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Resilient leadership tips from real experience Leadership isn’t all wins and momentum. Sometimes, it’s about just getting through the day. As a UX agency founder, I’ve faced my fair share of rough patches — moments where things didn’t go as planned, decisions felt heavy, or I questioned everything. These aren’t the moments people like to…
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Legacy Archive and reflects a time when SSL guidance was still a common question. Today, HTTPS is the standard — and our work now focuses on complex UX, development, and strategy. In more basic terms an SSL Certificate (Secure Sockets Layer/Digital Certificate) is used to establish a…
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Legacy Archive and reflects an earlier phase of our development work. Standard Beagle now focuses on UX strategy, product design, and complex platform consulting. Please be aware that this article was originally written in 2016 and may be out-of-date Our clients often ask us to include sliders…
A surprising improv exercise taught me a valuable lesson about building UX team trust — and why trust, not tools, is the foundation of great collaboration.
Standard Beagle strives to keep on the forefront of technology on the web – it helps us consistently provide the best possible service to our clients. We wanted to explain some of the steps we have recently taken with our clients’ sites that will aid in providing that service. Over a small series of posts, we will review what Standard Beagle has done to increase speed, enhance security, and improved stability of the servers and the sites we host on them. In this post, we will take a dive into the upgrade to HTTPS – the why, a little bit of the how, and the benefits that come doing so.
Editor’s Note This short post was written in 2013, during the early days of Standard Beagle. While it doesn’t reflect our current work in UX strategy, research, and product design, we’re keeping it here as part of our early content archive. Looking for our latest thinking? Explore our newest articles on UX strategy → Recently…
In 2017, we said goodbye to Bennie, our coonhound and the inspiration behind Standard Beagle’s name. She wasn’t just a pet—she was the spark for our brand and a constant companion during our early days. This is our tribute to her.
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Legacy Archive — originally written as part of a content strategy series for marketing teams. Our current blog focuses on UX strategy and product design for digital platforms. Continuing on from our previous blog post on ‘Content Strategy 101,’ there are several ideas for approaching Content Strategy…
Content isn’t just filler—it’s a critical part of user experience. This article explores how UX content strategy helps digital products become more usable, trustworthy, and effective.
What’s it really like working with your spouse in business? Here’s how we co-founded a UX agency, kept our marriage intact, and built a company rooted in trust, humor, and mutual respect.
Some of the most valuable UX leadership lessons I’ve learned didn’t come from a conference or a book. They came from the best bosses I’ve worked with—leaders who challenged me, supported me, and trusted me to grow. These stories still shape the way I lead my team and run my agency today.
DIY website builders can only take you so far. Learn why hiring a professional web designer is worth the investment—and how it benefits your users and your business long-term.
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Legacy Archive — an early expression of our team’s creative spirit. While we’ve evolved since then, it still reflects the roots of our culture at Standard Beagle. I keep this scrap of paper, pasted to an old piece of poster board, pinned to the bulletin board right…
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our Legacy Archive — originally published as a guide to building relationships through social media content. Our blog now focuses on UX strategy, research, and product leadership for B2B SaaS and health tech platforms. Marketing used to be centered around the four P’s (product, price, place, promotion), but…
Being a woman in tech is less of a stigma these days but there is still a problem with women not being taken as seriously in this male-dominated field. Four powerful women in the tech world led a panel at SXSW this year about having “girl power” and being a woman in today’s world working…
Standard Beagle is an AI UX agency based in Austin, TX. We help B2B SaaS and health tech companies create better product experiences with smart strategy, user-first research, and ethical AI workflows.
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