We all want our projects to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. We work hard on the work we produce and we want to make sure that our product is usable, appealing, and inclusive, but frequently an unintended bias or underlying assumption may turn an innocuous oversight into an inconvenience or even a barrier for the people we’re trying to reach. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel to increase your product’s appeal.
I had the pleasure of presenting at the January meeting of the NCTech4Good Meetup held at the offices of United Way of the Greater Triangle in Morrisville, NC. The talk covered similarities between Usability, Accessibility, and SEO, a topic I first addressed here in 2009. Since my initial blog post, I assembled a talk, which I have presented at multiple venues, inclusing BarCampRDU, Internet Summit in Raleigh, as well as Wake Technical Community College.
DesignHammer will continue its sponsorship of the Raleigh-Durham BarCamp for 2011. This marks the sixth year for BarCampRDU and the third consecutive year of sponsorship from DesignHammer.
Recently David Minton, Stephen Pashby, and I participated in a program on rapport at the Chapel Hill-Carborro Chamber of Commerce. We learned the crucial steps to establishing rapport and why it is often necessary.
One of the reasons why I’m happy to be at DesignHammer this summer is that it is an excellent opportunity to learn about small business and entrepreneurship. I am grateful for DesignHammer’s support and help in my search to experience business firsthand.
DesignHammer Managing Partner David Minton and Account Manager Stephen Pashby participated in a White House Roundtable: 100 Strategies for Winning the Future. The theme of the roundtable was “The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs,” and focused on the challenges that young entrepreneurs face in the current economic climate.
Durham’s award winning web design agency DesignHammer completed its employee food drive for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina (FBCENC) on April 22, 2011. DesignHammer employees donated 225 lbs. of food to feed the hungry in central and eastern North Carolina.