Following Best Practices Doesn’t Have to Be Ugly
Many websites and interfaces will have you failing this short pop quiz. That’s their fault and not yours.
Labeling
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.
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.
Rethinking the WordPress Admin Menu
I use WordPress a lot, and so I have strong opinions about it. I’ve watched people do amazing things with it and watched people struggle to add a single menu item to their site. So here’s me putting out an idea of how to improve a part of WordPress. What do you think?
Priority: An Allegory
A first for this blog. A fictional tale of a wayward museum commissioner who has lots to tell us about being selective and the importance of a well-organized website…err…museum.
Think Before You Link
I don’t know that I’ll ever perfect the art of writing link text, but there are some basic patterns and word choices to avoid. This article covers how to write good link text that increases readabiliy, accesibility, and search engine rankings.
Labels Matter: “Blog” vs. “News”
Labels make a difference. If you say to someone “Here, have this delicious apple,” and then hand them a watermelon, confusion ensues. Obviously, the name of the frequently-updated section of a website is a little more ambiguous. It’s also more important.