I flick through books in book shops, or I read the back cover. This book was a flicking book becasue the pages were often broken up with bite size nuggets of content. Much like a great website! One nugget of content was this idea of what your...
I haven't blogged for a long time. Working with clients as they decide what functionality they need for their site, I often recommend blogging. I always point out that a blog is a great way to ensure frequently changing content to your site,...
I have been putting off my return visit to Mail Chimp. Partly because I have no clue how I am going to change the setting that has led the Chimp (whose name I am deciding upon) to think I am Andy. And also because I am scared that I am going to...
Sometime in 2010, we made the decision to move away from fixed price projects to billing based on actual time spent. This came primarily after talking to various webdesigners about how they handle this topic.
For a long time people have been saying, "You really need to be on LinkedIn" and I initially replied, "I've tried it before and found it really unhelpful, in fact I would say a time-waster". Until I gave in and re-joined LinkedIn. But once again...
The title of this post was written on a sign in the window of a New York tattoo parlour. It jumped out at me because there is so much truth in it. Not just about tattoos but about many things that we pay for. We ate burgers at The Corner Bistro in...
There’s a reason we do flexibly priced estimates and invoicing. We’d rather you paid for what you get and nothing more. We’d rather you had the website you need and your customers want, not the website you think you need, and your web designer...
Around May 2011, EU legislation required all websites of business’ based in European countries to gain permission from the user before dropping cookies on their computer / device.
In May 2011, EU legislation changed its requirements about the use of cookies* by business websites. All business websites based in European countries must now gain explicit permission from the user before dropping non-essential cookies on their...
The main reason to go for a fixed price project is that the client knows how much the project will cost. We understand that. We’d also argue that this is the only reason to go for a fixed price project.
Our new site went live and we love it despite its niggles. We needed to get some comprehensive and diverse User Experience (UX) Testing going and wondered how twitter might fare for such a job. There are fears with this but how wonderful to have...