Google: Simplicty, Meet Power
Sunday, August 31st, 2008In the war between simplicity and power, there are those on each side that say you must sacrifice one to get the other. But as Google shows us, you can have both without sacrificing one for the other.
7:49 pm | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Usability, Web ArchitectureNote To Clients: Please Tell Me More Than “It’s broken!”
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Ever have that one client who says “it’s broken” and can’t give you any more information than that? I’ve been there.
4:29 pm | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Business Management, Contract WorkTaking Time
Sunday, August 24th, 2008I took the weekend off to head back to California and visit my mother for her birthday. It was a wonderful time, and it was a reminder of the need to take time off to rest and relax. Code written by people who are tired and worn out is never as good as code written [...]
10:37 pm | Comment (1) | Print | Categories: UncategorizedDesigning With The Next Developer In Mind
Thursday, August 21st, 2008A huge part of my role as a developer is to work with existing code that needs tweaks or changes to integrate new features. This is often not the fault of anyone but time; new features are required and old ideas are replaced. But often there’s a certain lack of forward thinking by the past [...]
10:53 am | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Web ArchitectureThe Need for Administrative Interface
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Quick – you have a tight budget and you need to save money. What do you cut? If you said the admin interface, you are like many clients I’ve had but strangely, you’d still be wrong.
8:25 pm | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Web Architecture, Web Design
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