November 2011
1 post
My SEO Secret Sauce
I was emailed recently by someone asking how my site does so well in Google. They probably noticed that I don’t use meta-tags, I sometimes forget to put alt text on images and I’m not jamming every page with keywords. If you study up on SEO tactics you’ll see that I ignore most of them. Here is what They wrote:
Okay, so you seem to be an SEO mastermind. I see you have the first...
October 2011
2 posts
Some Cool Swag
Got some cool swag from Dave Mott including hand drawn bear sketch. He recently went out on his own, better book him for some illustration and design work before his plate fills up: davemottcreative.com/
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My Site Redesigned
In July after leaving my full time job at Sideways I decided that I was going to redesign my portfolio site. I gave myself one week. I would start at 8am on Monday morning and launch whatever I had done by 5pm on Friday of that week. Three months later the site is live.
Within the first day I had a hunch that it was going to take more than a week. As I started to sketch out some ideas the one...
September 2011
2 posts
Indistinguishable From Magic: 5 Essential... →
dresdencodak:
Seeing as how I’ve done both the top ten for best and worst superhero costume redesigns, I feel obligated to put my money where my artistic mouth is and take a stab at fixing or updating some of these costumes. I’ve picked five here based on:
It’s a particularly awful outfit that doesn’t fit…
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February 2011
1 post
Josh Walsh: Beards for Ben →
joshwalsh:
This morning I was asked if I had stopped shaving to raise money for cancer. Embarrassingly, I had not. I look terrible with facial hair, always have, but that didn’t seem to be enough reason to dig my razor out of the suitcase.
Then it hit me. Sometimes we have to do things we aren’t comfortable…
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
When @happycog asked designers:
workersoftheweb:
“What are the adjectives designers should *stop* using when describing a web design?” [link]
You said:
web 2.0
cutting-edge
user-friendly
usable
wow factor
it pops
modern
slick
37signals-ish
clean
html5 design
fresh
clean
professional
minimalist
sublime
awesome
gorgeous
delicious
edgy
simple
contemporary
innovative
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
6 posts
July 2010
4 posts
June 2010
5 posts
May 2010
6 posts
April 2010
15 posts
March 2010
2 posts
