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Help me: Advice for people starting on a website [aside]

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Tell me: What did you wish you had known when you first built a website? If you’ve never built a site, what are your biggest concerns and questions?

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on December 15, 2015Format AsideCategories Inspiration

Top 8 Reasons Why I Don’t Like “Top X Lists” [aside]

A short little rant for the day.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on December 3, 2013June 3, 2014Format AsideCategories Miscellany

Check Your Assumptions [aside]

Too often, I find that a client and I can have a 30 minutes conversation before realizing we’re not talking about the same thing. Other times, something “obvious” to one person is incomprehensible to the other. Why does this happen?

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on June 25, 2013June 24, 2013Format AsideCategories Collaboration

My Devolution as an Email Author [aside]

A thought on emails, “bad writing,” and expressive punctuation.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on April 23, 2013January 9, 2014Format AsideCategories Miscellany

Let Your Software Be Your Guide [aside]

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Software settings can only personalize so much. In the end, we must balance the need to find something that makes sense to us with learning how it’s intended to be used.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on April 16, 2013August 17, 2015Format AsideCategories Tools & Resources

Answering “Who Are You?” on Nonprofit Websites [aside]

A couple recent projects have highlighted the need to focus on impact and programming when explaining to website visitors what exactly you do. Here’s what I’m thinking.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on March 22, 2013Format AsideCategories Case Studies

Contextual Clues for Web Writing [aside]

Some basic thoughts about the importance of reading comments. The rationale for doing so comes straight out of your 7th grade reading class.

Author Mark Root-WileyPosted on February 19, 2013Format AsideCategories Miscellany

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