Growing up, the rule was, “Leave a room nicer than it was when you found it”. I like applying that principle to my projects because it gets results. It’s gratifying to make improvements that do what’s intended and empowers a client’s goals. In that spirit, I want ...
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The Power of No: Setting Personal and Work Boundaries for Greater Productivity and Integrity
Why can’t people get work done at work? It was the premise of a very good talk by Inc. columnist and 37signals co-founder Jason Fried at TEDxMidwest. He articulated the need of “creatives” – designers, programmers, writers, engineers, etc- to have long periods of uninterrupted time to get ...
Build Your Bridges: How to Improve Site Performance
“No man is an island” according to John Donne. Turns out, neither is no well-performing website. Still, plenty of businesses build a website all about,and only about, them. It’s got their “about”, their FAQ’s, the contact pages, the list of services. Then, ...
Does Cost Predict Performance?
It’s a scary question. No one wants to invest in something that won’t get the job done. But there’s an even scarier question worth asking: Does the performance reflect the cost? There are so many examples out there of expensive things that don’t live up to their ...