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What I've Learned (or, the Longest Post Evar)

an Article published on July 23, 2010

Well, my ducks, this is my last week at Newfangled. After just about 2 years here, I will be leaving to start library school. It’s often mentioned around here that project management at Newfangled is a role with a steep...

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How to Test a Website in Ten Seconds

an Article written by Christopher Butler on February 11, 2014

...the page’s design — pretty traditional, boxy. In the second test, he remembered much more. By the time I asked him about searching for this page, he even recalled the page’s title, almost exactly. So, the point: the second page...

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Once You See This Telltale Sign of Bad Marketing, You’ll Never Look at Your Favorite Websites The Same Way Again

an Article written by Christopher Butler on August 26, 2021

...is Not Just the Home Page’s Job The home page is just one page of a website composed of many, all of which much take their design cues from the marketing function of the site itself and the paths its...

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Making Sense of the Data

an Article written by Christopher Butler on June 19, 2012

...a page along with the number of views it has received. If the report displays a page with 870 views and a bounce rate of 67%, it implies that 583 (870 x .67) of those views bounced. But that is...

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Making Sense of the Data

a Publication written by Christopher Butler on December 11, 2012

...a page along with the number of views it has received. If the report displays a page with 870 views and a bounce rate of 67%, it implies that 583 (870 x .67) of those views bounced. But that is...

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Visual Design Evolution

an Article published on November 3, 2014

...page layouts so we could explore more design options at the beginning of the process. A year ago we began including comprehensive style guides as a design deliverable (in addition to mood boards and page layouts). The style guide is...

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Time and Experience Are Your Editors

an Article written by Christopher Butler on May 22, 2013

...how our positioning statement has evolved over the years. First, a disclaimer: Until November of 2002, Newfangled.com had some kind of splash page. Most of them were Flash, even. So yeah, it was bad. But we didn’t know any better...

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The Perils and Pitfalls of the Lazy-Loading Landing Page

an Article published on July 9, 2014

...loading, so you don’t have to load a new page. Nice. You see a sweet-looking green pack that looks promising, so you click on it to view the detail page and check out the specs. Nope, that one doesn’t have...

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My Newfangled Story

an Article published on October 27, 2009

...got here: My first experience with Newfangled started years ago when I was working for a company that employs Newfangled to handle their website. Because I worked in the marketing department, I often connected with Newfangled to request things here...

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Thank You

an Article written by Mark O’Brien on January 4, 2011

...Durham. Despite his not being in the daily mix, evidence of Eric’s impact on Newfangled is everywhere. Eric crafted our basic position on information architecture, our approach to SEO, and discovered grayscreen prototyping. He set us on course to focus...

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