Part of our efforts at Hall, to always be innovating, involves constantly reviewing the technology we’re using to get the job done. Whether it’s a piece of software we use to power our agency internally, a content management system like WordPress, or even the browsers that people are using to view the websites we build,…
Category: Web Development
Growing Your Community – WordCamp Boston 2013
This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend WordCamp Boston, a yearly conference all about WordPress held locally. As you’d imagine, it was a weekend filled with talks and presentations, tutorials and ideas. But the greatest part for me was getting a chance to meet and hang out with some great local people from…
Iconic Fonts Explained – What They Are and Why You Should Use Them
Iconic fonts are scalable vector icons that can be customized through CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) just like any other font. This gives you the ability to easily edit the size, color, drop shadows and more all through CSS without needing to bug your designer to export additional images. The result is a crisp clean look…
The World is Flat: Understanding Flat Design
The recent launch of Apple’s iOS 7 is yet another reminder that the flat design trends of 2013 aren’t going anywhere soon. The days of skeuomorphism and 3D effects have been replaced with a more minimalistic and simpler look. So what is flat design? In short, it’s a balance of both bright and muted flat…