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Clutch Hails Hooked On Code as one of the Best Web Designers in Dallas
FRISCO, TEXAS – August 12, 2022– Clutch Hails Hooked On Code as one of the Best Web Designers in Dallas Today, we celebrate a very important milestone for our company as we introduce our latest Clutch award this 2022. They recently named us as one of the best web...

Most Outstanding Woman-OwnedWeb Design Agency 2022
FRISCO, TEXAS – May 22, 2022– Hooked On Code was named Most Outstanding Women-Owned Web Design Agency in 2022 by Corporate Vision Magazine. The web design agency model shouldn’t be complex but, ultimately, some businesses can lose us in complicated and uninspiring...

Hooked On Code Honored As Silver STEVIE® Award Winner In The 2022 American Business Awards®
FRISCO, TEXAS – April 28, 2022 – Hooked On Code was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Achievement in Customer Satisfaction category in The 20th Annual American Business Awards® today. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business...

Hooked on Code recognized as a Top Women-Owned Business for 2022
Washington, D.C., March 8, 2022— Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform, released their report featuring the top 100 women-owned service providers. The companies highlighted participate in Clutch’s certification program. In the U.S., there are over 12...

Hooked on Code Recognized as One of the Most Reviewed Web Design Companies in Dallas
Here at Hooked on Code, we prioritize the satisfaction of our clients when it comes to web design solutions. We want to cut out the unnecessary in terms of web design for our clients, providing them with the services they need with utmost efficiency. In line with our...
Owner of Hooked On Code named as one of the 10 Most Disruptive Women in Technology for 2022
Torre Capistran | Owner & Creative Director | Hooked On Code The principle of KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is not a common one to find in the web development space, where it seems everything has a way of getting overly complex. Simplicity is a proven aspect that...
Torre Capistran of Hooked On Code: Smashing The Norms by Instilling Simplicity at The Core
The principle of KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is not a common one to find in the web development space, where it seems everything has a way of getting overly complex. Simplicity is a proven aspect that has higher user acceptance and interaction levels. Hooked On...

Built In, Not Bolted On
Derek Featherstone is the Chief Experience Officer at Level Access, where he focuses on ensuring that accessibility and inclusion are an integral part of creating outstanding customer experiences. He’s been working on the web since 1999 when he left his career as a high school teacher to start his own web design company, and also compete in a few Ironman triathlons. Today, Derek is here to explore ways of making sure products and designs are accessible right from the start of the project, instead of trying to wedge it in at the last minute.

Safety, Justice, Compassion – Contributing to the Tech Paradigm Shift
Eva PenzeyMoog is a principal designer at 8th Light, and the author of Design for Safety from A Book Apart. Before joining the tech field, she worked in the nonprofit space and volunteered as a domestic violence educator and rape crisis counselor. She specializes in user experience design, as well as education and consulting in the realm of digital safety design, or work brings together her expertise in domestic violence and technology helping others prevent tech facilitated interpersonal harm… she’s a first time AEA speaker!

Accessible Data and Sound
The Eclipse Soundscapes: Citizen Science Project (ES: CSP) will introduce accessible opportunities for citizen scientists to participate in real and meaningful scientific research focusing on how eclipses affect Earth’s life. Regine and her students have conducted in-depth research to create a multi-sensory experience related to the 2023 and 2024 Eclipse. This talk will discuss the analysis and design behind making a web application focused on accessibility for the NASA Eclipse Soundscapes project. Together we will explore what it means to create accessible experiences related to science, sound, and data. This presentation is based upon work supported by NASA under project Eclipse Soundscapes: Citizen Science Project, award No. 80NSSC21M0008.