Simplifying the Art of Project Management
Time goes by so quickly. And everything is happening all the time. So many of us are juggling several balls in the air at any one time. For those of us who have been around for a while, we know…
5 Ways to be a Better Online Sales Business
When it comes to sales and the skill of making a sale many business owners think it is simply a matter of hiring an excellent salesperson. Getting the right person for the job is always going to help a business….
Do you need a sitemap?
It doesn’t matter if you’re planning a new website or just redesigning your current one, it is super important that are aware of how the end product will look and feel for your end-user. You want your site to be…
Two things missing from your website!
Are these two things missing from your website? Terms of Use and a Privacy Statement! As the owner of a website, it is impossible for you to be able to control who has access to your site. Therefore it is…
Accelerated Mobile Pages – AMP
Are we ready to be fully AMP’d? Google has announced a new open source initiative called Accelerated Mobile Pages or AMP HTML. AMP’s aim is to dramatically improve the performance of the mobile web. Essentially, the goal is to improve the…
3 Things to Avoid for ‘Easy-to-Read’ Web Copy
Easy-to-read web copy is so important. I realised just how important it was a while back. Once in a while, I do a bit of rework on my websites. The goal is to enhance pages for our product offering and…
Thoughts on the new Microsoft Edge Browser
Update June 2020: This article is here for Archive purposes only. The Microsoft Edge browser is now using the Chrome Rendering Engine and is an amazing browser. It is very similar to Google Chrome without the privacy concerns. The NEW…
Educational Technology – Are our traditional educators ready?
With so much money coming in to educational tech I thought this was really interesting to see what market leaders are saying on Education Technology. The system of education is changing and it certainly needs to change. Education is actually…
Do You Have a Mobile Friendly Website?
If you haven’t heard about the Google Mobile Update – you may have been hiding under a rock. Recently they have emailed website owners and made plenty of noise about the changes to search. If you haven’t heard about this…
Don’t make a case for Open Source. Make a case for Closed.
I absolutely love this video especially the comments by Jonathan Nightingale (video no longer available). As software developers we should be never justifying the case for open source. Open is always better. Open source for every project makes more sense….