by Heath | Featured, Project Management, Web Design
I was very surprised by the last article I posted about how charging by the hour sucks. It received some heated comments on Reddit.com and some disagreement in the article comments. I feel it is important to clear up some of the misunderstanding and clarify some of...
by Heath | Customer Relations, Featured, Project Management, Time Management, Tips, Web Design
Billing your web design projects by the hour sucks! You know what I mean. “How many hours do I have left on my website project? Can you itemize that? What? Why did it take you so long to do this? My friend who made a website once says it should have only taken about...
by Heath | Featured, Tips, Web Design
In my last post I explained intrinsic motivation and how important it is to creativity as discussed in Daniel H. Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Intrinsic motivation is based on the idea that the challenge in itself is the best form...
by Heath | Customer Relations, Project Management, Tips, Web Design
It can be a catch-22 to work with uncreative customers. They are the clients who need our help the most, yet they are often the hardest clients for us to help. If you find the one in 20 clients who really is ready and willing to trust your recommendations and not...
by Heath | Featured, Project Management, Time Management, Tips, Web Design
Ultimately your success as a web developer or designer will depend on this one thing: Your ability to make sufficient returns on your investments. In other words, whether or not you are able to make enough money to support yourself, pay your bills, feed your family,...