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Great UX: More Important Than Ever

Great UX: More Important Than Ever

Think about your favorite overall experiences interacting with a business, event, or product of any type. No matter whether this…
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Michael Myers
So You Want To Sell Online

So You Want To Sell Online

If you suddenly find yourself thinking that the best time to start an e-commerce business was yesterday… and the second best time is today…
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Amanda Marcotte
Thank Goodness for the Internet

Thank Goodness for the Internet

It was only a couple months ago that we were seeing a trend in bemoaning the lack of human contact that has come with smartphone ubiquity…
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Amanda Marcotte
The Fine Line Between Project Discovery and Free Advice

The Fine Line Between Project Discovery and Free Advice

As a team, we continuously struggle with how much front-loaded discovery work to do for prospective clients. We often care so much and are…
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Amanda Marcotte
Hard Truths

Hard Truths

We were stressed. There was a bit of chaos. In an uncharacteristic outlet of frustration, we sent an incredibly blunt email to a…
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Amanda Marcotte
Team Member Spotlight: Joe Auer

Team Member Spotlight: Joe Auer

WHAT SOFTWARE / PRODUCT WOULD YOU LIKE TO REDESIGN?
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HighSeas
The Story Behind User Stories

The Story Behind User Stories

Here at High Seas we follow pretty closely to the standards of Scrum, and one of the big mental hurdles of this process is the concept of…
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Amanda Marcotte
Team Member Spotlight: Craig Marcussen

Team Member Spotlight: Craig Marcussen

Do you have to seek inspiration?
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HighSeas
Shipments at the dock

Shipments at the dock

How High Seas has leveraged Docker to simplify deployments
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Brandon Abbott
Why we Consult

Why we Consult

Here’s the thing: we love to solve problems. Give us an interesting problem, an innovative project, or a complex integration and we’re as…
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Amanda Marcotte
An All-In Approach

An All-In Approach

At High Seas we view the traditional client-contractor arrangement as a partnership. And boy are we serious about our partnerships.
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Amanda Marcotte
Why Project Management?

Why Project Management?

One of my biggest challenges as Product Management Director is to dispel the negative mojo behind the Billable PM Hour. Project Management…
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Amanda Marcotte
Launch Lag: Ideas for refueling and retooling.

Launch Lag: Ideas for refueling and retooling.

Here at High Seas we just launched a rather large project. <- And that’s a bit of an understatement. 10+ folks working for 8 months on a…
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Amanda Marcotte
CMS: Examining Wordpress

CMS: Examining Wordpress

There is no doubt that Wordpress has become the de facto standard when developing a website with a Content Management System. It has the…
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Craig Marcussen
Can you manage without a content management system?

Can you manage without a content management system?

Although you might not know the geek speak, you’re probably aware of the concept of a Content Management System (CMS). Even if you didn’t…
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Craig Marcussen
Remembering Print

Remembering Print

We have all heard the expression “Print is Dead”, but is it true? Is there honestly nothing new in the medium? It is certainly clear that…
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Craig Marcussen
SEO Meta Tags

SEO Meta Tags

Unless you have spent the last few years on an island in the South Pacific, you’ve probably heard the acronym SEO. For those of you just…
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Craig Marcussen
CMS: Examining Drupal

CMS: Examining Drupal

Although not as well known to the general public as Wordpress, Drupal has been a favorite with developers for years, mainly due to its…
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Craig Marcussen
Git with the Flow

Git with the Flow

How High Seas Reworked Git Flow to Work for Our Teams.
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Bryan Brophy
The Ubiquity of UX

The Ubiquity of UX

User Experience is all around us
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Ian Smith
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