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When People Steal Your Work
So I got an email today from an awesome reader of the blog. Just read… Hi guys, just thought I would let you know about this. I recently saw someone placing my own site design in their personal portfolio as something they made and in the comments section of my blog entry on the subject [...]
Design and Develop for Free?
We see this a lot as a design and Development firm. A client comes in and says, “I love what you did for Client A, and I want you to do the same for me!” The thing that they never seem to mention is how their budget is around $500 to $1000 dollars and the [...]
Thinking About A Site? Afraid To Start?
Many of us would love to build a precense on the Internet. But, so many of us have never written code, never drew graphics or understand what a “CMS” is all about. The biggest issue, can we keep up with it? Let’s say you want to get into blogging but you don’t want to pay [...]
The World Is Full of Spammers: Think Ahead
As a software developer I’m constantly challenged with avoiding annoying spammers. I easily spend 30% of my time working against people that serve no purpose but to bother me. The challenge isn’t simply blocking bots and spammers on development projects, it’s balancing the blockage with the loss of real users. A good test case, the [...]
Got A Project? Just Get It Done!
There are thousands of creative people in the world but it seems only a handful get their projects done. Many folks have come to me with the “I have an idea for a great website” or the “I have this great application that needs to be coded” comments but nothing ever arises from it. In [...]