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How I learned to hang up my ego and design with humility

I came to my design role at Pixo with a me-centered mindset, which drove me into a brick wall during one of my first projects.

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Brain surgeons use checklists, and so should you

When developing websites and software, the humble checklist can help improve quality and free up mental space.

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How to show up for a remote meeting when you don’t want to

Meetings are an essential part of creating digital products, but they can be hard — especially when remote. Use your next meeting as an experiment to slow down and lean in.

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Three steps to help with tough working relationships

Sharing timely, kind feedback is the best way to shed the mental weight of a hard work situation.

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More websites, more problems? You could use a multisite

Managing multiple sites for one organization can be a challenge. Wrangle your sites under one roof to save time, resources, and your own sanity.

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Why I traded the corporate path for a career in consulting

I was convinced I wanted to work at large corporations, until I realized a smaller consultancy felt more like me.

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Good SEO starts at the core of your website

Don't know where to begin with SEO? Useful content and well-engineered pages are the first step to search engine optimization.

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Metadata cheatsheet: Your guide to great-looking share cards

When you share a page from your site, what does the link look like? Be intentional about metadata to give readers a reason to click.

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Why I became OOUX-certified

The object-oriented user experience (OOUX) methodology is now core to my work as a UX designer to break down complex systems.

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Just starting out in UX? Don't miss these resources

Here's a list of books, blogs, and tools we recommend for discovering more about the user experience field.

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Getting GIFy with it: How to mock up background video in Figma

How can you, the designer, demonstrate a motion background with a static mockup? This Figma tip will help you share your vision with clients and the development team.

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Winners of the 2021 Core Value Awards from their peers

In accordance with Pixo tradition, we celebrated Pixo’s values during our last staff meeting of 2021 by honoring Pixonauts who best upheld each of our values during the year.

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A reminder for university administrators: Your website isn't for you

If your website could only communicate one thing, what would it be?

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How to bring modern development best practices to WordPress

Is WordPress still relevant? We think so. Here's the technology stack we use at Pixo to make WordPress a first-class experience for our developers and a quality product for our clients.

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Hyperfine makes benchmarking CLI apps easy

With tooling like this, you could have a script that will benchmark the developer’s/CI agent’s machine the first time it’s run and then leave behind a small settings file with the best configuration.