980450_HowtoOptimizeYourAmazonStorefront_022521 Selling on Amazon can be incredibly profitable, but it’s also incredibly competitive. It’s important to take advantage of every bit of help Amazon offers. The first step to improve sales on Amazon is to get an Amazon Storefront. This gives your brand a customizable home on Amazon. It’s not enough just to have a storefront; you need to make …

It’s a little early in the year to be thinking about the Wacom Black Friday sale, but if you’re planning on upgrading your tablet in the near future then that’s when you’re likely to get the best prices. Wacom’s well established as the creative industry’s favourite tablet brand. It makes both drawing tablets and full pen displays, and it has …

All design in any media is created to engage the viewer. Designers use typography, images, form, material, and color to communicate a message, whether designing a 2D graphic, automobile, or telephone. The communication is often overt, but some covert signals and cues also help the viewer form thoughts and emotions that are less easy to articulate. It may—or may not be—the goal …

About The Author Kelvin is an independent software maker currently building Sailscasts — a platform to learn server-side JavaScript. He is also a technical writer and … More about Kelvin ↬ With mobile traffic accounting for over 50% of web traffic these days, leaving your mobile performance unoptimized isn’t really an option. In this article, we’ll discuss the complexity and …

DASHPORT is Deno’s first authentication middleware module for both the local login and OAuth 2.0 flows. Just like its Node.js predecessor, Passport, it’s lightweight, incredibly modular, and can be plugged into any Oak-based web app (with plans to accommodate more Deno middleware frameworks as competitors to Oak emerge). Dashport turns setting up authentication in your app from a project in-and-of …

Designers working with desktop publishing may want to take a look at Affinity Publisher. The tool, which is now available for Mac and Windows platforms, is emerging as a powerful and flexible design option. The tool is part of the Serif line of graphic design products, which also includes Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer, both super-capable platforms in their own …

Ever wondered what colour your personality is? Us neither – but judging by the feverish response to a new colour personality quiz that’s doing the rounds online, it’s must-have information in 2021. And yep, just like everyone else, we’re hooked. (This author is dandelion, by the way.) Currently all over TikTok, the delightfully simple website asks the user 12 questions, …

When building a website, it’s important to find efficiencies wherever you can. Those little tricks that save you time without sacrificing quality are always welcome. The WordPress Gutenberg block editor has plenty of hidden productivity gems built-in. Features such as keyboard shortcuts and UI enhancements that can help us get things done faster. They’re especially nice for those menial tasks …

The November 2018 announcement that Amazon would be siting HQ2, its second headquarters, in Arlington, Virginia, triggered some not-unexpected anxiety about the company’s impact on the local housing market. The projected influx of around 25,000 employees (and their salaries) from one of the world’s biggest companies is pushing prices and demand to new heights. Within a year of Arlington’s selection, …

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is a metric that has been growing with the emergence of Internet companies and web-based advertising campaigns that can be tracked. Traditionally, a company had to engage in shotgun style advertising and find methods to track consumers through the decision-making process. Today, many web-based companies can engage in highly targeted campaigns and track consumers as they …