The Catch-22 of Relevance
In the world of Search Engine Optimization, only one thing really matters: relevance. It sounds simple, but there’s a catch: a website is always relevant. It’s just a matter of finding out to whom and how many.
TJ Kelly, web designer & developer
On WordPress as a CMS
Well, I finally made the jump. This site is now running completely off of WordPress. It’s hard for me to relinquish control of my HTML/CSS to any platform. I’ve always been a fan of hard-coding everything but my content. And, as I’ve written about in the past, I take great pride in clean source code. [...]
Facebook doesn't own my digital lifestream.
Facebook doesn’t own my digital lifestream. But, according to some recent changes to their Terms of Service, they claim that they do. Mashable writes "The Consumerist has noticed a seemingly slight but very important (and disturbing) change in Facebook’s terms of service, regarding user-generated content…in short, all of the content you’ve ever uploaded on Facebook [...]
On "Harsh Truths" and Excellent Advice
Sometimes other people can put your thoughts into words better than you can. Jeffrey Zeldman and Smashing Magazine have absolutely nailed this one. Smashing’s latest article, 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites is spot-on and near-flawless. Read it. Learn from it. Heed its advice. Now if we could just get the corporate world to listen [...]
On Designing with a Purpose
All websites have a purpose, even it’s just to appease the ego of the author. Most websites’ purpose is either to sell something, or to provide some relevant information. In both cases, authors and designers need to take a practical approach to their creations, ensuring that their work assists the website accomplish its task and [...]