Web Design Projects Gone Wild: The Importance of Project Definition

Yesterday I had lunch with one of my best friends and all around stand-up guy, who also happens to be a web designer.  Like the complete geeks that we are, we spent the entire lunch discussing web design, a possible JV project, common pain points etc., but most of the...

5 Web Development Traps to Avoid

There are two ways to learn any skill. One is by experience and the other is by being taught from someone who already has that experience. As with any skill, there are common web design mistakes that nearly everyone makes early on. Here, I want to guide you through...

Epic Post on How To Conquer Coding Frustration

Learning to code can be maddening.  A simple typo can first have you pulling out your hair, then questioning your career choices and eventually it might leave you questioning your own sanity. Learning to conquer this frustration and persist through troublesome errors...
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Six Steps To Website Troubleshooting Bliss

Six Steps To Website Troubleshooting Bliss

The life of any web designer or developer is a life of troubleshooting.  It is a daily struggle to wrestle CSS, Javascript, PHP or Ruby into submission.  Sharpening your troubleshooting skills is a sure way to reduce your frustration, increase the quality of your...

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3 Ways to Give Yourself a Raise

3 Ways to Give Yourself a Raise

Ultimately your success as a web developer or designer will depend on this one thing:  Your ability to make sufficient returns on your investments.  In other words, whether or not you are able to make enough money to support yourself, pay your bills, feed your family,...

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Social Network Marketing for Web Designers & Developers

Social Network Marketing for Web Designers & Developers

In the last five years marketing has become amazingly small.  I don’t mean unimportant.  I mean that in the past, the big contenders with seven-figure advertising budgets would buy advertising time on TV, radio, and print newspapers or magazines.  Marketing was big...

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The Worst Marketing Mistake Web Designers Make

The Worst Marketing Mistake Web Designers Make

We all have an amazing opportunity to grow our businesses through marketing, and it is vital that we don’t squander our efforts on the wrong things.  Too many people get marketing wrong because they don’t focus.  The worst marketing mistake that web designers and...

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