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An Open Letter to am/pm

An Open Letter to am/pm

By aprilholle | design, general observation, social media, technology reviews, user experience

My car has been running on empty for almost two days now, I seem to notice that I do this a lot and I chalk it up to my experiences at gas stations as to a reason why I let my life be possibly hindered by running out of gas rather than to take ten

Design Easter Eggs: Moo Stickers

By aprilholle | design, speaker reviews, user experience

When the detail is put into these little corners where often it is overlooked by designers and never given a second thought to consumers, something magical happens, a clever little bit of “secret” is shared between designer and consumer, both are enriched by the process

Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong – Print in Disguise

By aprilholle | design, speaker reviews, user experience

Has web design transcended into it’s full potential? If you ask Dan Willis of Sapient, he’ll say it’s just print in disguise. He believes that while web design certainly has just begun to blossom into the medium that interactivity the world wide web has to offer, it’s not quite there yet. Even as Web 3.0

Fear and Mystery of Web Design

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, accessibility, design, flash, self-reflection, seo, speaker reviews, user experience

I presented at AIGA Arizona Say Anything on November 10th. Here is the write up of the talk based on the slides that were presented that evening

The Start of Self Branding

By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, book reviews, design

So lately I’ve been very interested in self-discovery and building my own brand. Who am I? Who do I want to portray myself as? Are those always the same person? I stumbled into a very interesting conversation between Forty Agency and Heather Herr of Experience Studio regarding archetypes and branding and how those build an

SXSW Day 1 – Respect Panel

By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, design, project management, speaker reviews

Alright so I thought that I’d have time between sessions and parties to really capture everything I’ve done while I was at my first SXSW, unfortunately, that was not the case. However! I took really great notes, so sit back and relax as I tell my story of one girl, one conference and thousands of

Changing Gears: Career Move

By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, design, life news, project management, seo

I’ve left my position at Terralever as a front end architect to explore other opportunities within the Phoenix area. Over the last few months I’ve developed an interest in other aspects of the web industry, not just xhtml/css. I’d like to expand my abilities in areas such as web marketing strategy, seo/sem, design and other

Links of the Week Vol. 5

By aprilholle | design, flash, links of the week, new technologies, technology reviews

A collection of user interface design patterns and trends that are becoming “standard”. A standard design gallery featuring your not so standard oriental designs. The perfect carrying case for your new Mac Air. Great article on selling customers on emotion rather than technology and process. Scientists create robots that lie to save themselves. Stickk, a