each step in the flowchart is represented by a wireframe for a full mobile-screen design. Because of the relatively small size of mobile screens, actual page designs (i.e., wireframes) could easily replace abstract
Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features
With this kind of comparison table implementation, you’ll be able to control how the information is displayed on the page. For example, you can change the copy to fit the space constraints of one cell. Note, however, that this implementation is not as easily scalable as dynamic comparison tables
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DesignOps 101
I like to think of DesignOps a bit like a curated potluck dinner. There are a lot of components within DesignOps, and what an organization chooses to select — or to pass on — should depend on the current needs and most poignant painpoints of that organization. So, the shape of DesignOps will
Children’s Exposure to Digital Technology Causes Parental Anxiety
To manage the pros and cons of electronic-device use by their children, many parents explored ways to control their children’s usage. They shared with us the various strategies they used to provide guidance around technology and manage time spent online. These tactics ranged from trying to make
Test Paper Prototypes to Save Time and Money: The Mozilla Case Study
Product-help landing pages were the top entry points for the support website, because they were accessed via the Help menu in the products. As the most-viewed page on the support website, the Firefox Help landing page pointed to a lot of useful information, but, with this design, too many people
Troubleshooting Group Ideation: 10 Fixes for More and Better UX Ideas
With looming deadlines, email notifications, and text messages competing for attention, it can be hard to keep everyone in the session focused on ideation. Even when teammates manage to stay on task, their engagement in the session can be diminished by the stress of other priorities waiting at
Long-Term Exposure to Flat Design: How the Trend Slowly Makes Users Less Efficient
The popularity of ultraflat interfaces has declined since its heyday of 2013, and more websites are adopting more moderate, flat 2.0 designs — in which interfaces make use of subtle effects to create the impression of a slightly layered 3-D space. Despite this return to moderation, we’re
What to Consider When Leveraging File Sharing
For example, you may want to see who has looked at the file to ensure everyone is staying current on their responsibilities. If there is an issue related to the changes, it helps to see a version history so you know who made what changes and when in order to resolve those disputes. Or, you can make
Nearshoring Basics for Software Development
Create and maintain schedules: It’s imperative to make sure that everyone knows what you expect of them. It’s also important to plan ahead to be sure that those expectations can be met or dealt with. For example, you should be aware of and respect the holidays in one country vs. the base
6 Emerging Cyber Threats to Lookout for in 2019
2018 showed us an accelerated growth in cyber threat activities. Data breaches, attacks using malicious software and insider threats were among the most familiar forms of attack. Many well-known organizations suffered from these cybersecurity disasters and compromised data of millions of users
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
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Argentina is Stepping-Up as a Country of Web Developers
Argentina may not be the most prosperous nation in Latin America, but it certainly makes up for it in other ways – particularly in its technology sector. With a new government that’s focused on investment and growth, startups in Argentina are on the rise, the next generation of new
What Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs can Learn from the College Admission Scandal
Being authentic doesn’t always come naturally in the business world, especially when you’re a startup and your small size works against you. Most entrepreneurs recall a moment where they need to connect an early customer to the accounting department, only to hand the phone to their co-founder
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Top 10 Web Design Mistakes of 2003
For example, the question of good or bad ALT text only arises for sites that care enough about accessibility to have any ALT text. Other top mistakes this year derive from sites that target fast downloads by reducing image size, that maintain good archives, or that have a broad product selection
We recently ran a usability study in the U.K. where one user was attempting the following task: "Does Siemens have any special deals on washing machines?" Without much trouble, the user arrived at this homepage for Siemens Appliances in the U.K.: User task: "Does Siemens have any special deals on
Official Olympic Website: UI Silver - but UX DQ
Another example is even more grotesque: The site's homepage features a promotion to buy the official souvenir program for £10. So if you click this link, what would you expect? A page about the souvenir program, with a button to add it to your cart. After all, the web's one fundamental rule is
