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LinkedIn’s redesign, 3 key changes

Posted on 15/01/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I’ve been covering LinkedIn’s mobile app redesign here and here. Their website redesign has taken a revolutionary, slow and quiet approach as well and it’s working for them. A few things to note: No more tabs – Tabs are so…

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Don’t kill Internet Explorer, the Latin of browsers

Posted on 13/01/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Internet Explorer is dying but it shouldn’t be killed outright as it still has purpose in the world. I’ll explain. Way back when, 4000 years before Christ, humans started to build civilisations around agriculture. The increase in commerce required a…

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What problem are you trying to solve?

Posted on 22/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

In web design, development and usability the biggest problem is not spending enough time finding out what the problem is. Albert Einstein once said: “If I had an hour to save the world I would spend 59 minutes defining the…

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StumbleUpon and Pinterest

Posted on 14/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — 1 Comment ↓

StumbleUpon beta has a new, Pinteresty design. I hate even mentioning that website that lets you just refashion existing content because StumbleUpon breaks me out of my normal search patterns. If you’ve never tried it StumbleUpon can show you websites…

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5 reasons why Newsmap.jp is still the bomb

Posted on 04/08/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

There’s more than one way to get your news There are websites and apps out there a plenty that show you news. Flipboard is a great example of news taken to its logical conclusion. But before it came Newsmap.jp and…

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Key Usability Questions – My talk at WordCampNZ 2012

Posted on 26/06/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I had a great time at WordCamp this year, and thanks to Jason Kemp for posting this video of my Usability talk. I very briefly covered basic usability concepts to keep in mind while developing WordPress websites.

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How to live and create in context

Posted on 20/06/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Everything you do these days in the digital realm gets old fast and loses context. You send that attachment “document.txt” to a coworker and it seems highly important at the time, but 2 weeks later what does that document mean?…

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Small projects can lead to big money

Posted on 21/12/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

We web designers sometimes think we’re missing out on big work and big money if we take lots of small jobs. But if we systemise our work, we can take these small projects on, add a little bit of bespoke…

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Your Virtual Assistant website just launched: An example of simplicity and usability

Posted on 14/10/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Your Virtual Assistant website just launched; check it out here. We focused on simplifying the design and improving usability. The profession of Virtual Assistant is much more popular in the United States and it’s just starting to take off here…

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Dirt and Rust is about web design, development and usability

Posted on 14/10/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Hi, Nathaniel here, I design and build websites! That’s pretty much the long and short of it. I also redesign websites with an eye on increasing sales, increasing conversion, and getting toward your primary business goal. See Services page for…

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