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How will HarvardX affect higher education?

Elite universities’ introduction of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), such as those offered by category pioneers edX, Coursera and Udacity, is a game changer. Managing… Read More

Get SMACSS

Last month, I really made the effort to start creating more modular and scalable CSS. With the demand of responsive websites and the realization that… Read More

How the Banner Ad Was Born

Here’s a neat historical look back at the birth of the banner ad: The ad, which ran in October 1994, performed very well. It… Read More

Facebook [Finally] Announces “Home” in place of the Previously Roumored Faecbook Phone

For a few years now it’s been rumored that Facebook would be entering the mobile marketplace with a unique hardware devices of its own. Late… Read More

Web Design Best Practices with Browser Diet

I was bouncing around the internet this morning (yes, bouncing) looking through my usual RSS, techy-news sites and Google+ when I stumbled on a link… Read More

Left Brain, Right Brain, Wrong.

We all grew up saying, “left” and “right” brain to explain-away creativity, personality, and natural tendencies. Well, all that good stuff is false. As… Read More

5 Tips for Great SEO Copywriting

In some ways SEO (search engine optimization) has become a passé since it no longer takes on the same meaning that it used to. In today’s… Read More

Sales Surveillance: Rise of the Bionic Mannequin

This holiday season, if you catch yourself shopping in some upscale establishments chances are you won’t be alone, even if the store was completely empty. An… Read More

My Relationship Status With Social Media: It’s Complicated

I’m a product of the talk-to-me-now generation. As a kid, I spent more hours a week on AOL Instant Messenger than I spent in school—and… Read More

A Week In the Life of SEO Keywords

Is Google Messing with Us? For many professional SEO service providers, they are stuck checking the ranks of keywords daily. This is tedius and… Read More