Jeff Dance

Jeff is Founder and CEO of Fresh Consulting. Formerly a Strategy & Operations Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, Jeff brings years of experience in the creative design and digital technology space, building teams and overseeing hundreds of digital projects.

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Design

It’s Time to Be More Scientific About Design

A designer’s job doesn’t end with a beautiful design: it ends with solving a problem, accomplishing an objective, or delivering a business result. Sometimes, we want to feel our way to great design relying solely on instinct to build and justify it. In the digital age where design takes center stage and nearly every business
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Design, UX/UI Design

UI/UX Principle #1: Design Should Focus on an Experience

Advertisers focus on selling to our hearts; why shouldn’t you? People don’t always remember the details of presented information, but they do remember what they feel. As Geoffrey James states in an Inc.com article, “[It] is not the information itself that is important, but the emotional effect that the information has on your audience.” This
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Web App Development, Website Development

The Browser Wars

When developing websites and web apps, considering browsers and their popularity amongst your target users is essential. Ideally the experience will work across all browsers, but data shows that Chrome far exceeds Edge, Opera, and Internet Explorer in terms of popularity. Consider the following from Statista, which shows updated browser popularity through March 2021, and
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UX/UI Design

UI/UX Principle #8: Responsive Design Should also Be Purposeful

Responsive design–designing your website or app to have a fluid interface for varying device sizes–has been popular for several years now.  If you’re not on the responsive design bandwagon yet, it’s likely that you’ve at least heard it’s important.  But does it really make a difference?  A wealth of examples demonstrate that it does. As
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Mobile App Development

Updates on the Mobile OS Battle

The mobile battle wages on! There have been significant shifts in mobile OS. Regardless of which mobile OS you’re running, you probably have a strong opinion about why it’s best.  Because user preferences are so varied, that’s why it’s important to develop for a variety of platforms. When it comes to mobile app design and
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News

The Sun Never Sets on Fresh Consulting

It’s official! Fresh Consulting has gone international. When the sun sets in Seattle, it rises on our new Asia Pacific office located in Bangkok Thailand, just off a major international business center and walking distance from one of Bangkok’s most beautiful city parks. After working with Will Lingard for 4 years and his incredible team of
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