by Heath | Customer Relations, Featured, Project Management, Time Management, Tips, Web Design
Yesterday I had lunch with one of my best friends and all around stand-up guy, who also happens to be a web designer. Like the complete geeks that we are, we spent the entire lunch discussing web design, a possible JV project, common pain points etc., but most of the...
by Heath | Basics, Featured, Project Management, Tips, Web Design
There are two ways to learn any skill. One is by experience and the other is by being taught from someone who already has that experience. As with any skill, there are common web design mistakes that nearly everyone makes early on. Here, I want to guide you through...
by Heath | Featured, MIndSet, Tips, Web Design
Learning to code can be maddening. A simple typo can first have you pulling out your hair, then questioning your career choices and eventually it might leave you questioning your own sanity. Learning to conquer this frustration and persist through troublesome errors...
by Heath | Basics, Featured, Web Design
First of all my motto is always “learn by doing.” Now let’s get straight to the point. Here are five basic steps to becoming a web designer or developer. 1. Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. EVERYTHING on the Internet is made from these three things...
by Heath | Featured, Security, Web Design
As WordPress becomes the Internets preferred Content Management System more and more, the security threats will proliferate more and more! WordPress by itself is already a pretty secure piece of software, but the more you customize it the more vulnerable it is likely...
by Heath | Marketing, Web Design
Re-branding is a serious and risky proposition with the sober possibility of killing your brand overall or reaping a big pay off. In this article I will discuss why and how I went about re-branding. For the past year or so I have wanted to re-brand and re-design this...
by Heath | Featured, MIndSet, Tips, Web Design
What habits should a web designer have? In my last two posts, I talked first about meta-habits, or how to create habits, and then about what bad habits to avoid, but I have yet to talk about what good habits web designers should have. In my post about meta-habits, the...
by Heath | Featured, MIndSet, Web Design
Imagine: How would you feel if you discovered that someone was purposefully sabotaging your business? What if someone was causing you to work slower and secretly slipping time-wasting tasks into your workday? What would you do if this same person started telling...
by Heath | Basics, Featured, Tips, Web Design
Habits are much more than chewing your fingernails or popping your knuckles without thinking about it. We are creatures of habit, and our daily lives are filled with habits that we don’t even realize we have, some bad but many which are not only good but...