What Is Your CMS Actually Costing You?
Content management systems solved a real problem in 2005. Most of those constraints are gone, but we kept the database, the plugins, and the maintenance bill.
• 9 min read •
wordpressstatic sites
Website Strategy
Website Strategy
Modern web development, Astro, and static site architecture
Want To vs Have To
Some products feel magical and others feel like a chore. The difference usually comes down to whether using it is something you want or have to do.
• 5 min read •
web design
Responsive Web Design - Rebuilding the Web
Responsive design felt like a media format change, the way CDs replaced eight-tracks. A 2012 look at rebuilding the web for unpredictable screens.
• 5 min read •
responsive web designweb design
No One Wants to Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves put a butler between you and your answer. A short piece on interface metaphors that add friction while pretending to remove it.
• 4 min read
Just Build the Thing
Web projects burn enormous time in discussion before anything exists. Why building a rough version early beats another round of meetings about it.
• 4 min read •
ux designweb design
"Why are We Building this Thing?"
The single question that drives UX work more than any other. Asking why you are building something prevents most of the expensive mistakes later.
• 4 min read
What Makes a Landing Page Work
What actually makes a landing page convert, based on designing a lot of them. The elements that matter and the ones that just make it look finished.
• 3 min read •
landing page designweb design
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