In 2006, Aza Raskin introduced the infinite scroll. The coding would allow users to endlessly scroll down a website with constant content being refreshed onto the page - thus creating an "endless scroll." In 2008, Paul Irish took Aza Raskin's contribution and releases the infinite scroll jQuery and WordPress plug-in. As a breakthrough contribution, the infinite scroll has … [Read more...] about The Infinite Scroll Effect
Shipt Was There For Me When No One Else Was
Grocery delivery apps are certainly saturated at this point, with so many options to choose from - Insacart, Amazon Fresh, DoorDash, etc. - there's one app in particular whose user experience excels above the rest. But what does Shipt offer that the other competitors do not have? Their partnership with Target. This is where their app and platform excel. According to a study … [Read more...] about Shipt Was There For Me When No One Else Was
Duolingo: the Shining Example of How to Make a Learning App
Very recently I took it upon myself to download Duolingo to polish my Spanish in order to communicate with my grandparents and extended family. While I can understand complex sentences, I often struggle to figure out how to hold conversations. I needed to find something that would work with my hectic schedule, and so, on a whim - I decided to download the Duolingo … [Read more...] about Duolingo: the Shining Example of How to Make a Learning App
Small Business to E-Commerce Empire: Shifting Business Models in a COVID World
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected business operations tremendously. In fact, a survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that COVID-19 wiped out 113 straight months of job growth, and small business revenue fell down twenty percent at the end of March in comparison to January of 2020. When the Coronavirus arrived in the United States, a lot of … [Read more...] about Small Business to E-Commerce Empire: Shifting Business Models in a COVID World
The Music Industry’s Tune to Big Data
The music industry's relationship with Big Data is rather mutually exclusive. With the introduction of the internet came the rise of iPods, smartphones, streaming services, online fan clubs, subreddits, and all that galore; the direction of digital marketing for the music industry has relied heavily on data efforts to equate to possible record/merchandise/ticket … [Read more...] about The Music Industry’s Tune to Big Data