Last Friday a jury awarded Apple a $1B verdict against Samsung for patient infringement. There are some great detailed descriptions of the Apple/Samsung case, but here is a summary: Samsung violated a series of Apple’s patents related to the software and design of mobile devices. Apple’s patents were valid. Apple did not violate any of [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Interface Design, Media, Usability, User Experience, Web Business, Web Design on August 27th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tellworks Communications specializes in technology asset management and recovery services. To better educate decision makers and grow the company, the company had to recover its primary digital asset: the Tellworks website. The redesign project by Sherpa! Web Studios sought to Illustrate Tellwork’s unique, holistic approach to service offerings Provide messaging and content clearly describing the [...]
Filed under: Atlanta Web Design, Interface Design, Usability, User Experience, Web Design on July 16th, 2012 | No Comments »
Several seconds. That’s all your company has to convey its brand, product, and personality before a new visitor makes a navigation decision. Brick-and-mortar businesses have the added challenge of simulating their real-world location in the digital space, instantly. And to get the foot of today’s savvy shopper in the door, you may first need to get [...]
Filed under: Usability, User Experience, Web Design on July 16th, 2012 | No Comments »
Website design, like architecture, Olympic opening ceremonies, and Barack Obama, is a sign of the times. It’s the intelligent nexus of brand and business, creativity and sales goals, storytelling and user experience — a digital distillation of best practices in aesthetics and metrics. For maximum effectiveness, a company website must be more than crafted through [...]
Filed under: Atlanta Web Design, Best Practices, Emerging Technology, Interface Design, User Experience, Web Design on July 16th, 2012 | No Comments »
The jQuery animation API provides a way to control almost any CSS property such as position, opacity, color, font size, and more. One of the most overlooked parameters is the step function. The step function is a callback function that is fired at each step of the animation. This function is useful for enabling custom [...]
Filed under: Best Practices, Interface Design, New Features on July 2nd, 2012 | No Comments »
The next time you are considering going with the cheaper (cheapest?) bid on a project, consider this story. A long, long time ago (several months ago), Sherpa! Web Studios was invited to bid on a user-interface project. The prospect had developed a powerful, but complex scheduling system for its user-base. The front-end was not easy-to-use [...]
Filed under: Atlanta Web Design, Behind the Scenes, Interface Design, User Experience, Web Business on June 12th, 2012 | No Comments »
Websites do not have a one-size-fits-all solution for every visitor and marketplace. In fact, they can have so many pages and features that a unique, dedicated site may be needed to showcase a specific product, market, or application. Enter the microsite. Sherpa! Web Studios’ client Rinnai — the No. 1 selling manufacturer of tankless water [...]
Filed under: Atlanta Web Design, Web Design on May 31st, 2012 | No Comments »
Search engine optimization puts the focus on the engine over the user of the engine — humans. You know, you and me. Search engine optimization improves your rankings. Search optimization improves your rankings of terms people use to find your product/service. Search engine optimization increases your web traffic. Search optimization increases your web traffic by [...]
Filed under: Marketing Strategy, Search, SEM, SEO, User Experience on April 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
Atlanta, GA (March 1, 2009) – Sherpa! Web Studios (Sherpa!), a leading Atlanta-based web design, marketing, and development firm, proudly announces the launch of a revamped consumer web site for Rinnai America Corporation (Rinnai). The new, streamlined web site provides customers a central, consistent online experience by consolidating information and tools previously housed on multiple [...]
Filed under: Announcements, Atlanta Web Design, Behind the Scenes, Press Releases on March 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
