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...
The award itself was inspired by recent research conducted by Great Place to Work, which surveyed about 500,000 U.S. employees at nearly 800 public and privately-owned companies—mostly based in the U.S. Employees were asked how often they were included in larger, strategic decisions, whether they
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
It comes then as no surprise that Gartner forecasts worldwide enterprise security spending to total $96.3 billion in 2018. Organizations are spending more on security as a result of these incidents, increased regulations, shifting buyer mindsets, awareness of emerging threats and higher levels of
3 Reasons Decentralization is the Future of Currency
A lot of big claims are made about cryptocurrency in general and Bitcoin in particular. It’s going to change the world, we’re told. The foundation of those big cryptocurrency claims has nothing to do with Bitcoin’s value — or the fact that it only exists in a digital form. It’s the
Blockchain in Retail: Changing the Shopping Experience
Beyond the marketplace relationships that can develop and thrive because of the blockchain, it’s the entire supply chain that often inhibits a retailer from providing the best possible shopping experience for its customers. While all segments of retail can benefit, it can make a world of
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
Beyond Usability: 3 User Experiences Reshaping Their Industries
It used to be that you would buy two or three nice outfits to have in your wardrobe and would rotate them for special events. But in today’s era, with social media like Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, all your friends will see what you wear, whether they go to the same event or not. And even
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Why WSJ Mobile App Gets ** Customer Reviews
A second reason to give print subscribers free access? They're the most valuable customers: print advertising is more effective than online advertising because broadsheet layouts have a stronger impact. Thus, a newspaper should encourage readers to maintain their print subscriptions by treating
'About Us' Information on Corporate Websites - User Research Findings
With the increased scrutiny companies now face from users, we wondered if this had any impact on users’ preferences for working with small or large businesses. As is too often in the field of user experience, the answer is: it depends. In general, users felt that they would get better
10 Best Application UIs
When it comes to modal dialog boxes, our winners have very distinct ideologies. At one extreme is Seating Management. As a real-time application monitoring a physical environment, Seating Management didn't set out to interrupt hostess work in any way. If a hostess wants to seat 5 guests at a table
Radio Buttons: Always Select One?
Occasionally, users’ assumptions may be wrong or they may go against the organization’s goals or best interest. They may also make the user feel alienated if his intended choice is very different from the available or suggested choices. A selected amount could be presumptuous, off-putting to
Scrolling and Scrollbars
When pages feature both vertical and horizontal scrolling, users have to move their viewport in two dimensions, which makes it hard to cover the entire space. For people with poor spatial visualization skills, it's especially challenging to plan movements along two axes across an invisible plane
Good UX: What I Learned While Working in Restaurants
When we asked 1,015 UX professionals for their career advice and experience, one respondent claimed to have learned everything about UX from playing Dungeons and Dragons. Although such experience is sure to be good, I think you can learn even more about UX from waiting tables in a restaurant. You
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Large Devices Preferred for Important Tasks
Today, smartphones play a larger role in our lives, and as a consequence, users are more familiar and comfortable with mobile than they used to be. For example, in 2010, researchers at the University of Alberta found that reading comprehension was impaired when people read content from a mobile
In-Store & Online: Designing For the Changing Behaviors of Today’s Shoppers
Despite the observed change in shopping behaviors, we do not mean to suggest brick-and-mortar shopping is dead. On the contrary, real-world locations are still an important shopping channel. Their relevance in the retail ecosystem is simply changing. People still want to go to the store for many
Variable Fonts and Wide-Screen Layouts: Adopting Data-Driven Progressive Enhancements
But a cautious approach to trends doesn’t mean rejecting all innovation. We’re picky about which bandwagons we join, choosing only trends that provide true UX value. Less scrolling and more content for large-screen users is a clear winner. And although variable fonts are not yet widely adopted
Why Zen Mode Isn’t the Answer to Everything
For tasks like document-authoring or intensive reading, which require a significant level of cognitive function, it seems like minimizing visual distractions would be an obvious way to decrease the cognitive load and interaction cost. Less visual clutter means fewer elements competing for users’
Service Blueprints: Definition
Actions that occur directly in view of the customer. These actions can be human-to-human or human-to-computer actions. Human-to-human actions are the steps and activities that the contact employee (the person who interacts with the customer) performs. Human-to-computer actions are carried out when
How to Choose and Implement the Right Cloud-Hosted Desktop
It shouldn’t take long for a provider to configure your virtual desktop. Depending on the DaaS provider, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 24 hours to provision a hosted desktop. The reason for this wide range is that some DaaS providers completely automate the provisioning (requiring no
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
Is Business Headed for a Cognitive-First Future?
As the world generates more and more data — at a clip of 2.5 quintillion bytes each day — it simultaneously struggles to manage it. With humans unable to manually process such large amounts of data and analyze its implications, the business world has to turn to machines to take on some of the
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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How to Differentiate Your Startup in a Red Ocean Industry
The most obvious answer here is to play up what makes you different in your advertising strategy. A simple message, like “sick of paying high prices for ____?” can be a good start (though you’ll want something a little more original). Are you cheaper? Higher-quality? More convenient? Targeted
3 Free Banking Apps for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs who have experienced the ups and downs of business will be comforted by the fact that Chime doesn’t extend fees for overdrafts, monthly service, transfers, or foreign transactions, and users aren’t required to keep a minimum balance. The award-winning app provides real-time
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Beware Horizontal Scrolling and Mimicking Swipe on Desktop
Netflix.com: In its regular state, there are no visual cues to indicate that more content is available (top). Arrows appear only on hover (bottom). Additionally, to see more content within a category, users must hover over the arrow. When they do so, the strip starts to move; if users want to see
Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design
Sometimes the answer is simply not there and you lose the sale because users have to assume that your product or service doesn't meet their needs if you don't tell them the specifics. Other times the specifics are buried under a thick layer of marketese and bland slogans. Since users don't have
Scrolling and Scrollbars
If you must make your own scrollbars, stay as close to user expectations as possible. Unless your scrollbars look like scrollbars, users might not notice them. Unless your scrollbars behave like scrollbars, users might not be able to bring the desired content into view. In either case, your
