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How Alt Text helps the vision impaired

I talk a lot about accessibility whenever I talk about websites with people, but there are always similar questions when it comes to certain topics. To help with this I thought I’d start writing posts explaining some of these accessibility basics, the first of…

Showcase: Photos vs Illustrations

I’ve noticed a trend over the last few months around the style of images bloggers and authors are using in their blog posts. I have been seeing the usual photos less and less, becoming more scarce in favour of highly stylised illustrations and text styling.

Tips for a better FAQ page

Yesterday I found myself writing questions for an FAQ section on a new website. It’s always interesting writing questions for an FAQ section on a site that hasn’t been launched yet. They aren’t so much frequently asked questions, but questions we are expecting to be asked. So, I…

Tips for creating engaging museum interactives

This post was originally published on History SA’s blog, Interactions with History.

This post comes on the tail end of designing and developing two touch screen interactives for History SA; one promoting the South…