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Well, it’s not news anymore, but we re-launched Engadget (and all the sub-Engadgets) and packaged a few other of our sites into a juggernaut Tech-blog network. I am physically and emotionally exhausted from it all. I could write a book on the process, I may attempt snippets of it on this blog. Sorry I didn’t […]
ideasonideas: How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests. Great responses to horrible requests.
There is a lot written about the role of web designers but very little written about what part website owners play in the evolution of their sites.
Nick Gould writes an excellent article for Digital Web Magazine on Web Design Contracts: Digital Web Magazine – Web Design Contracts: Why Bother > Design work is often difficult to define in advance, and is inherently subjective. A contract helps to remove some of this ambiguity. For the reasons I’ll outline below, working without a […]
Old news, but for posterity’s sake: Getting Real, the book by 37signals. Took me about 1 hour to read.
Jason Fried of 37 Signals just posted an article on why YouTube was a good purchase for Google. > It’s not the technology, it’s the experience. It’s simple sharing. It’s easy embedding. It’s reliable viewing. It’s “when I share a YouTube video with someone I know they’re going to be able to see it no […]
“…a kind of field guide to developers: what they’re looking for, what they like and dislike in a workplace, and what it’s going to take to be a top choice for top developers.”
Josh Williams on Hiring Your First Employee. Saving this article for the future :)
Blue Flavored has written some nice articles on how to price a project and how to write a proposal. Thanks guys.
Design In-Flight with some more helpful advice on “How to be a successful freelancer (part two)“
Andy Budd had a pretty good article describing his ideal Web development team. I have decided (mostly for my benefit) to delineate my ideal team for a higher education environment. As I spelled these out, I realized that they fit very closely with Andy’s assessment of the situation. Department Manager: Hires and fires. Develops the […]
Sound advice So you want to be a consultant Or: Why work 8 hours a day for someone else, when you can work 16 hours a day for yourself?