Scammers are scum of the earth. And scammers that target newly minted entrepreneurs hungry for new business really make me even more angry. This scam has been around for years, but it’s getting harder and harder to catch, so hopefully this timely public service announcement and reminder for our creative community on how to avoid…
Read MoreA friend of mine is a commercial airline pilot. He used to fly F16s in the Air Force. If they had just dropped him in a cockpit and told him to figure it out, he’d never have left the ground. There are literally hundreds of (pardon my laymen’s terms) doodads, doohickeys, widgets, leversticks, and stemwinders…
Read MoreAs a designer it is difficult to put into words the importance of typography. Every designer to some extent has a passion for typography, type design and lettering. Take it from this famous designer: “I can’t explain it; I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it. Other people…
Read MorePlease, Please Don’t Forget the Keyboard Wielders While it may be normal for you to use the internet with a mouse to click on things, this is not the case for a pretty significant amount of people. These people really need your help online. These people have poor vision or are blind, or they have…
Read MoreCreating HTML buttons with padded borders is fairly simple. Throw a span inside an <a> tag, add a little CSS to make it look pretty, and you’re all set. But what happens if you can’t alter the HTML structure? Recently, our head code pirate, Adam Bradford, came up with a simple, yet elegant solution by…
Read MoreIf you care about your search engine rankings, this could be the most valuable article you read all year. Have you heard the good news? Well, good news if you’re already providing the best online experience to your website visitors. If your website isn’t mobile friendly then read on. If you aren’t sure, then go…
Read MoreWhat is business automation? Everyday repetitive tasks simplified by technology to reduce errors and wasted labor. Great automation produces incredible return on investments for growing businesses. Background Our journey starts with Frank. Frank is a fictional business owner that owns and operates a very successful hot dog cart chain “Frank’s Furts”. Frank’s Furts was…
Read MoreIt happened so fast. On a warm Sunday night in Florida January 2014 we threw a huge dinner party for our team. Michele gave her team gifts, hugs and big speech about how bright the future was. She looked very pale, but she felt fine and we partied until after midnight. I was at work…
Read MoreDon’t you hate it when sales leads from your website get lost in your pile of emails? Unless you’re reading email all day long (I gave up that dirty habit years ago), you’re often not going to respond until it’s too late. You’re in serious danger of losing those sales before you even get started.…
Read MoreAs part of our effort to make the world a better place, one pixel at a time, we’re starting a new blog series showing the small touches we use at Highforge to make the websites we build stand out above the rest. You usually don’t notice them, unless they’re missing. They improve a user’s experience…
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