Headlines keep trying to tell us print is dead, and yet it persists. We still trade business cards...
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Why Hire a Web Designer When You Can Do It Yourself?
Diy Web Design These days there are so many easy-to-use website building platforms (with...
Quick Guide to Google Forms
To be honest, before I came to Roundpeg, I never gave forms any thought. I often used them to...
We Don’t Live in Black and White
Some of us have an emotional relationship with coffee. Logically, the caffeine keeps us awake...
Should You Fight Ad Blockers?
Websites, publishers and organizations are fighting mightily to maintain net neutrality and a level playing field. Ideologically, the Internet is the Library of Alexandria to the modern world: providing the same information to anyone with an Internet connection. If it’s free to users, who’s paying for all of this? Ads
Online Ad Strategies from Best to Worst
For the purpose of this post, ads are anything that distracts from the main content on a page. Essentially, a purposeful distraction. How do you make sure your ad isn’t ignored but also doesn’t detract from your page
How to Focus When Your Office is a Construction Site
Focus is difficult enough to achieve without pounding vibration of jackhammers or sheds collapsing outside your window. With construction coming to completion around the ‘peg, I’ve developed a few survival tactics and organizational skills.
Thanks for Not Sharing
We can all spot that awkward conversation yards away. One participant is glibly chattering while...
Internet University
Honing and expanding your skill set is essential to edging out the competition. Thankfully, you can learn practically anything you want thanks to the Internet. When making your New Year’s Resolutions, add one or a few of these resources to your list to kick start your year.
How To Get Your Website Right
There are a lot of websites that leave something to be desired. (See some prime examples here.) A dated feature is easy to pick out, as well as clumped together illegible text.
But what does it look like to do it right?
Roundpeg had the chance to work with Noblesville Orthodontics. Go ahead, let your eyes drink in the refreshing look for a moment, and then read why this works.
Pixels & Pirates
When you hear the terms PNG, JPEG, or GIF, you likely fall into one of three categories: perhaps you live in the digital world and consider these acronym tools as familiar as your pen and pencil. Or you saw these letters after choosing the “Save As” option and just clicked the one that was more amusing to say (*ping*). Or, like me, you’ve read and re-read about the finer minutiae of different file formats only to forget a few months later. What temperature should a RAW photo reach before serving again?
Unlocking the Inbox
Disclaimer: vast amounts of in-depth research for this post were gleaned from quickly scanning my own inbox for a few minutes. I need a moment to lie down after the visual assault of brazen text and bright images. Flipping through about fifty different messages like television commercials, only two or three induced me to linger and actually read what they had to say. Here are the notes from my investigation that will help your email stand out.
Seven Deadly Sins of Typography
First impressions are everything. As a designer and someone who looks at typography all day, letters can be a visual assault or a breath of fresh air before I’ve even read a word. Typography will be the first interaction potential clients have with your brand. They’ll see your ad or your letterhead. How those pieces look will communicate your competence more than your diploma or what you are actually saying to them.