Wonder Giant

04/04/2023

It turns out it's a good idea to update your company portfolio more than once every 10 years. We've been busy, but it was time for some self-care. Check out some of our new projects and techniques.

Our creative agency builds Design Systems in Figma, and uses a Modern Development Workflow to create hand-crafted custom websites with a Wordpress backend.

13/03/2020

After much deliberation over public health, Wonder Giant is officially announcing that all our talented teammates are allowed to work from home. So...nothing has changed.

"Hire smart people, then get out of their way."

12/03/2020

A lot of companies, and employees, will be getting a much needed taste of the benefits of allowing your employees the flexibility of working from home.

"Hire smart people, then get out of their way."

07/02/2020

A $5bn domain registration company allows their own security certificate to expire. One of many reasons we help our clients get off .

16/01/2020

There is big money to be made in selling privacy. People are catching on and realizing that their personal data is not only valuable, but also unsafe in the hands of companies once trusted.

Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox — they’re all revitalized and back in the fight

15/01/2020

Freelance Friends,

Q4 2019 Quarterly Estimated Taxes are due today. If you don't pay quarterly taxes you may end up with an underpayment penalty. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes

Tax Facts (but not legal advice):
- It doesn't matter if it's your main gig or side hustle; if you are earning freelance money the government wants it's quarterly payments.
- If you expect to owe over $1,000 in taxes for the year you likely need to pay quarterly taxes.
- If you have a hard time estimating, look into a concept called "safe harbor". You can sometimes use the amounts you paid from the previous year to show the government you are making an effort to pay your share. This can help avoid the underpayment penalty, but you will still owe additional taxes April 15th if you underpaid.

🎶If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet🎶

Learn who must pay make estimated taxes, how to determine your tax payments and when to make them.

10/01/2020

These types of inventions are fascinating, and necessary for progress. Even if this isn't the final product, it is a stepping stone toward something usable. Yet they tend to leave you with an inherent feeling of disconnect.

When the first iPhone came out there was this feeling of amazement, almost magical, but also a disconnect from the tactile world we were used to. The more senses your technology can utilize, the more connected your user will feel. This is why your phone vibrates when you touch a key; a small compromise for taking away physical buttons.

Any company that can release a reliable, adaptive, tactile surface will pull in a huge market.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2020/1/6/21051571/samsung-invisible-virtual-keyboard-ai-selfietype-ces-2020

P.S. Progress is being made toward adaptive tactile surfaces, but it is a much bigger challenge.
https://www.popsci.com/new-touch-screen-design-could-display-in-braille/

An AI solution to working from your phone

09/01/2020

Fun Fact: Wonder Giant went live 8 exactly years ago.

01/01/2020

"Design Trends That Need to Die!"

These types of articles are often misguided in their approach. They tend to more a reaction to OVERUSED design trends.

Good design fits the goals of a brand at that moment in time. Any of these design aesthetics could very well be the right choice for your brand when used responsibly.

Please, make it stop.