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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance
We work on a lot of digital projects - many for our clients and some for ourselves. We regularly face new challenges and changes in technology that, once surmounted, pave the path to new creations, solutions, and deeper understanding. Our blog is our outlet for sharing some of that knowledge. Fuelled by curiosity, a desire to understand and – where possible – answer some of the problems we and our clients face.
Inspiring uses of illustration in web design
Why do so many tech companies uses illustrations in their website? Other than making a website interesting to look at, there are a few more subtle reasons.
WordPress Programmer Learns TYPO3
Embracing a new technology requires your mind to expand to encapsulate it but how many of us have the time to plough into a new technology just for the fun of learning it these days? Read on to learn from my journey from fuzzy, WordPress comfort zone and into the unknown abyss of TYPO3.
Choosing Brand Colours: Consistency vs digital first
How to choose consistent brand colours? Should we be aiming for consistency across print and screens or choosing colours that work best for each?
How to exclude internal traffic from Google Analytics using an IP address filter
For many organisations, the company website is used by staff on a daily basis as a go-to resource – which may well be exactly as you'd hoped – however, when it’s also the main marketing tool and a key measure of engagement with your desired audience, it becomes necessary to separate this internal traffic from visitor analytics so that the visitor data is not skewed.
The technical challenges in building a data portal
We recently designed and built a data portal which collects disaggregated data from multiple sources from 40 countries for Leonard Cheshire and The Department for International Development. This data is presented on the portal in a series of visualizations across 16 development indicators, grouped into the four themes of inclusive education, economic empowerment, technology/innovation and stigma/discrimination.
Using a post-merge git hook to clean up old branches
When you've been working on a project for a while, you might find you have a few stale branches hanging around. At Liquid Light we have a git hook which tidies up after a merge
Colour management for the web: Should I colour manage my Sketch files?
Now that Sketch supports colour management, should we be turning on colour management? A dive into colour management, profiles and what this means for the web
Usability testing: myths vs reality
Have you embraced usability testing and begun implementing it into your design process? If not, you may have heard some rumours and opinions that might be putting you off getting started.