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Dec 29 2011
Earlier this month Seth Godin posted something seemingly obvious on his blog:
Dec 26 2011
As we move toward 2012, I'm sure you'll be doing some reflecting. Hopefully that includes reflecting on your business and its website and areas it can really improve on, especially with regard to online marketing.
Based on my industry reflection, I've come to the conclusion that there are two areas business owners really need to start paying more attention to this coming year.
Dec 16 2011
Good designer/client relationships aren't magically born the minute you start working together. The Discovery process that happens before then – that is, the part where prospective client and designer are interviewing each other essentially – sets the tone. At the heart of this step is clear and open communication. It sounds super simple and easy to remember to do, but like a lot of things in life, it's actually kind of hard work. After all, we're really just sizing each other up and determining if we should even go on a first date. The last thing we want is to waste anyone's time and we ask the same of others. So here are four suggestions for the awkward interview for the date.
Dec 06 2011
When CartThrob was released what seems like ages ago now, I was incredibly excited. Having (purposely) only worked on two or three e-commerce sites prior to discovering ExpressionEngine, CartThrob was a shiny beacon of hope in the otherwise dark valley of e-commerce death. Roughly a year and a half later we've worked on a small handful e-commerce sites that are now powered by CartThrob. And my expectations weren't just met, they were surpassed.
Nov 30 2011
Photoshop is the tool of choice for a lot of web designers for a variety of reasons. Sadly, however, most don't use Photoshop in a way that better suits the design to development process or handoff.