Lucidchart https://www.lucidchart.com/blog Finally, diagrams done right. Thu, 16 May 2013 21:21:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 7 unexpected ways to use sitemaps https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 22:24:44 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3813 As the head of webspam at Google, Matt Cutts is a pretty powerful figure in the SEO world. So when he tweets, people listen. Last week, he confirmed via Twitter that Penguin–Google’s search algorithm update designed to punish spammy sites–was … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/14/7-unexpected-ways-to-use-sitemaps/feed/ 0 Lucid Roundup – Visio alternative for Linux https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:49:49 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3763 Is the world eschewing Windows in favor of Linux? It’s starting to look that way–we were pumped to read that astronauts on the International Space Station will be making the switch to laptops running Linux rather than Windows. Linux has an … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/10/lucid-roundup-visio-alternative-for-linux/feed/ 0 What a rooftop grill says about your startup culture https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:46:41 +0000 mitch https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3729 If you’re thinking, “That looks like a worker’s comp claim waiting to happen”, you probably shouldn’t work at a startup. So why is our VP of Sales and Marketing atop a 30-foot scissor lift? We decided that our new building … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/05/09/what-a-rooftop-grill-says-about-your-startup-culture/feed/ 5 Introducing free Visio viewers for all https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/17/introducing-free-visio-viewers-for-all/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/17/introducing-free-visio-viewers-for-all/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:22:50 +0000 dave https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3435 After months of work, our team is excited to introduce a suite of free Visio Viewers across 4 popular channels: Chrome, Firefox, Confluence, and any other web application (with our exclusive API). Each viewer is completely free to download and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/10/is-social-media-worthless/feed/ 13 How to pitch anything with visual aids https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:08:24 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=2979 Time is money. The medium is the message. A picture is worth a thousand words. Our society has a lot of ingrained ideas about communication. But whether you’re trying to convince your boss to implement a new software feature or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/04/03/how-to-pitch-anything-with-visual-aids/feed/ 0 Announcing colorful themes and new org charts https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/26/announcing-colorful-themes-and-new-org-charts/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/26/announcing-colorful-themes-and-new-org-charts/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:35:05 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=3137 Nearly 3,000 of you responded to our call for survey respondents, and we listened. You asked for better-looking diagrams, more robust web development tools, and enhanced shape libraries, among other requests. We took action on the most pressing issues and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/21/brand-new-android-apps-shapes-for-mockups/feed/ 0 Create a killer bracket for March Madness 2013 https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/18/create-a-killer-bracket-for-march-madness-2013/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/18/create-a-killer-bracket-for-march-madness-2013/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:39:07 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=2921 March Madness is nearly upon us! If you’re ready to trounce your nearest and dearest, read on for some tips and a custom digital bracket, courtesy of Lucidchart. You can update your Lucidchart bracket from any browser, operating system, or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/18/create-a-killer-bracket-for-march-madness-2013/feed/ 0 Using Lucidchart for Project-based learning https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/06/using-lucidchart-for-project-based-learning/ https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/2013/03/06/using-lucidchart-for-project-based-learning/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:07:01 +0000 eliza https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/?p=2849 How many times have you heard students grumble, “I’m never gonna use this stuff in real life”? Project-based learning, or PBL, is a great alternative to rote or lecture-based learning because it’s dynamic, challenging, collaborative, and outcome-focused. In short, it’s … Continue reading →

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