“Engaging” “Interactive” Websites & The Pepsi Challenge

As a web designer, one of my jobs is to understand people’s design preferences before I put pencil to paper and mouse to screen. Looking at other websites as examples of design is important but provide misleading reactions when it comes to make decisions. Using Example Sites to Guide Design Projects Looking at examples of … Continue reading ““Engaging” “Interactive” Websites & The Pepsi Challenge”

Final Thoughts on Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Learning JavaScript” I’ve worked on the web for well over a decade, but times change. I have an extremely spotty knowledge of JavaScript, an increasingly used technology on the web. 2018 is the year I’m hoping to really learn JavaScript. As I learn, I want to … Continue reading “Final Thoughts on Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course”

Thoughts on Starting Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Learning JavaScript” I’ve worked on the web for well over a decade, but times change. I have an extremely spotty knowledge of JavaScript, an increasingly used technology on the web. 2018 is the year I’m hoping to really learn JavaScript. As I learn, I want to … Continue reading “Thoughts on Starting Codeacademy’s Learn JavaScript Course”

Conservative Design & Development in “The inaccessible web” [link]

Did you just come from the UserWay blog? Read this. I just discovered that the UserWay blog is linking to this post. This is unfortunate for a few reasons: Their post mis-attributes a quote to me, when instead it is clearly quoted from the article by Mischa Andrews. Reading the entire post makes this very … Continue reading “Conservative Design & Development in “The inaccessible web” [link]”

What Makes Websites Expensive?

Websites can be really expensive or really cheap. Do you know what the difference is? It can be hard when you don’t understand the technical requirements to build a feature. Here’s an attempt at summarizing some things to watch out for.