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Let me throw you a hypothetical: Say you have free time between your last project and the next one that has yet to start. I know, I know—who has free time anymore? But perhaps there’s a slow period in your work, where you aren’t inundated with projects. What’s the most productive way to spend that…

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After hours upon hours of designing, coding, and communicating, the project is finally done. Whether the project’s a success or a failure, you can rest easy because it’s launched—complete—over. But before wandering to the next project, you should take a moment to reflect on what you just spent the last few weeks or months working…

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Time is one thing almost everyone wishes they could have more of. With more time, we could accomplish anything – finish those long-delayed projects, get more sleep, learn new skills, read Lord of the Rings backwards. But sadly, we only have a finite number of hours in a day, and that’s a fact of life…

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A couple of weeks I found a big problem in one of my client’s Wufoo forms. The submit button on a payment form had disappeared. Despite many vain attempts to fix the problem, I eventually resorted to contacting the Wufoo support team. After all, a missing submit button on a payment form is a pretty…

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A couple of years ago I was confronted with a website I had always wanted to re-develop. I knew the organization well – a local fitness center – and I was all too aware that their existing website was complete garbage. Nobody liked the current site. Not the staff, not people in the community, and…

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This is just a fun little post that I’ve wanted to write for some time. Jack Bauer is a man who knows no boundaries. He’ll do whatever it takes to achieve an objective, from disobeying the higher-ups to working past internal conflicts, and although he’s merely a fictional character, there are some lessons we can…

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We’re in an era of tool overload. Not only does there seem to be a tool to accomplish every imaginable task, but there are also tools to make these tools easier to use. Some of these tools are great – well-built and feature rich – while others just get in the way, and we as…

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Getting into the web design field is easy. It’s actually probably the easiest industry to throw yourself into. The barriers to entry are minimal at best, and the cost to bootstrap your own venture low. All you need is a domain, website, and business cards. Stamp a logo on those cards and it’s official. Ha!…

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There are some projects where it seems as if the client loathes every deliverable we put in front of them. What are some ways we can encourage the client to be more receptive to the project process? In this episode, that’s exactly what I delve into. Comments? Email me at podcast@theprojectweb.com. Project Web Podcast –…

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Have you ever felt like a third wheel on a project? I’m talking about those projects where a client brings in an outside vendor – typically a marketing company – to help with the process. It’s not common, but it does happen, and when it does, you have to be prepared handle a completely new…

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