Let’s start off by telling the truth: Creating new content is the hardest part of a web design project and often times presents an ever-present possibility for getting bogged down. It’s hard for [...]
I recently got to thinking about how it is that professionals and even masters as well, can tend towards putting ourselves last. It’s way too easy to get caught up in our day-to-day business [...]
You may know that one of the presentations I do at WordCamps around the country is on user-experience research on home page design. I teach some of the best practices and then take volunteers [...]
I love arming myself with data about when and why to make website design decisions. As a web designer, it is important to be able to explain to your clients why what they think they want may not [...]
It was 2009 and I was sitting on the floor between sessions at WordCamp Birmingham, talking to Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress. An announcement came on about the next session starting. I [...]
Goldilocks had it easy with just three bowls of porridge—one too hot, one too cold and one just right. If it could just be that easy to find a good web designer. You need someone who understands [...]
I was talking to a friend of mine about a WordPress website someone did at a company she works with and the programmer did not do such a hot job. She said, “I thought WordPress was supposed [...]
In last week’s blog post, I talked about the learning curve designers go through when getting started. The model shows the various stages on your path starting at ground zero building up [...]
Do bad web designers know they are bad? That question posted on Quora recently caught my eye. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what it takes for people at various stages of [...]
Often when a designer is creating a website, sales page, brochure or other marketing collateral, they need to insert temporary content while waiting for the final text. This temporary replacment [...]
