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Gravity Forms + ConvertKit: The Killer Combo That Defeated MailChimp
When I first started my newsletter, my goal was to cultivate an audience that I could educate and offer paid products to in the future. So, I quickly researched popular email marketing platforms and chose MailChimp, but…
6 Things I Wish I Learned From New Media Design at R.I.T.
Design students often graduate without some of the most vitally important "real world" skills necessary to thrive in their creative field. Yet, many of them feel prepared to totally dominate the industry on graduation day. I…
You Can’t Patent a Good User Experience
Every company is different, making it unique. So, making the UI or UX unique isn't hard to do because I'm designing for the clients specific needs, not to satisfy my own creative desires. But let's face…
Uncovering the True Meaning of Design
When we use the word “design”, chances are it doesn’t translate the way we, as designers, often think it should. Too often, design is perceived as only being visual, but that’s only partially true.