What is the purpose of your site?

What is the purpose of your site?

I love the thrill of starting work on a new site with a new client. It is a little like the freshness of the new school year; full of potential and the unknown! Even though my initial discussions try to get to the purpose of the new site, I know from experience that...
Encore Careers

Encore Careers

With the recent recession and slow economic return, many of us are looking at working far beyond the usual retirement age of 65. For some this means staying in a job for a few more years, but for others an encore career can be the opportunity to start work on a...
Getting familiar with the jargon

Getting familiar with the jargon

 If you have never built a site before, or entered the world or web – or graphic – design, there are many words that are used, that may not make any sense. In this section the different categories of jargon are listed and then explained in standard...
Books are going digital

Books are going digital

I love to curl up with a good book and read, but like it or not, books are going digital, and are becoming increasingly popular in electronic forms, and the owners of e-readers are a growing, educated,and wealthy demographic. If you have any thoughts of publishing a...
Animation

Animation

Sometimes you need animation – movement – on a website, but in the past animators have mainly used Adobe Flash. On Apple devices Flash animations simply appear as an empty black box, which isn’t particularly inviting. Given how many iPhone and iPads...