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With the help of High Monkey, Education Minnesota, the largest advocate for public education in the state of Minnesota has launched their new website.

Innovation can be great - if only that innovation was usable!

Celebrating 25 years of evolution: High Monkey's name and logo transformation.

High Monkey based in Roseville MN with an additional office in Troy MI, has launched a new logo and tagline, shortened our name, and changed our website!

In this webinar learn how to get the most out of your usability testing. Understand what usability testing is and what it is not, why it is important, when it should take place, and how to assess the results for better, more purposeful analysis

Website Usability is how easily users can use your site for its intended purpose. This article takes a look at how Internet use trends suggest the importance of web usability, and then explains both some of the costs of bad usability and how to improve it.

It's December 1999 and the Internet Economy is changing EVERYTHING - or, at least it appeared that way. The Y2K issues were being revealed for the empty threat they were and the Internet economy was claiming to contribute upwards of 35 percent of GDP growth in the past few years - more than it's share of the overall economy. Over 200 internet companies went public in 1999 and raised about $20 billion.

It's December 2000 - VC money is starting to dry up, new Dot-Com companies are doing layoffs, and the meltdown is just getting started. Here's a slice of bitter web history from when the bubble burst.

What was happening with the Internet in 1997? Things were all rosy - the Dot-Com bubble was still inflating with no end of growth in sight. Study a little ancient history (in web years)!

Usability Testing seems to be more and more common in web projects, yet at the same time when the budget gets tight it is often the first line item to be cut. Why is this? My experience has been that clients love the idea of usability testing, but don't necessarily see it as a critical component.