An old friend of mine, Geoffrey Grosenbach, shares thoughts on why thinking like a developer could be a good thing...even if you're not...a developer.
Thinking Like a Developer
26 Sep 2016
Why We Moved Our Site Off of Squarespace
21 Sep 2016
Early this year, we launched a redesign of our website on Squarespace. After a few months, we had a handful of features we loved, but also a lot of roadblocks we were tired of maneuvering around. So we faced another decision, move off or add more development time into making it work. This story is about what we learned, and why we said goodbye to Squarespace.
Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet
7 Sep 2016
A list of cognitive biases from Wikipedia that have been grouped by Buster Benson. Plenty of reading for the next few days/weeks/months...
Earn Trust Early
31 Aug 2016
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?
Video Testimonial: Screaming Circuits
31 Aug 2016
Duane Benson and Adriel Henderson from the Screaming Circuits team share the past challenges they were facing with their application, their experience working alongside Planet Argon’s team, and how our redesign of Screaming Circuits has put them ahead of their competition.
Planet Argon Designers Ask The Questions
25 Aug 2016
A great article asking designers to not shy away from asking questions that will help clients get to the core of their needs and allow designers to provide valuable solutions.
Watching our designers at Planet Argon work, I've been lucky enough to be first-hand witness to what this article outlines any designer can do for clients. Watching them listen to client and project needs and thoughtfully provide proven solutions makes participating in projects that much more fun.
Designing for Digital Health
19 Aug 2016
Brett Warren shares five principals for designing healthcare applications
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.