TJ Kelly, web designer & developer

Build a Custom Twitter Archive with WordPress

Published in Social Media on April 1, 2010.

How to build a custom archive of your Twitter tweets using WordPress & TweetBackup. 3 steps to back up old tweets. 2 steps to archive future ones.

A WordPress Theme from Scratch

Published in My Work on March 20, 2010.

Introducing Scratch, a blank-slate WordPress theme for web developers. The theme has no CSS. It’s a foundation, intended to be expanded & built upon.

Bad Road Sign Usability

Published in Usability on March 16, 2010.

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 in Design on March 7, 2010.

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 in Marketing on March 6, 2010.

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.

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