Web Design Process, More or Less: Refresh Detroit July 2011

Women with long brown hair types on a laptop, design document next to her along with a coffee mug on a wooden desk.

This week at Refresh Detroit, we had the pleasure of hosting Maria Gosur and Colleen Case for their talk about the web design process. My key takeaways: it’s an ongoing process of five phases which overlap. In design projects: Know your goals Identify deliverables for each phase Clients are your content experts Project debrief informs… Continue reading Web Design Process, More or Less: Refresh Detroit July 2011

Lowe’s Self-Checkout: More Work Needed for Spanish Version

Two people in a hardware store, one pushing the other on a shopping cart as they pass by boxes and tiles stacked on the shelves.

At my local Lowe’s store, when you’re ready to make your purchase at the self-checkout, you have the option to choose either English or Spanish for your checkout language. The process is pretty straightforward. I chose Spanish on the first checkout screen, and was moving along with my purchase until this screen displayed: Look carefully.… Continue reading Lowe’s Self-Checkout: More Work Needed for Spanish Version

2011 Canton Liberty Fest Fireworks

Canton Liberty Fest Fireworks 2011

It was a great weekend for my hometown’s twentieth celebration of the Canton Michigan Liberty Fest event (careful if you visit their website—music automatically starts on the home page). While we missed the car show this year, we didn’t miss the spectacular fireworks display that ended the festival tonight. Couldn’t have asked for better weather… Continue reading 2011 Canton Liberty Fest Fireworks