August 2011
1 post
Goodbye Flash, you will be missed →
We met shortly after I started doing web design, the hours we spent together starting in the summer of 2001 were golden. With Flash by my side I was able wow clients and create amazing web…
March 2011
2 posts
Why shouldn’t I use a template-based website... →
Good question, actually there are good reasons for each of the above options. I encourage people to use low cost template solutions all the time even though I am an “expensive designer”.
It…
Font Availability Matrix →
A must-have for web designers.
January 2011
2 posts
php-form-builder-class →
Wow! This looks awesome, can’t wait to try it.
Why Is Chinese Web Design So Bad? →
“I simply could not find a Chinese website that was visually appealing to me. Out of curiosity, I began to ask around and put together a list of websites that Chinese natives frequented and thought were well designed / useful.”
December 2010
1 post
The Sins of Website Design →
Is your website driving away customers? If you’re committing these site development sins, it could be costing you more than you know.
June 2010
1 post
What is web hosting? →
In order to have your website available online 24-7 it needs to be on a computer that is connected to the internet at all times, this computer is called a web server. You could have your own web…
May 2010
1 post
Why should I pay for custom design when there are... →
A custom designed website is not for everyone. A person would want a custom designed website for the same reasons you might buy an expensive suit for business meetings or for the same reasons you…
April 2010
10 posts
Want To Be An Entrepreneur? Drop Out Of College →
What is a CMS and why would I want one? →
CMS stands for Content Management System, basically it’s software that allows you to manage your website without any technical knowledge. If you had a CMS on your website you would have a special…
iPhone Finder Regrets His ‘Mistake’ →
What a jerk! “He has been working part time at a church-run community center giving swimming lessons to children and volunteered at a Chinese orphanage last year while he was enrolled in a study-abroad program.” but he doesn’t have the morals to return a person’s lost phone? “Brian is the kind of young man that any parent would be proud to have as their son.” I think I...
Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Flash →
“although Mac OS X has been shipping for almost 10 years now, Adobe just adopted it fully (Cocoa) two weeks ago when they shipped CS5. Adobe was the last major third party developer to fully adopt Mac OS X.”
Making Your Company’s Website More Effective →
a non-techie’s guide
Search Engine Optimization
META tags
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/answering-more-popular-picks-meta-tags.html
Keywords
Definition: “A word or…
Why Steve Jobs SAYS he hates Flash →
Jobs recently recommended this blog post to explain why they are screwing Apple.
The real reason Steve Jobs hates Flash →
I think this is justice. Adobe has treated Apple poorly for years, turnabout is fair play.
Apple to Adobe — We Hate You This Much! →
The iPad Lets Me Sit On My Couch Again →
The Amazing Future Of Apple's iPad →
March 2010
34 posts
How the iPad Is Already Reshaping the Internet... →
Philosopher: Why we should ditch religion →
Publishers criticize Apple's anti-Flash stance →
Tips For Calling Visitors To Action →
How can I make money from my website? →
Aside from having an e-commerce website there are several things you can do to make your website more profitable or at least pay the hosting fees.
Ads - Google and others allow you to place ads on…
The Social Media Bubble Is Ruining Humankind →
I feel strongly that this is true.
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious...”
– Blaise Pascal
How to setup a Mac Mini as a media center, server,... →
6 Ways To Get Press For Your Startup Without... →
The Death of the Pageview →
The Web has hit a point where tracking pageviews is useless for startups.
Why HTML5 is worth your time →
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein
Should You Blog? Yep, And Here's How →
Why a business should blog and how to do it
What Apple Sells... →
Apple has never really been in the business of selling product. What Apple really sells is an experience.
Website Usability Testing: Guide To The Best Free... →
What free/low cost website options are there? →
For the small business with an even smaller budget there are a few free and very low cost options that will at least get you a web presence. Remember that you get what you pay for.
In the free…
Medieval Fair of Norman →
WatchFirst iPad ad
Color Theory in Web Design →
long article with lots of great pictures and examples
World Traveling Family →
This is what I want to do. What an education for their daughter.
Temple complex in Turkey predates even the... →
Could this perhaps be pre-deluge?
Why is a website so expensive? →
One word, labor, designing a good website just plain takes a lot of time.
To break the process down a little bit. First we create a nice looking design that represents your business well, then we…
What is SEO and is it contagious? →
SEO stands for search engine optimization and it is a process by which a website is made more competitive in the search engines. It involves various procedures like researching and selecting…
1 tag
The iPhone is killing Flash →
mark my words, this is the beginning of the end.
Google Chrome Growing in Popularity →
7 Insanely Useful Ways To Search Twitter For... →
If every man’s mother-in-law had a padlock...
Why isn’t my website showing up on Google? →
It can take weeks for a new website to appear in the search engines and often many more months before you are in a reasonable position as regards search engine results pages. Even if you paid a lot…
Set your website on fire →
All too often businesses get their new websites designed and then forget about them and expect them to do the rest. Business people sometimes assume that if a website doesn’t take off,…