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The Smashing Survey: Join In! The Smashing Survey: Join In! Rachel Andrew 2019-01-22T13:00:09+01:00 2019-01-22T12:02:48+00:00 Our entire aim here at Smashing Magazine — and my focus as Editor-in-Chief — is to provide the most helpful and interesting content and resources for web professionals. We aim not only to introduce new tools, technologies, and best practices, but…
Introducing The Component-Based API Introducing The Component-Based API Leonardo Losoviz 2019-01-21T13:00:21+01:00 2019-01-21T12:14:45+00:00 An API is the communication channel for an application to load data from the server. In the world of APIs, REST has been the more established methodology, but has lately been overshadowed by GraphQL, which offers important advantages over REST. Whereas REST requires…
A new report on B2B digital transformation finds that, while earlier waves were designed to do more with fewer people, the focus has now shifted to improving the customer experience. “The 2019 FPX Digital Transformation Study” [free, registration required], out this week, is based on online surveys of 229 U.S.-based B2B decision makers in a…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Consumers receptive to mobile ads while watching TV, before bed Jan 18, 2019 by Robin Kurzer Aki Technologies’ survey also found a generational shift in how consumers pay attention to ads….
Monthly Web Development Update 1/2019: Rethinking Habits And Finding Custom Solutions Monthly Web Development Update 1/2019: Rethinking Habits And Finding Custom Solutions Anselm Hannemann 2019-01-18T12:40:24+01:00 2019-01-18T12:42:02+00:00 What could be better than starting the new year with some new experiments? Today I figured it was time to rethink JavaScript tooling in one of my projects. And…
In the real world, everyone can taste a cookie. But, in the world of web browsers, only the domain that drops a cookie — a small identifying text file — into a user’s browser can read that cookie. That fact — and the dominance of “walled gardens” like Facebook, Amazon and Google — has led…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Get proven SEO & SEM tactics – attend SMX in San Jose in 2 weeks Jan 17, 2019 by Marketing Land In 2019, A.I., voice assistants, mobile-first, video, and visual search…
Grabbing Visual Attention With The Visual Cortex Grabbing Visual Attention With The Visual Cortex Susan Weinschenk 2019-01-17T13:15:03+01:00 2019-01-17T12:27:48+00:00 (This is a sponsored post.) You are designing a landing page. The goal of the page is to get people to notice, and hopefully click on a button on the screen to subscribe to a monthly newsletter….
More than 24 billion internet-connected devices are expected to be installed globally by 2020, according to Business Insider. But how are marketers taking advantage of the opportunities offered by this dramatic growth? Smart speakers a good starting point A steep rise in the purchase of voice devices, as well as smart home devices like the…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Gillette sparks emotions, controversy, possibly gold with ‘We Believe: The Best A Man Can Be’ video Jan 16, 2019 by Amy Gesenhues Many are asking if Gillette’s commentary on toxic masculinity…