Design for Usability
икониWe spend a lot of time talking about web site usability with our customers. But the first question we have to answer is “What is web site usability?” So let’s figure out what it is. As a web design firm we work hard to make our sites visually pleasing but a good web site is […]
Good Design Can Get in the Way of a Great Web Site
One of the most common mistakes in web site design today is the design itself. The most common “abuser” of this is the firm that comes out of the graphic design world and decides to start doing web sites (but there are other perpetrators as well). How does this happen? It’s simple actually. A stunningly […]
Templates and Web Site Design
There are web sites that are built on templates and then there are template web sites. Which would you prefer? Many of our clients are uneasy with building a web site using a template – seems like anyone could do that, right? The answer is ‘ You’re absolutely correct.” Templated web sites abound. I live […]
What Makes a Good Web Site Good?
We design web sites. We do this all day long, every day. One of my primary roles is working with the client to establish the goal and the look. Frequently the client comes to us with “I want these features on the site and I want this element and this element”. As we talk through […]
Web Design Key: Clarity
Clarity It’s something we all seem to appreciate. At least we appreciate it until we get to the front page of our web site. Then there are so many things we want to share with our visitors, tell to the world and shout from the mountain tops. So we cram it all in. A local […]
Change Drives the Internet
The way the Internet works today, in January of 2011, is different from the way it worked in January of 2010 and so completely different from the way it worked in January of 2001 as to be completely unrecognizable. One of our clients made the comment “I hate old-fashioned web sites” the other day. And […]
Test Your Site across Browsers
When I worked in Tokyo (in the late 90’s) I remember looking at a web site affiliated with where I worked and it looked terrible. Worse than terrible. When I went to talk to the designer (this was not his job) I understood the problem even before we began to talk – he worked on […]
3 Reasons to Invest in your Web Presence in a Down Economy
What’s happening in your financial world? If you’re like most folks, you’re not sure whether we’re headed up or down or what is around the next corner. In uncertain times it can be difficult to see a way forward and spending money is the last thing many business owners want to do. Yet here I […]
EduCyber Named Wheat Ridge Business of the Year
EduCyber, Inc. a Denver Web Design and Internet Marketing firm was named the 2010 Wheat Ridge Business of the Year. Following is the text of the Congressional Record presented by Ed Perlmutter, Member of Congress: Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Brian and Maki DeLaet, owners of EduCyber Inc., for receiving the […]
5 Biggest Social Media Marketing Mistakes
Everyone is joining in the Social Media Marketing blitz – or so it often seems – but not everyone is doing it well. Are you? Here are the five biggest mistakes businesses make in Social Media Marketing: 5. Not being consistent Some really good folks come up with a plan and start implementing it and […]