What's the big deal about HTTPS, and why it matters for your website
January 14, 2019 | Luke Johnson
With so much of our lives conducted on the internet these days, why risk doing anything over an unsecured connection?
The Beneficence of Email Filters
January 4, 2019 | Luke Johnson
How to stop the noise and take control of your inbox
Make this year "The Year of the Cloud" and never lose a file again
December 18, 2018 | Luke Johnson
Hello, student. I’m writing to you because I love you, and because I want you to break free from the tyranny of failing computers and lost files. It happens. You’ve laboured all semester. Exam time is approaching. And then, in an all-too-predictable moment of frustration on the knife-edge of insanity, your computer refuses to start, and your entire semester’s work is gone.
The accidental history of the "Codigo" name
November 19, 2018 | Luke Johnson
How Codigo and codigo.ca came to be my business's identity.
The new wacky world of domain names
November 12, 2018 | Luke Johnson
With over 1,200 new domain extensions, you can think more creatively about your choice of domain names.
Why I code
October 29, 2018 | Luke Johnson
Writing for the Web
October 23, 2018 | Luke Johnson
Make your voice heard in the textual hurricane of the modern web.
Mobile-friendly vs. Mobile-first
October 22, 2018 | Luke Johnson
How to create your own custom domain link shortener
October 18, 2018 | Luke Johnson
With some basic PHP, MySQL, and HTML
Bring order to your work life with OpenPhone
July 10, 2018 | Luke Johnson
Defrazzle your life's lines of communication by opening a new one.
Getting work done without getting lost in the digital sea
April 9, 2018 | Luke Johnson
Everyone has their own work style, but the most important thing is to find systems that enable you to work freely and confidently.
How mini golf taught me to think about user experience
July 21, 2017 | Luke Johnson
Blackhawks and Bears: Leaving Post-Evernote Diaspora
July 8, 2017 | Luke Johnson
Safeguard your digital life, and live footloose and fancy free like Kevin Bacon
May 9, 2017 | Luke Johnson
The Internet is deeply integrated into our lives. We need to attend to cybersecurity simply because of how much of our lives are connected to cyberspace.
Development dreams in the making
February 23, 2017 | Luke Johnson
As a church kid, I've always wanted to help church-governance teams work better. And now here's my chance.
An interview about entering the web industry
July 19, 2016 | Luke Johnson
A friend recently interviewed me about what it takes to get into the web industry. In case it's helpful to anyone else considering a career in web development, here are my responses.
Put your users first with responsive design
July 11, 2016 | Luke Johnson
Take advantage of the flexibility and opportunity afforded by the modern web. Be available to your audience wherever they are with a design that puts them first.
Design for a hospitable and headacheless experience
April 27, 2016 | Luke Johnson
No one knows your company’s processes like you do. Layers of commonly shared assumptions empower your team to work quickly and intuitively. However, if your team fails to translate these assumed processes for the customer, your customer might be in for a frustrating and flummoxing interaction.