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Here are some lessons on running a web development agency that we’ve learned along the way.
Emogrifier automagically transmogrifies your HTML by parsing your CSS and inserting your CSS definitions into tags within your HTML based on your CSS selectors.
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Here are five reasons why using negative space will make your message more successful when designing for the web.
Here are a few examples of when the MVC framework may have to be compromised for performance.
Life and work will throw more at you than is humanly possible to accomplish in the 24 hours we are given each day. You will have to prioritize, delegate, and cross train to deliver web sites efficiently
Web metrics enable us to analyze the online conversation and optimize the interaction. Otherwise, the site falls victim to our ever decreasing attention spans.
Being a small group of creatives tackling the day-to-day demands of running a web design agency requires a versatile and agile approach to project management.
In my experience as a web developer I have worked with three different methods for tracking my time. Each method marked an evolutionary step in my time tracking skills.
Conventional project management disciplines just can’t keep up with the fast-paced environment of an agile small business.
Web developers can be a difficult lot.
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The biggest problem I’ve seen isn’t lack of talent, enthusiasm or even funding. It lies in skipping a critical early stage of development I call the “alpha-alpha” stage, or “alphalpha” for short.
As a company who has waded their way through most of the difficult issues faced by a small business in the creative industry, we have a few tips on the process of simplification.
We found that the success of our business depended on accurately tracking our time, specifically against tasks and projects.
In this era of the lightweight framework, fresh-launched hosted services are popping up every other day.
There are several good options in this space, all of them different. These services are not direct competitors to Intervals, they are alternatives, each representing one company’s solution to the project management needs required by small businesses
80% of your negative experiences will be caused by 20% of your clients.
Please meet Bozo, our new VP of Client Relations.
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The reality is that many small businesses have complicated and diverse needs outside the abilities of Basecamp.
How does a web development shop test its work on a limited budget?
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From the easygoing and easy-to-please patron, to the difficult and demanding dictator, all clients require similar care and feeding to keep the relationship working.
How do we know when to say "no" or "yes" to a customer.
3 tips on managing the creative process for creative designers, writers, and developers.
The goal for successfully managing a creative development team isn’t to eliminate meetings, it’s to redefine them in a way that works for both the development team and the project managers.
The benefit to being so heavily armed with big business project management know-how is that we are at a distinct advantage for translating traditional principals and ideals into something useful on a smaller scale.
An article about how most of the "minimal" designs on the net are labeled minimal as an excuse for poor execution. 5 good examples of minimal design are given.
