Blog Posts: Design / Development
Is “Good Enough” Really Good Enough?»
We live in an era of commodification of services. Many of the services that relied on people with specialized skills and expertise a decade ago can be accomplished by low-skilled…
Why Bad Websites Happen to Good Companies, Part 9: Having a Print Designer Design Your Website»
It’s amazing to me that this still happens with a fair degree of regularity. It would seem obvious that print and the web are two distinct mediums requiring different expertise.…
Why We Don’t Respond to RFPs: There’s a Better Way»
Recently I got into a discussion on LinkedIn about Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and what makes a “good” RFP for web design and development. My position, basically, is that there…
Yet Another Website Launch: Desert Sports, Terlingua, Texas»
Moving right along, we just launched Desert Sports’ website this weekend. They have been long-time clients, actually pre-dating Evo by about 3 years (maybe 4), and I believe this the…
We Do That: Working with Designers to Build Sites with WordPress»
Early this week we launched another website designed by Kilmer & Kilmer, brand builders. It’s a small site, just four pages, but what’s significant about it is that it’s built…
Why I’m announcing a site redesign, even though I think redesign announcements are lame.»
When I see announcements about website redesign, my reaction is either a yawn or, if I’m feeling more energetic, a quick mental note: “So what?” So it’s more than a…
Help from a LinkedIn Group: Ordering WordPress Custom Field Items»
In general, I’m not as thrilled with LinkedIn as I had hoped I’d be. Like a lot of social media platforms, it draws its share of spammers, shills, and snake-oil…
Throwing the Yellow Flag for Improper Use of Images in a Blog Post»
One of the best things you can do to set the tone of a blog post and encourage people to read beyond the heading is to include an image. Most…
If My Reader Could Contain Only 10 Feeds»
I have a lot of blogs and news sources in my reader. So many I can’t possibly read them all every day and stil get any work done. But there…
Five Fundamental Website Design Principles We Think About at Evo»
There are lots of approaches to website design. Other designers may legitimately find much to disagree with in this short list, or have items to add (please!). But these are…
