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The Ultimate Guide to Writing User Personas
Imagine you’re designing a vehicle. There are countless decisions to make when starting that process. How many doors should it have? Should it be manual or automatic? Should it have a backup camera? Does highway mileage matter? What colours should it be available in? Even basic stuff: is it a tru...
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Imagine you’re designing a vehicle. There are countless decisions to make when starting that process. How many doors should it have? Should it be manual or automatic? Should it have a backup camera? Does highway mileage matter? What colours should it be available in? Even basic stuff: is it a tru...
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How to Write an Effective Digital Project Brief
Digital project briefs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and there’s more than one right way to tackle them. Some are huge – flying in the face of the word “brief” – and some are tiny. Some demand alllll the details, while some demand only a high-level view. One indisputable fact, though, is...
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Digital project briefs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and there’s more than one right way to tackle them. Some are huge – flying in the face of the word “brief” – and some are tiny. Some demand alllll the details, while some demand only a high-level view. One indisputable fact, though, is...
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Paper Leaf Wins Software Design Award
I’m excited. Not just because I finally bought a fat bike to ride trails with my dog all winter, but more so to announce that we won an award in the Software category from Digital Alberta, at the 2018 Ember Awards, for the voter registration application we delivered for Elections Alberta. T...
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I’m excited. Not just because I finally bought a fat bike to ride trails with my dog all winter, but more so to announce that we won an award in the Software category from Digital Alberta, at the 2018 Ember Awards, for the voter registration application we delivered for Elections Alberta. T...
Published at Paper Leaf
Building a Better Communication Platform for School Boards
The Alberta School Board Association (ASBA) represents and champions Alberta’s 61 locally-elected separate, public and francophone school boards. ASBA offers a provincial voice to school boards and provides a wide range of education and consulting services. ASBA’s previous website was dated and p...
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The Alberta School Board Association (ASBA) represents and champions Alberta’s 61 locally-elected separate, public and francophone school boards. ASBA offers a provincial voice to school boards and provides a wide range of education and consulting services. ASBA’s previous website was dated and p...
Published at Paper Leaf
Gutenberg for Paper Leaf Clients
Gutenberg, a landmark upcoming release for WordPress in version 5.0, marks an enormous shift in the publishing and theming landscape for sites powered by the platform. It’s a new editor designed as the first step away from the current content editing experience in WordPress, and towards a more vi...
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Gutenberg, a landmark upcoming release for WordPress in version 5.0, marks an enormous shift in the publishing and theming landscape for sites powered by the platform. It’s a new editor designed as the first step away from the current content editing experience in WordPress, and towards a more vi...
Published at Paper Leaf
How to Get a Response from that Elusive Client
As Project Managers, we pride ourselves on our impeccable communication skills. Tactful and concise communication – both between you and your team, and your and your client – is vital to a project’s success. Occasionally, requests for valuable client contributions (like information or...
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As Project Managers, we pride ourselves on our impeccable communication skills. Tactful and concise communication – both between you and your team, and your and your client – is vital to a project’s success. Occasionally, requests for valuable client contributions (like information or...
Published at Paper Leaf
December 2017 – The Last Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
This is it folks, we’re pulling the shoot on our monthly wallpapers; thus, an appropriate ‘Peace Out’ wallpaper. Why are we ending our wallpapers? Well we’ve been doing this for 7 years, and started when we were a primarily graphic design firm. Over that time we’ve g...
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This is it folks, we’re pulling the shoot on our monthly wallpapers; thus, an appropriate ‘Peace Out’ wallpaper. Why are we ending our wallpapers? Well we’ve been doing this for 7 years, and started when we were a primarily graphic design firm. Over that time we’ve g...
Published at Paper Leaf
November 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Some Fall colors to go with what you’re probably seeing outside! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free November 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px ...
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Some Fall colors to go with what you’re probably seeing outside! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free November 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px ...
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October 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Hope your fall-trees are as colorful as these are! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free October 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900px 1280x800px...
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Hope your fall-trees are as colorful as these are! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free October 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900px 1280x800px...
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September 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Bling for your screen. Happy September! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free September 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900px 1280x800px iPad iPh...
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Bling for your screen. Happy September! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free September 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900px 1280x800px iPad iPh...
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August 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
This is a carnival for your screen, sans the people and claustrophobia of a real carnival. Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free August 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1...
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This is a carnival for your screen, sans the people and claustrophobia of a real carnival. Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free August 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1...
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July 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Summer is officially here! Get outside and go on some adventures! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free July 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900p...
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Summer is officially here! Get outside and go on some adventures! Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free July 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050px 1440x900p...
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June 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Wishing you tropical daydreams, from our non-tropical office to yours. Sigh. Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free June 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050p...
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Wishing you tropical daydreams, from our non-tropical office to yours. Sigh. Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free June 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x1440px 1920x1200px 1920x1080px 1680x1050p...
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May 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
Better late than never – it applies to both the tardiness of the wallpaper and the May weather! WE’RE SORRY OKAY Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free May 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x...
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Better late than never – it applies to both the tardiness of the wallpaper and the May weather! WE’RE SORRY OKAY Click any of following links, which will open up the images in a new window so you can download the free May 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper: 2880X1800px 2560X1600px 2560x...
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April 2017 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper
The snow is almost gone, the sun is starting to shine, Edmonton’s street sweepers haven’t quite made it out yet… This wallpaper was sketched while wishing for warmer days, and inspired by a 1965 Life Magazine article featuring some amazing photos from the early days of skateboar...
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The snow is almost gone, the sun is starting to shine, Edmonton’s street sweepers haven’t quite made it out yet… This wallpaper was sketched while wishing for warmer days, and inspired by a 1965 Life Magazine article featuring some amazing photos from the early days of skateboar...
Published at Paper Leaf
