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I don’t like to get political online; it’s not really something that I’m comfortable with. But I saw what happened on the FCC website today, and I had to say something. After a comment period that had to be extended because of the sheer volume of public outcry against the proposed plan, the FCC enacted [...]
So we all know the history of the past few years here in Detroit. Spirits seem to be at an all time high though, with new growth just around the corner. Of course, there are still plenty of problems, but that doesn’t mean that the future isn’t bright. Plenty of companies have sprung up in [...]
Detroit is a city that has just recently reached a stage that I aim for as a web designer. I call it the stage of ‘having potential’. Here’s what I mean: when you’re designing for a client, there tends to be a lot of rapid back and forth in the earliest part of a project. [...]
There’s a lot of debate lately about what Google is ‘thinking’ and what Google ‘likes’. There’s nothing wrong with that (other than the possible dangers of anthropomorphizing something that is, at heart, a mindless, emotionless algorithm.) But the discussion has kind of, in my mind, gotten sidetracked. Let me explain. The Danger of Experts The [...]
So we all know the history of the past few years here in Detroit. Spirits seem to be at an all time high though, with new growth just around the corner. Of course, there are still plenty of problems, but that doesn’t mean that the future isn’t bright. Plenty of companies have sprung up in [...]
2012 has been a good year in Detroit. It’s a great place to be right now, and with the growth in tourism continuing, it’s a great time to back your business and take that next step. Of course, for many, that next step is likely to be an improvement in what you’re doing with the [...]
When you’re starting from nearly nothing — whether that means you’re a web designer just starting a fresh project or you’re a major city rebuilding after a major disaster — you have a few options as to how to proceed. Most people (and corporations and city governments) follow a fairly traditional logic: ready, aim, fire. [...]
All over Detroit right now, I’m seeing an interesting phenomenon. It’s probably been going on since the dawn of time, but I’m just noticing it for the first time myself. People have often talked about being “too close to a problem” to be able to solve it — but what I’m seeing is people being [...]
Hopefully, you’ve read Part I of this two-parter so you know where we’re at. Let’s just jump right in then. Your Website Can’t Make Everyone Happy Businesses have this strange sense that they can’t focus on a target audience without making some other important demographic feel “left out”. They ask their web guy to design [...]
Every business makes mistakes with its website(s). Most of them are minor, or only even noticeable far after the fact. But some of them are obvious enough to those of us with experience doing business websites that we just shake our heads and sigh. Here’s the 10 worst: Stop Trying to Do It Yourself Unless [...]