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TTT: Navigating the Waters
Last month, each office met separately for our Quarterly Progress Meeting and I'm happy to report that we are making progress! We discussed topics such as small projects vs. big projects, responsive...
View ArticleStop! Are you Really Ready for a Redesign?
The need for a redesign is agreed upon, the budget is approved, and a vendor has been chosen; you have everything needed to begin a full website redesign, right? Possibly, but not necessarily. Viget...
View ArticleProduct, Agency, or In-house Team? What To Look for in Your First UX Job
A couple weeks ago, Laura wrote a great post on starting her UX career at an agency. Having started my UX career at a product company, this sparked a conversation between the two of us about product...
View ArticleRefactoring to Backbone.js
Deciding mid-stride to adopt a JavaScript application framework exposes many difficult decisions. What should be targeted first? How does one deal with untested, legacy code? It can make transitions a...
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The Weight of Intuition
As designers we are tasked with helping our clients define their visual voice: a note that will carry weight to their consumers, engage them in conversation, and hopefully leave a desired impression....
View Article3 Approaches For Tackling Collaboration Challenges
As a UX Designer at Viget, I’m often responsible for guiding the collaborative conversations that we have both internally and with our clients throughout the design and development process....
View ArticleInterested in Learning a Little Viget Trivia?
As the unofficial Viget historian and lover of all things trivial (I am a Wednesday night Pub Quiz regular), I am often asked about the early days of Viget -- and newbies, especially, seem to enjoy...
View ArticleCheck Your Breakpoint using this Simple CSS Snippet
When you’re looking at a 1400 pixel wide comp you never know when and at what point the design will demand a breakpoint. Most of us discover where a breakpoint is while we're actually resizing the...
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Simple, Secure File Transmission
Often I need to send a file containing sensitive information, like a database dump or a digital certificate, to a client or fellow developer. It’s difficult to know the correct level of paranoia to...
View ArticleThinking About Context
Successful user experiences boil down to a deep appreciation of context. Consider the following. We write specifically for the web because reading online is clearly different than reading a novel. We...
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Constructing Split Tests with Stanley Black & Decker
For more than two years, Viget’s digital analytics team has been working with Stanley Black & Decker, the company behind brands including Black & Decker, Dewalt, Porter Cable, Stanley Tools,...
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Internship Recruiting Numbers, Year Two
We’ve recently bid farewell to our remarkable summer intern class of 2013. As our now-former interns head back to campus with new skills and a stronger knowledge of the web industry, we’re looking...
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The HTML Base Tag
So you handed off some front end code to a client last year. Now they've built out their site, stuff's changed, you don't have access to their code, and they want you to tell them why something's...
View ArticleConference Recap: Startup Phenomenon Women
I recently attended Startup Phenomenon Women, a single day, single track conference in Boulder. The event was organized by Startup Phenomenon, a conference series that works to act as a catalyst for...
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Say Viget Behind the Scenes
A few months ago, I was thrilled to have the chance to redesign the Say Viget site. The goal was to teach people how to pronounce "Viget" correctly in a "sicky gnar gnar" kind of way that would...
View ArticleThe IKEA Problem: What Swedish Meatballs Teach Us About Development Crunch Time
I have a love/hate relationship with IKEA. As I trek the many miles across the store, I’m excited to see so many great deals. “OMG, I can get a TABLE for only ten dollars?! What kind of magical...
View ArticleGrunt: Getting Started with Git Hooks
Scenario: you work on a fairly large project with other developers. Getting the rest of the team to run tests before the build has been problematic. If only you could ensure that tests ran before code...
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Viget Joins SoDA
SoDA is a non-profit membership organization founded in 2007 as the “Society of Digital Agencies” but has since broadened to the “Global Society of Digital Marketing Innovators.” I consider myself...
View ArticleGrunt Roundup
Two years ago, the front-end development team shared their favorite and most used tools for improving workflow in Doug’s post, “What’s In Your Toolbox?.” The following year, Grunt.js was released, and...
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You Matter
I’m not sure if it’s a couple of talks that I recently saw at Peers Conference or maybe the fact that I’m just getting older, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about work/life balance and personal...
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