TJ Kelly — Web Design/Development Articles & Entries

Bad Road Sign Usability

Published on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 12:22pm under Usability.

Roads & highways are a great example of where usability really matters. The success of the highway system lies in its consistency. In all 50 states, highway signs are identical. Drivers don’t guess or interpret. They just use.

Web Design “Strategy”

Published on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 10:13pm under Design.

Design by itself is meaningless. It’s content that matters. People don’t visit your website because it looks nice. They visit because you have something they want. Your job is to give it to them. Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.

HTML Email Sucks

Published on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 11:36pm under Marketing.

HTML email sucks for 2 reasons: lack of support & it’s unnecessary. But hardly anyone knows that it sucks. Sales people think HTML email is great. It’s not. It’s the opposite of great. It’s horrible.

New Website: Spartans Drum Corps

Published on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 3:56pm under My Work.

Yesterday I added another website to my portfolio, The Spartans Drum & Bugle Corps. The Wordpress site uses a few plugins like Events Manager, SEO Ultimate, etc. The custom theme was designed just for The Spartans.

Timestamp in Google Results

Published on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 5:14pm under Search Engine Optimization.

Update: Apparently I’m late to the game here. I’ve never noticed a timestamp before, but they tell me that it indicates the time of your last visit. Does it sometimes also show date? When did Google add a timestamp into their results?

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