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But of course colors have sound!

August 22, 2011 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

My work at ColorMetrix has me too wrapped up in the technical aspects of color to remember that yes, "of course colors have sound!" It took my friend Cynthia Thomas's tweet shared in the image above (and as the title of this post) to remind me of that. She was responding to a message I sent out via … [Read more...]

Filed Under: color, Marketer Tagged With: color, colors, cynthia thomas, experience, multi sensory, sounds, user experience

Why your training investment matters

June 6, 2011 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Last week, my daughter started a new job with a national restaurant chain. Later this week, she'll wait on her first table; more than 10 days after starting the job. She's had classes, shadowed other servers, studied at home, and, yes, even taken tests. Are you as committed to training your new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: consistent experience, investment, shelby sapusek, user experience

Subtle Use Of Color

September 8, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Recently Seth Godin reminded us Don't forget about color. He's right. Subtle use of color, whether to make airports signs easier to follow or to make your blog more memorable, is a great idea. A Dumb Little Man can't be wrong. When I am skimming posts in my RSS feed I can always identify a Dumb … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, color, Marketer, new media, WordPress, Writing Tagged With: blog, color coding, colors, headlines, Seth Godin, subtle, user experience, website improve

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