6 Reasons Working Moms Make Good Workers
As of 2010, Women comprised 47 percent of the total U.S. labor force and are projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018. (United States...
View ArticleBringing Analytical Thinking to Product Decisions with Client Teams
What is decision-making? In its simplest form, decision-making is the act of choosing between two or more courses of action. When confronted with a decision, you can take one of two cognitive...
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You're Good At Your Job
As part of my annual performance review last summer, I set one goal that wasn’t directly related to my UX practice: to build confidence at work. This goal flew under the radar — I don’t think we even...
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Getting Systematic About Design Systems
By now, I think it’s safe to say we all agree that “systems, not pages” is the way to go when you’re working on big projects. But how do you design something flexible and scalable enough to meet the...
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Learn How ESPN Used Interactive Data to Chronicle LeBron's Journey
Today we kick off one of the most anticipated NBA Finals in history – the 3rd year in a row pitting the Cavaliers against the Warriors. It also means that one of basketball’s greatest players, LeBron...
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Bringing Research Home
Any designer who has created a personal portfolio site knows that your toughest client is always yourself. Recently, we have felt particularly sympathetic to the plight of designing for yourself...
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What UX Designers Can Learn From IKEA
I recently moved and ended up buying a lot of IKEA furniture. While assembling the different pieces, I began to notice how IKEA devises their instructions to gently lead builders through complex...
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Using Microcosm Presenters to Manage Complex Features
We made Microcosm to help us manage state and data flow in our JavaScript applications. We think it's pretty great. We recently used it to help our friends at iContact launch a brand new email editor....
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How to Build Your Own Alexa Service
With the recent introduction of Amazon and Google products that provide Ironman-esque voice control functionality, we've been wondering lately what this means for the future of human computer...
View Article6 Potential Career Paths for Digital Project Managers
I love being a Project Manager. There. I said it. I love my job for several reasons, but a big one is that I get to be a generalist. I have experiences that vary widely every single day, and there are...
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Why Has a Trip to the Grocery Gone Largely Unchanged in 65 Years?
Growing up, I can vividly recall our family’s weekly excursion to the local grocery chain. Our food list in hand, kids in tow, and coupons in pocket, we trekked through the grocery store on a quest to...
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Introducing Microcosm: Our Data Layer For React
One of my favorite things about working in client-services is the interval with which we start new work. As a React shop, this means we build a lot of new apps from the ground up. Along the way, we've...
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Drupal is Good?
Before joining Viget I built websites on Drupal for Congressmen and Fortune 500 companies. Those websites were good, and they’re visited by millions of people. I’ve been to Drupal Cons, I’ve been to...
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Building a Simple API with Amazon Lambda and Zappa
We recently had a client come to us with a request for a simple serverless API. They wanted little to no administrative overhead, so we went with the AWS Lambda service. It was my first foray with...
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Improving your visual design skills: Thoughts for beginners
Last summer, I set out to improve the visual polish of my client deliverables. Other UX team members’ work looked like it could have been from members of the visual design team, and it was time to up...
View ArticleControlled / Uncontrolled React Components
Some Background If you're new to React application development, you might be asking yourself, "What are controlled and uncontrolled components, anyway?" I suggest taking a look at the docs linked...
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Designers Tooling Around: Zeplin
We’re always looking for ways to improve collaboration between designers and front-end developers at Viget. Shiny new tools are coming out every day and we like to experiment with them in an effort to...
View ArticleJSON Feed Is Cool (+ a Simple Tool to Create Your Own)
A few months ago, Manton Reece and Brent Simmons announced the creation of JSON Feed, a new JSON-based syndication format similar to (but so much better than) RSS and Atom. One might reasonably...
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Why You Should Consider React Native For Your Next Native App
As a developer who’s created mobile apps using React Native and Swift, I’ve come across pros and cons for each approach, and the advantages of React Native certainly outweigh its disadvantages. I...
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Craft Color Swatches Plugin
The control that Craft can provide a user is what makes it stand out as a content management system. But sometimes we want to limit what a user can choose from. Craft has a built-in Color field which...
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