Fake Follow: October 2013
It’s the end of another month, so it’s time for another installment of Fake Follow. It might be Halloween, but don’t expect any spooky tweets.
Blog
Five Attributes of a Good Label
If you’ve got a website, read through your menu and see if it passes this excellent five-point evaluation.
Tiny but Useful Web Utilities
Web utilities are single-use websites that do helpful little tasks. I use a whole bunch of them all the time. Here’s a list of my favorites.
MRWweb News, In Brief
Wrapping up the week by wrapping up the past few months.
Steve Krug on Home Pages and Stakeholders [quote]
A quote about home pages, stakeholders, and Bruce Willis (sort of). You probably know where this is going…
Hello, I’m an Infrapreneur [Too!]
I rarely introduce myself with a “Hi, my name’s Mark and I’m an infrapreneur,” but I think it in my head. Here’s what that means to me.
Fake Follow: September 2013
It’s been an exciting month, and I’ve been all a-twitter. If you don’t follow me there, this is your chance to catch my favorite tweets of the month.
Announcement & Discussion: WordPress Inline Access Concept
I’m going big and mocking up an entirely new idea for how a WordPress site could be edited. Too ambitious? Probably. But I’ve got to put my time where my mouth is.
There is No Web Page
Old technologies and desktop publish have led many people to think of editing a web page as if it were a single piece of information, stored in one location, and edited in one place. It’s not.
Translating Technical Language Between Stakeholders [link]
A great article about the four principles required for good communication on a project.
The Right And Wrong Way to Manage Volunteer Website Projects
Websites are expensive. Nonprofit budgets are tight. So why not get a volunteer to build your website? It’s not easy, and frequently, volunteer-built websites never see the light of day. Here are a few reasons why.
I’m a Web Conservative
There are few things in life about which I think of myself as conservative, but my web design style is one of them.
Fake Follow: Summer 2013
Unlike my blog, the tweets didn’t stop coming all summer. Time to get caught up!
On “5 Minute” Bug Fixes and Project Time Estimates [link]
Setting a timeline for a project or task is a constant part of the work I do. Unfortunately, it’s also a major headache and I have yet to master the art of consistent accurate time estimates. Read these fun stories to get an idea of the types of errors that can lead to seemingly never-ending projects.
Explaining Myself [status]
Vacation and work got in the way of a bloggy summer. That made me sad, but I can’t wait to get back into the swing of things!
Passionate Teaching [quote]
A short quote about passion and teaching.