Unless you’ve been on vacation for awhile than more than likely you are already aware of the Google algorithm “Penguin and Panda” updates that took affect a few months back. To get a sense for the size and scope and…
Why Design Matters – A Lesson from Yahoo! Inc.
Kudos to Yahoo for tapping Marissa Mayer as the company’s new CEO. If you’ve been following the news, you know that she brings experience in several positions to the job. Various media note her accomplishments. She joined Google in 1999…
Web Professional Educator Spotlight: Athir Mahmud
Athir Mahmud, Associate Professor Harold Washington College This month we would like to feature Athir Mahmud, Associate Professor Department of Computer Information Systems at Harold Washington College located in Chicago, IL for our Web Professional Educator Spotlight. [display_podcast] Professor Mahmud…
2012 Web Design Contest Winners Announced
Winners of the 2012 National Web Design Competition Announced The not-for-profit Webprofessionals.org association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 National Web Design Contest. The Web design contest challenged high school and college students from around the U.S.…
SchoolofWeb.org Video Challenge Winners Announced
SchoolofWeb.org Launched Students Take Home Cash Prizes Leading Web Professional students and teachers converged on Kansas City the week of June 24 -27, 2012 to compete in the National Web Design Contest. Additional extra curricula challenges such as the SchoolofWeb.org…
Building Successful Business Models Around Community – Interview with Jeffrey Veen, Typekit
A Web Professional Success Story Jeffrey Veen is the Founder and CEO of Typekit. Founded in 2008 by some of the industry’s most experienced designers and developers, Typekit was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated in 2011. Veen and the TypeKit…
Advice for Creating a Top-Notch Web Developer Resume – Interview with Kimberly Blessing
[display_podcast] According to Kimberly Blessing, Web developer, author and principle at Kimmie Corp, your resume format should work to highlight your strengths. The chronological resume, perhaps the most traditional format, fails in this regard. A functional resume does a much…
Going Global: Web Globalization Strategies interview with John Yunker
[display_podcast] Web globalization isn’t just about expanding into new countries; many companies now must support additional languages within their domestic markets. In the eleven minute interview with John Yunker, co-founder of Byte Level Research, we discuss his annual the benefits…
3 Keys To Making Giant Leaps In Web Product Development – Interview with Robert Hoekman, Jr
According to an article written by Robert Hoekman, Jr., user experience specialist, author and principal at Miskeeto.com there’s nothing wrong with improving an existing design. But if you’re interested in UX design and designing a truly innovative product, listen and…
Content Strategy for the Web – Interview with Kristina Halvorson, BrainTraffic.com
According to Wikipedia, content strategy refers to the planning, development, and management of informational content—written or in other media. The term is particularly common in web development since the late 1990s. It is recognized as a field in user experience…