Prepping For Your Web Design

If you want a great web design experience, some of the responsibility lies in your hands as the client. One of the best things you can do to help your project go smoothly is… be prepared! (more…)

Learning to Freelance Web Design

I’m writing this post because I just finished watching MythBuster Adam Savage give a talk about some of his “Colossal Failures.” He paints a very relate-able portrait of what it’s like to be a freelancer — especially one just starting out — and his trials and tribulations translate almost seamlessly to freelance web design. (more…)

Stay Away From Flash

I often get clients who are stoked about the idea of building a site in Flash so that they can… well… look flashy. If you’re in that boat, let me give you just one piece of advice: Don’t!

Yes, technically speaking, you can do some pretty neat stuff with Flash, but there are three major drawbacks: they’re difficult to manage, they can potentially destroy your search engine optimization, and they can be incompatible on some mobile devices. (more…)