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Kick Ass Hacks
We love us some hacking. So much so that we’ve built it into our development cycles – every 6 weeks, the whole company stops what they’re doing for 5 days and builds something awesome. The only rules...
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Who doesn’t love a free t-shirt?
Here at Chartbeat we love connecting with people through our design. We live to make it easy and fun to understand and act on your site’s activity. We recently had some time to help spread some love...
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Engaged Time, the Infographic
“What is Engaged Time and why is it different from page views?” We hear this question a fair amount at Chartbeat, and while we love talking about Engaged Time, we wanted to offer a visual...
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As a frontend engineer at Chartbeat I am constantly on the lookout for the next new and exciting web trend. Things change so quickly on the web that if you don’t keep yourself constantly immersed in...
View ArticleLinks We Like: Online Media
As the Principle Product Owner of Chartbeat Publishing, part of my role involves staying on top of the latest and greatest stories in online media. After all, if I’m trying to build the most helpful,...
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Life After WIMP
Since Xerox’s PARC and Apple’s Lisa user interfaces hit the scene, the WIMP (windows-icons-menus-pointers) interaction model has become a universal standard. This past Hackweek, fellow designer and...
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What’s On Our Desks
This week on the Design Blog: Find out what book(s) each member of the design team keeps on their desks for reference, fun, and inspiration Renee Envisioning Information by Edward TufteAshley The...
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The Great Font Debate
A little under a year ago, the design team at Chartbeat began planning an overhaul of our public facing website. The redesign was a big commitment and served as a catalyst for a few global design...
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From Writing Emails to Writing Code: How I Built My Future at Chartbeat
.entry-header {width: 110%;} You’ve heard this story before—boy graduates college, boy moves to New York, boy starts working at a tech startup full of cool nerds, boy finds a career path.Did that...
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4 Tips for Communicating with Non-Designers
Requisite to the work of a designer, whether in-house or for an agency, is communicating effectively with teammates or clients who are not fluent in design. Bridging this communication gap can be...
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