Just as you had mastered SEO, social media, and original content, along come platforms that threaten to disrupt all previous branding experiences. According to a survey by Greenlight Insights, 53% of respondents said they would be more inclined to purchase
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Continue readingGamification, or the addition of game-like elements to anything that isn’t a game, pops up all over the design world. In my last post for Boxes and Arrows, I focused specifically on gamification in mobile app onboarding. The moment when
Continue readingLike a superhero created when the contents of two beakers accidentally combine, a powerful hybrid has emerged in the software development world: the user champion. In this origin story, the beakers would be labeled “agile” and “user experience (UX)” because
Continue readingPlaying games is a human impulse. People get a kick out of competing, collecting things, and finishing tasks. You can apply game design elements to anything, which is called gamification. Mobile app onboarding is a useful place for a touch
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