Setting Up Clients for Success with Craft CMS
Putting careful thought into what we hand over to clients makes a world of difference. Here's how to do that with Craft CMS.
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Insights on web design, development, and running a small studio.
Work-Life Harmony, Not Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance isn’t about separating work and non-work areas of your life. It’s not about having equal, counteracting parts (i.e. work and non-work). And it’s certainly not about pitting the two…
Read MoreGiving Good Feedback During Your Website Project
When a designer or developer asks you, the client, for "feedback", what kind of feedback are we talking about? Here I go over some tips on giving good, useful feedback.
Read MoreThe Seventh Week Sabbatical – Part 3
The final post in a 3-part series on The Seventh Week Sabbatical.
Read MoreCalling 2022 done
My brief recap of 2022 and what I hope 2023 brings.
Read MoreA Year on Fastmail
A recap of a full year on Fastmail.
Read MoreSome Thoughts on ExpressionEngine 7
ExpressionEngine 7 has been released. In this article, we highlight some of the points discussed in the launch event and give some thoughts on EE as a whole.
Read MoreHow to Move from Bitbucket to Github
Read MoreThe Seventh Week Sabbatical – Part 2
Part 2 in my series on the Seventh Week Sabbatical.
Read MoreThe Seventh Week Sabbatical – Part 1
The first post on a series on the Seventh Week Sabbatical—what it is and why I've leaned into it.
Read MoreThe Iron Triangle (of Web Design Project Expectations)
The Triangle of Expectations (i.e. “good, fast, cheap") doesn't really work—the Iron Triangle does.
Read MoreWhy I Ditched Basecamp
Basecamp made a huge mistake and lost Block 81 as a customer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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