Pushing Through for Web Strategy

So there’s been (and still is) a lot of doom-and-gloom writing going on throughout all the main stream media, as well as the blogging world.  A lot of emotion is erupting from frustrated individuals, and the fear of “what will happen next?” is steering many decisions in this economic situation we are in.  This is […]

Understanding Web Standards for Business

Lately I’ve been noticing many designers and developers understand the necessity of creating Web sites according to standards, but that is not being communicated to whom it is most important – the client.  As people building Web sites we know that the standards set forth aid in creating sites that will be easier to access, […]

Prioritizing for Design, Development and Feature Creep

In a previous post I wrote about how I would be speaking at Refresh Seattle.  The talk went well, and there was great discussion afterward.  There were many questions about handling different challenges with clients before and during a project.  It gave me a lot to think about for the future, and how to help […]

Refresh Seattle

Recently I was asked to give a talk at the Refresh Seattle event coming up on June 18th. I’m going to be giving a presentation on how to help prioritize Web development projects. I see many clients who come to our company with all these grand ideas, but often too many ideas. The project quickly […]

Set Objectives, Remember Priorities

There’s a reason why any organization has a Web site developed, and for most there are several reasons.  They may need the site to sell a product or service, educate a customer, gain information from a large group of people, provide an online productivity tool, etc.  The list of what is done on the Web […]