It's crunch time, but, there's a problem. Now your project will be delayed and may even exceed its budget. If only the problem had been found sooner. How many times has a launch been delayed or a project exceed its budget due to poor quality or missing requirements? Delivering a quality product is a significant part of creating a successful customer experience. In fact, the latest Capgemini’s World Quality Report states that companies are allocating 35% of their budget to meet their quality assurance needs.
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Are You Sure You Need A Sitemap?
If you’ve come across sites that are easy to navigate, chances are you have experienced good information architecture. IA is a crucial step in the site design process to create clear site navigation. Although we typically document IA in the form of sitemaps, in my ten years as an IA practitioner, this diagram has been a common pain point for client communication. It takes a leap of imagination to see how lines and boxes translate into a smooth user experience. In one of our recent projects we decided to ask ourselves, what happens if we skip it?
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Part 3: Tech Life Podcast with Creative Director Aaron Quinn [Interview]
Continuation of Part 2: Tech Life Podcast with Creative Director Aaron Quinn
Recently our creative director and founder Aaron Quinn sat down with Rich Conte to discuss how eHouse Studio is helping companies; big and small, local and national with their branding and user experience design needs.
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Your Projects Are Failing Before They Ever Start
Beginning a project is an exciting and terrifying time. It’s a motivational rush with clean slates, gripping ideas, and not an impediment in sight. So, why do so many projects fail? Why are they full of so many surprises? A better question to ask yourself might be, “Why didn’t I see this coming?”.
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Part 2: Tech Life Podcast with Creative Director Aaron Quinn [Interview]
Continuation of Part 1: Tech Life Podcast with Creative Director Aaron Quinn
Recently our creative director and founder Aaron Quinn sat down with Rich Conte to discuss how eHouse Studio is helping companies; big and small, local and national with their branding and user experience design needs.
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Part 1: Tech Life Podcast with Creative Director Aaron Quinn [Interview]
Recently our creative director and founder Aaron Quinn sat down with Rich Conte to discuss how eHouse Studio is helping companies; big and small, local and national with their branding and user experience design needs.
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Exposing the Truth About Company Transparency
I recently returned from a trip to Atlanta where I had an excellent opportunity to speak at Owner Summit. Owner Summit is a conference for other digital studio owners to listen to the speaker line up, attend breakout sessions and talk shop and learn from one another. The Bureau of Digital Affairs, a collaboration with Greg Hoy and Carl Smith, say the mission of the summit "Is to Help Digital Studio Owners Realize That We're Actually All in It Together."
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The New Christophe Harbour Brand Experience
If you’ve ever been somewhere really special, you may have noticed, your pictures never quite capture how you actually felt standing there. Isn’t it hard to capture that feeling digitally?
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Why ‘Quick View’ Isn't the Best Solution for E-Commerce
Many of us have encountered ‘Quick View’ functionality in our online shopping experiences. The ‘Quick View’ button allows us to see a bit more information about the product page without leaving our current path. This functionality has a been a common practice on e-commerce sites for quite a while. In fact, approximately half of the sites we’ve surveyed use a ‘Quick View’ function. In this article, we will talk about why 'Quick View' is so frequently implemented as well as some better approaches to solving the same customer needs.
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December Dribbble Meetup Wrap-up with Steve Stegelin
Steve Stegelin, Illustrator and Cartoonist for Charleston City Paper recently joined us for our December Meetup at eHouse Studio. Steve is a Blackbaud Technical Writer by day and Cartoonist by night. His masterful pen and ink technique paired with comic strip style and impeccable hand-lettering put him at the illustrative soul of the Charleston City Paper. Steve, most notably known for his weekly blotter illustrations depicting outrageous but true stories, like the one seen here.