Does your company need an App? Ask yourself these 4 questions…
There’s an app for that. But should there be? These days, we all think we need an app. Restaurants want apps for online ordering, credit unions want apps for ATM maps, retail stores want apps that send...
View Article7 Apps That Will Help You Budget for Your Business
There is literally an app for everything these days. Some of them are confusing for those of us over the age of 15 (what is the purpose of the Yo app, the most popular one-word app ever?), but some of...
View ArticleHow to Get Started on Your Big Idea: You Need a Prototype
Working in product development, I meet a lot of people with app ideas. Many times they’ll ask for my opinion on a product they’re thinking of building, and for advice on how to recruit developers to...
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Full-time Freelance Designer Andrea Martens Previews Her Brand New Portfolio
Meet Andrea Martens, a full-time freelance designer learning to code and building a portfolio, all while moving across Canada and ramping up her business. With no idea how she’s juggling everything,...
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103 Top Websites on WordPress
As usual, the whole world is doing what Beyonce is doing. The Rolling Stones. Usain Bolt. TechCrunch. charity:water. Even Harvard Law School counts as a Bey follower! What trend is Queen Bey setting...
View ArticleDo you want to be a Ruby pro?
Do you want to get hired to code in Ruby? Maybe the thought of getting hired as a full-time Ruby developer makes you ecstatic, or even scares you a little. Either way, you might be wondering . . . how...
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71 Sites with the Best Mobile Design
I spend a heck of a lot of time on my phone. Don’t even try to tell me that you don’t, too. If you’re anything like the average American adult, you spend 4 hours and 30 minutes A DAY staring at your 2”...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide to the Best Mobile Design
Enter your email address to download The Ultimate Guide to the Best Mobile Design We’ve all been there. You open up a mobile version of a site only to see that half the content is cut off, or there...
View Article25 Things Every Web Designer Needs to Hear
We all hit road blocks sometimes. That’s why you got to have a stack of good quotes that will help you remember why you started what you are working on in the first place. Here are some inspiring and...
View ArticleThe ULTIMATE Starter Pack for Web Designers
Enter your email address to download The Ultimate Starter Pack for Web Designers A handy little PDF full of web designer goodness There are so many resources for web designers out there: books, blogs,...
View ArticleThe Most Common Interview Questions for Web Designers
Are you ready to crush the interview? You put in the time, you learned to code, you filled your portfolio with awesome projects. It's time to go get the job. Well, just as soon as you nail the...
View Article9 Mobile Statistics That Will Make You Learn Responsive Web Design
Mobile, mobile, mobile. Whether we’re talking about phones that fold in half, apps that replace credit cards, or wearable tech, mobile is in the air. As web designers and developers, that is some...
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18 Sites That Make Mobile Shopping a Breeze (Happy Black Friday!)
Yes Thanksgiving is almost here, but more importantly Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost here. These are the days when the real shoppers are separated from the rest of the crowd. And the beauty...
View ArticleAre you ready to be a web designer? A checklist.
Q: When can I officially call myself a “web designer?” A: When you’ve designed something for the web, of course! Seriously, though. Here at Skillcrush, feeling ready is the most pressing issue on...
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Forget “Orange Is The New Black”. December is the new January. That’s right! If you want to make the most of ALL 365 days of the coming year, you need to get started on your resolutions now. And that...
View ArticleYour Roadmap to Learning WordPress in 5 Simple Stages
This time last year, I never would have believed that today I’d be building websites for freelance clients. This time last year, I didn’t know much about WordPress either. I understood the concept of a...
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13 Things You Need to Know About Ruby on Rails
This week, we launched the brand new Ruby on Rails Blueprint. ::applause!!:: The Skillcrush team is SO excited about this new blueprint, because once you learn Rails, you can build basically ANYTHING...
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37 Sites You LOVE Built With Ruby On Rails
You’ve heard of Ruby, and maybe even Rails. But did you know that some of your favorite sites are built on that framework? You’ll find music, sports, jobs, crowdsourcing, education, and fun and games...
View Article8 Secrets To Building Mobile Sites Users Love
“Oh, and of course it should look great on mobile.” It was the end of my meeting with a brand new client, and we were about to wrap up our video call. We had spent an hour outlining exactly what he...
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How to Install WordPress on Your Mac
When I first started coding, one of the things I struggled with most was figuring out my “set up.” I wanted to know how exactly programmers get their code online—Where do they write it? How do they...
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