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Noah Stokes rants about the lack of professionalism in the web design industry. There are several reasons listed, ones involving IE6, Smashing Magazine posts, mentoring, and passion. But this first point got me thinking: First, stop thinking your client is stupid. Your client is not stupid. I don’t care if they want an all Flash [...]
Whether you are starting a project or a company do you really want it to grow fast? Do you want to try and control a beast running wild? Far too many of us envision a quick start and a happy finish, but rarely do you see that today. Once that momentum builds up, keeping it [...]
As much as I wish we’d move on and get Apple off our radar, its decisions have a rippling effect in the industry and the future of various technologies. The next issue on the list? The Web versus App debate. This can be framed more specifically as a Mobile Web vs. Objective-C Web debate in [...]
Here’s a great deal you don’t see everyday: SitePoint is letting you purchase 5 e-books for the price of 1 (that’s $29.95) and one hundred percent of the proceeds will be donated to the victims of the bushfires in Australia. So we’re taking one day, working around the clock to plan, package, and execute our [...]
Tom Martin from Advertising Age has an excellent piece of advice for all the professionals out there: Stop being hired by clients and start hiring them. Stop waiting to receive an RFP or mailing hundreds of clients four to six times a year to stay “top of mind.” Instead, pick the folks you really want [...]
A “website designed by…” link is like a Louis Vuitton monogram. It’s your brand. Let your clients wear it on their websites as proudly they would with a designer handbag. Is this always true? What makes this practice highly recommended or downright tacky? It depends. It always does. Your brand should never hurt your creations, [...]
I take it you haven’t missed the fact that Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WordPress.com, secured a whopping $29.5m in funding. That is probably good news, right? I think so, since the founders will stay onboard and have great plans, at least according to Matt Mullenweg’s post. Now here’s what I want, as a [...]
IZEA, the folks behind everyone’s favorite blog corruptor, PayPerPost, have launched IZEARanks, their PageRank alternative. Basically, it’s a service that lets you rank your blog and have it displayed to the public, giving you credit and authority where it is due. You install IZEA Toolkit, claim your blog, and you’re on your way. It all [...]
Tony Hung over at The Blog Herald gave quite a few bloggers a real scare yesterday. It did indeed appear that Google had dropped everyone’s PageRank to zero, which would have been interested to say the least. I believe the blogosphere is too focused on PageRank, and it’s advertising services such as Text Link Ads [...]
According to TechCrunch, there’s rumors that the Automattic founders will make a bunch of money from the investors in the company, in response to the turned down $200m buyout offer. Good for Matt & Co. of course, I won’t begrudge anyone making money out of good products such as WordPress.com and Akismet. However, Automattic also [...]
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