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Antoine Lefeuvre on The Web, Worldwide: Singapore, a Hub for Designers?

One of this column’s objectives is to take you traveling. Our destination today is the city-state of Singapore. During my voyages, I kept coming back to this small Asian nation, because Singapore is a hub for world travelers. But is it a hub for designers too? Here’s the answer from three Singapore designers—two expats and […]
Why Performance Matters, Part 2: Perception Management

Time can be analyzed from two different points: objective and psychological. When we talk about time that can be measured with a stopwatch, we’re talking about objective time, or clock time. Objective time, though, is usually different from how users perceive time while waiting for or interacting with a website or app. When we […]
Why We’re Addicted To Our Smartphones, But Not Our Tablets

Remember all of the wisecracks about executives and their BlackBerry addictions? Back then, constant contact was limited to the few and the mighty — relatively speaking, of course. But now, the last laugh might be on us. In record time, our smartphones have become indispensable, and as mobile technology has become integrated into nearly […]
Do Containers Render Virtualization Obsolete For Web Hosting?
There are those that will defend VMs to their last breath, and those that tout containers as the solution to all problems in application deployment and hosting, but the truth is almost certain to be more nuanced. Source: Web Hosting Articles