A List Apart – The Survey, 2008

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide.

The second annual survey by A List Apart seeks information about the people behind [...]

White Hat SEO: giving the hard answer

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A Word About Our Clients
Everyone wants the easy way to get to the top of the search results list. Expecting good results and a strong return on investment are natural signs of a good business mind. How to turn a web site into an investment with a return is a little harder to grasp. If [...]

In Choosing a CMS

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Deciding among the myriad of options available is no easy task. The choices range from premium paid CMS packages to open source, from blog-flavored to roll-your-own. I looked at Content Management Systems recommended by developers, designers, do-it-yourself hobbyists, and non-profit professionals. What follows is a not entirely coherent record of my thoughts and the testing [...]

CMS is not a dirty word

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Content Management System. Actually, I suppose that’s a phrase. CMSes allow your users to log in and change their content as often as they wish. This powerful tool saves many businesses from employing lots of worker drones to update content via hand coding.
It also provides clients a level of freedom: to add, remove and change [...]

Welcome IDM majors!

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

It was a lot of fun to come see you. I can’t believe how quickly this major has exploded. My IDM Senior Seminar class had a whopping 20 students in it at the time. Imagine my surprise to find that same classroom packed full. How many are you? I stopped counting because it started to [...]