Thursday, May 24th, 2012
For a long time, websites were limited to using fonts that were deemed “web-safe.” This term essentially refers to a handful of ubiquitous fonts – Arial, Georgia, Times New Roman (and a few others). Because designers knew that these fonts would be installed on 99% of computers, they could be sure that text would look [...]
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Category Advice, Technology, Uncategorized, Websites | Tags: Tags: design, fonts, web-safe,
Friday, May 11th, 2012
So, you’re John Q. Business Owner. You have an awesome business and a really good website. You update your site regularly, you keep a blog and you try and implement the various forms of social media to keep your customers involved and happy. What could go wrong? With each new customer you attract, there is [...]
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Recently, we encountered a situation on one of our development servers where a test site was hacked and infected with some malicious code. When this happens, the goal can be anything from turning an innocent website into a spam center, stealing user data, or something even worse. Fortunately, the hack was only on a test [...]
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Category Advice, Websites | Tags: Tags: best practices, passwords, security,
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Here at Yoko Co., we build websites for a wide variety of clients, whose target audiences use a wide variety of web browsers. Sure, in a perfect world, we’d all use the latest version of Chrome or Firefox (or Safari, or… IE10 – maybe?). However, in many cases – particularly with larger organizations – security, [...]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Pre-Smartphone Bathroom Media A recent study by 11mark revealed that 75% of smartphone owners have used their phone in the bathroom, and over 90% of Gen-Ys use their smartphone in the bathroom. With the average American spending at least 15 minutes in the bathroom a day for facilities, and another 15 for hygiene, you have [...]
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Category Advice, Mobile | Tags: Tags: bathroom, Mobile, smartphone, tablet,
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
So it’s official: Apple’s new iPad will have a “retina” display, doubling the device’s resolution. This implies that everything will look twice as sharp. But will it? Warning: We’re about to geek-out. Consider this: Previous iPad models and the new iPad have the same screen measurements (9.7″). However, the new one crams four times as [...]
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
While there are several answers to that question, the most important difference is this: one is an order taker and the other is a problem solver. The distinction between these two professions is very apparent, but when the barrier to entry for professions are lower, these two roles are often not as obvious. Think of [...]
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