By now you’ve almost certainly heard about responsive design, but if you’re like many business owners, you may have dismissed it as yet another buzz word that you’ll look into when you have some spare time. Except you probably won’t find time for that until it’s too late because, as business owners, we’re always juggling […]
You just invested a sizable chunk of your hard-earned money for a brand new, mobile responsive site, built to draw in the traffic. Whew! Now you won’t have to worry about website maintenance for at least a few years, right? Wrong! A website is a lot like a car. If you don’t change your oil regularly, […]
I’m still a relatively young guy who grew up with computers around most of my life, so I sometimes take for granted the fact that technology is not second nature to some people. As a result, a lot of people view web designers like some kind of all-knowing oracle sitting in a mountain temple. I get […]
Spec work, also known as speculative work, is when a “client” asks designers to design their project with no payment—worse yet, no guarantee of payment, unless the “client” decides they like one enough to pay for it. This can come in many forms, but most commonly it comes disguised as a “design contest” where dozens, […]
If you’ve ever worked with a web designer, you probably have a pretty strong opinion about the experience. Maybe everything that could go wrong did. Perhaps they didn’t seem to pay attention to your brand and designed a website that wasn’t a fit for your audience. Maybe they made a bunch of mistakes that had to […]