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  • A cover image for an event. The left side of the image reads “DESIGN SPRINT” in large bold text with “Hosted by Bluehouse Group” above it. On the right side of the image reads “January 11th” with Bluehouse Group’s address underneath “193. South Winooski Ave. Suite 100 Burlington, VT 05401” with the time 6:00 PM - 8 PM.

    Join Us January 11th for a Design Sprint

    Bluehouse Group is hosting an event for those interested in UX and UI design. It will be a 1-hour design sprint for a local app or website using tools like Figma.

  • Tips for Developers: Market Research

    Bluehouse Group discusses the importance of market research in the web development process and how it can save you from money and improve the success of your website.

  • AI’s Carbon Footprint

    Bluehouse Group discusses the negative environmental impact of artificial intelligence and efforts to make it more energy-efficient through algorithms.

  • A log book. Written primarily in black ink. An insect’s body is on the page. There is tape overtop the insect’s body to preserve the world’s “first computer bug”.

    The World’s First Computer Bug

    We discuss the world’s first recorded computer bug - a dead moth found in a Harvard Mark II computer in 1945, it is often cited as the birth of the term “computer bug.”

  • What’s up with Clutch.co?

    Bluehouse Group discusses Clutch.co - a site for rating tech companies around the world. We began to improve our Clutch profile to increase our online presence.

  • Four different AI generated images that were created under the prompt “If GitHub CoPilot were a person”. The first image is a realistic women smiling while wearing a sweatshirt, the second image is a cartoon of a boy with glasses smiling, the third image is a cartoon of a man with a baseball cap and a beard, and the fourth image is of a balding man with glasses and a beard.

    Would you Fly with GitHub Copilot?

    GitHub Copilot is making Bluehouse Group equally cautious and intrigued. Ethical issues notwithstanding, our team has mixed thoughts on this using this tool.

  • A Halloween clown costume called Accessibility Overlay. The costume includes the following: “One line” of JavaScript, WCAG compliance and no lawsuits not guaranteed, and good page Performance (lol no).

    There is No Silver Bullet for Accessibility

    Accessibility overlays come with a host of problems and often create more harm. Instead accessibility needs to be considered at every stage of the design.

  • Bots are Everywhere

    It is estimated that ad fraud is costing US advertisers $120 billion every year. In this blog we explore why bots and ad fraud is not being addressed more.

  • Figma Purchased by Adobe

    Bluehouse Group was shocked to see Figma was purchased by Adobe. What does this mean for the future of Figma?