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Laravel Feature Tests Using Regex Patterns

I recently created a Laravel app that implemented swappable repositories to create random numbers.

Stu Heiss

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Don’t Start With Demographics: Use “Jobs To Be Done” to Understand Your Customers First

At Highland, we help our clients understand their customers and design digital products that fit their needs.

Jon Berbaum

40 Generations of Conway's Game of Life, represented as rows of shapes made up of small blue dots

Cellular Automata in JavaScript

Conway’s Game of Life, as Built on a Saturday Morning

Tyler Etters

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Why You Shouldn’t Buy Custom Software Services

Read this before you waste a lot of time (and money) building the wrong thing

Tyler Etters

How to hire a software development firm: a buyer's guide, from Highland.

The Ultimate Guide to Hiring a Software Development Firm

Tips to help you evaluate trust, price your project, and find the vendor who’s right for you

Jon Berbaum

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The key to successfully launching new products? Get off the bunny hill.

Why meaningful learning environments make all the difference

Mike Nowak

Experiences That Matter: Episode 1. Creating Customer Experiences That Matter (with Megan Burns)

Our first official episode!

Andriana Pachella

Highland Recognized by Clutch as a Top B2B Company in Illinois

We claimed a spot among top service providers for our ability to deliver, our commitment to excellence, and our past work.

Bridgett Colling

Experiences That Matter: Episode 4. Marketing That Matters (with Tracy Bugh)

Why is it that 1 out of every 3 items we recycle in the U.S. is “contaminated” and ends up in a landfill?

Andriana Pachella

Experiences That Matter: Episode 5. Game-Changing Insights (with Amrita Kulkarni)

"Hidden at the heart of every challenge lies a game changing user insight that needs an empathic search."

Andriana Pachella

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Being Creative is Hard: On Maintaining Creativity in Group Discovery Sessions

Social dynamics in meetings can be tricky to navigate—here are several ways to preserve creativity in the face of skeptics.

Tyler Etters

Highlanders stand with clients at a whiteboard covered with stickies, listing Feelings, Thoughts, Actions, and Touchpoints.

Embracing Daring Leadership and Designing for the "Whole Person"

Touchpoints that address fears and feelings can have a lasting impact on customer satisfaction

Daniel Santrella