Trust isn't always freely given and in fact, often needs to be earned. How do you cultivate that cycle of trust with a new client?
Earn Trust Early
31 Aug 2016
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Open sourcing the TechTown Portland Diversity Survey!
17 Aug 2016
For the last couple months, Planet Argon has been working with TechTown Portland to create a web representation of their 2016 Diversity Survey.
Now with the launch of the TechTown Portland Diversity Survey results, we’ve decided to also open source our code that we built for the project, using Chartist.js as our charting library.
Diversity at Planet Argon - 2016 Statistics
16 Aug 2016
Designing for Energy and Positivity: Wheel House
4 Aug 2016
When our friends at Wheel House approached us, they had a site that worked, but wasn’t what they had envisioned. It got the job done, but it lacked the positive experience they provided in the studio and the functionality they needed for their customers. This post describes the challenges at hand, and the opportunities and solutions we found when redesigning www.wheelhouse-sf.com.
Which Festival Does UX Best?
1 Aug 2016
When summertime comes, it’s a chance to get outside – barbecues, picnics, swimming, hiking, camping. And for many, it also means summer music festivals. Festivals of all genres and interests are organized every year around the world and are inseparable from the technology that makes it all happen. And it’s not just the technology that appears at the festival (like jumbo screens and holograms of dead artists). It’s also how we connect to the festival, before and during the event, that completes the experience. From schedules, to buying tickets, this is a comparison of the online experience of a few well-known (and some unknown) festivals.
The State of Testing - A Front-end Perspective
5 Jul 2016
We have reached a point where there are too many devices and browsers in existence to realistically test for all of them. Under typical constraints, we can only go so far to make sure that everything is compatible for every browser and device on the planet.
Portland Home Buying: A UX Perspective on Listings
24 Jun 2016
For those who are in the process of buying a house, receiving your region’s multiple listing service (RMLS) via email is a common way of getting real time updates on houses that match your criteria. This post examines some of the issues I’ve experienced first hand using this information, and some solutions that might make the experience a little more enjoyable.
5 Steps For Getting a Better Estimate
20 Jun 2016
Think you are ready to discuss your project? Here is a checklist to get a better estimate from agencies.
What Sketch Can Learn From Fireworks
10 Jun 2016
The designers and front-end developers at Planet Argon started transitioning from Fireworks to Sketch in early 2015. I can do most of what I want to do in the Sketch quickly, efficiently, and intuitively. There are, however, a handful of Fireworks features that I would love the Sketch developers to emulate.
Go Offline with Ember
9 Jun 2016
Users aren’t always online! We know this, but most websites and web applications are still incapable of supporting a user who’s lost their connection.