Animate on Scroll in JavaScript using the Intersection Observer API
Animating elements while scrolling the page is still a very popular feature in web design. However, those animations depend on external plugins or libraries that add a lot of unnecessary code to our...
View ArticleYou Still Can Build Websites with Plain HTML
During the last several years, I have read many blog posts saying that in the past, it was easy to develop applications. That you simply needed to create an index.html page and immediately add...
View ArticleSvelte 3 Got My Attention
In the world of React, Angular, Vue, and “We Don’t Need More JavaScript Frameworks”, there is another framework that is becoming popular among web developers. This new framework is Svelte 3 which...
View ArticleObserver Design Pattern in JavaScript
Design patterns provide a common language for developers to communicate and solve problems. When the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software came out, it set up the...
View ArticleLearning How to Code? Pseudocode as Your First Step
There are a lot of people that want to learn how to code. Some even think that everybody should learn how to code. Most seasoned programmers like to recommend the language that they started with or the...
View ArticlePico – A Minimal CSS Framework
Surfing online, I stumbled upon Pico, which is a framework that separates itself from the other utility frameworks by becoming invisible in your HTML. So, instead of adding utility classes like...
View ArticleDesigners Should Learn How to Code
I often see web designers that avoid coding at all costs. However, I am a strong believer that you need to learn how to code a little even if that is not part of your daily work. Designers must learn...
View ArticleNative CSS as a Framework
Let’s go back 15 years and explore what developers wanted to accomplish in the browser that was nearly impossible. We had to use a lot of frameworks and libraries to deal with browser differences,...
View ArticleHow Lego Aligned Information Systems with Business Strategies
As I mentioned before, my interest has expanded beyond web design and development. Therefore, I will be sharing more essays and articles on broader topics covering data science, product management,...
View ArticleThe Failed Business Processes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Continuing with the book Managing and Using Information systems: a Strategic Approach by Keri E. Pearson and Carol S. Sounders, I would like to cover the case of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 787...
View ArticleTask Models in UX
If you already have done user research and created the personas for your project, you can jump into the task models. A task model explains and shows how a user interacts and behaves within the...
View ArticleBlue Ocean Strategy in Product Development Using Netflix as an Example
The blue ocean strategy is the one that concentrates on finding markets where there is little competition, instead of trying to beat the competition in a very competitive market (Walker & Mullins,...
View ArticleWhat is Web 2.0? A Look Back From 2022
Since Web 3.0 is a buzzword that is getting a lot of attention, and it is still not very clear, I would like to revisit what was considered Web 2.0 years ago. The term Web 2.0 was coined by Darcy...
View ArticleWhat is a Product Roadmap?
A product roadmap is a graphic or document that shows how the product will evolve in the near future. This document will showcase what features will be included or removed from the product. Note, that...
View ArticleInformation Systems and Strategic Advantage of Zipcar
This is the next case study done base on the book Managing and Using Information Systems: A Strategic Approach by Pearlson, Sauders, and Galletta. Zipcar is a car-sharing alternative to traditional...
View ArticleThe MoSCoW Prioritization Technique
After you have a good understanding of your customer needs by performing User Research, it is necessary to know what are the priorities and the most important needs that need to be fulfilled by your...
View ArticleHow to Pass the Professional Scrum Product Owner I Exam
Several days ago, I took and passed the Professional Scrum Product Owner I with a grade of 98.8% which means I had 79 questions right out of the 80 questions available on the test. I would like to...
View ArticleUnderstanding SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis is a popular technique or method for analyzing internal and external business environments in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a project, product, or...
View ArticleDoes Your Company Need a CIO?
A CIO or Chief Information Officer is the person that oversees the use of information technology and aligns the information technology of an organization with the strategic business goals (OBrien &...
View ArticleAvoiding Marketing Myopia in Web Design Agencies
Marketing myopia is the mistake of concentrating all the attention on the products while ignoring or relegating the experience and benefits that those products give to the customers (Kotler &...
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