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Stressed out woman

What if your library’s website solved problems?

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Laura

Go look at your library’s website. Now, go look at the website of the library nearest yours. Now go look…

Posted in usabilityTagged usability, webdesign
surprised man using smartphone dollar bills flying away from screen

Is your library’s website costing your patrons money?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Laura

For several years, I was a lucky customer of Verizon with a grandfathered, unlimited data plan. Last year, in an…

Posted in toolsTagged speed, tools, webdesign, websites
Fast delivery

Get the web details you need–FAST

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Laura

Today’s post discusses my latest “Headache Avoidance” tool. If you work on designing and/or developing websites, you are almost certainly accustomed…

Posted in toolsTagged browsers, tools, webdesign1 Comment on Get the web details you need–FAST
Useful and useless street signs

Shifting our website from promotional to actually useful

Posted on October 2, 2015October 26, 2015 by Laura

For the past several months, I’ve been enmeshed in the writing of a(nother) book, on a topic that only marginally involves…

Posted in websitesTagged usabllity, webdesign1 Comment on Shifting our website from promotional to actually useful
Colors

Make your web colors better

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Laura

Colors can be fun, but they can also be complicated.  There’s a lot of psychology involved with choosing colors as…

Posted in toolsTagged colors, tools, webdesign
My teddy bear web design tools

My teddy bear web design tools

Posted on June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 by Laura

Some people have a teddy bear. Some people have a security blanket. I have some little browser extensions that make…

Posted in toolsTagged webdesign1 Comment on My teddy bear web design tools
Eek!

Why responsive design can be scarier than dating Taylor Swift

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Laura

If you didn’t know already, your library’s site should be responsive. Having a separate mobile site is no longer good…

Posted in mobileTagged mobile, webdesign2 Comments on Why responsive design can be scarier than dating Taylor Swift
Is your library's website guilty of these?

Why library websites don’t win awards

Posted on March 24, 2011February 2, 2015 by Laura

I wasn’t able to share this at my Computers in Libraries presentation (not enough time!), so I wanted to post…

Posted in usabilityTagged infographics, webdesign2 Comments on Why library websites don’t win awards
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