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What’s involved in building a web site?
September 21st, 2011 at 1:54pm | 7 CommentsIn my previous article on the cost of building a web site, I mention that with a larger budget you can afford to hire a professional or a team of professionals to build your web site. But what do these people do? What are the steps involved to produce a web site? Here I describe ... read more »
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Lessons learned from the Jigoshop – WooCommerce fiasco
August 26th, 2011 at 2:09pm | 7 CommentsHere’s the story: Once upon a time, Mike Jolley and Jay Koster worked at Jigowatt and among other things were core developers on an open source e-commerce plugin for WordPress called Jigoshop. The plugin was well coded and was gaining momentum in the WordPress community. WooThemes was struggling to build their own e-commerce plugin, so ... read more »
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Stop complaining about $4 web hosting
August 2nd, 2011 at 1:05pm | 6 CommentsIf you’ve ever been shopping for web hosting, you’ve probably wondered, “How can they possibly be making money charging $4/month for all these services?” The answer is they can’t. And I don’t mean they’re not making money. To make a buck, web hosts rely on the fact that most of their customers won’t use all ... read more »
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Paying invoices in a postal strike: PayPal eCheck
June 4th, 2011 at 5:17pm | 1 CommentIf you are a consultant living in Canada, you have the privilege of banking in Canada which means you are most likely still receiving mailed cheques from the majority of your clients. That is until Monday when the Canada Post strike kicks in. How then will your clients pay their invoices? read more »
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Building a web site: Think content first
February 11th, 2011 at 9:42am | 4 CommentsWhen people start thinking about building a web site, they often get caught up in how it will look. The colours, the layout, photography, etc. That stuff can be sorted out later. To start, the most important thing to be thinking of is content. Do you need an FAQ? Will your staff be committing to ... read more »
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What does it cost to build a web site?
April 4th, 2010 at 11:08am | 13 CommentsI’m often asked by friends and family, “What does it cost to build a web site?” And although I’m sure none of them will read this, at least now I have something to point them to. Asking “What does it cost to build a web site?” is a lot like asking, “What does it cost to ... read more »
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Developing SharURL: Lessons learned developing a new startup
July 6th, 2009 at 1:15pm | 7 CommentsLast year around this time I decided to pursue an idea for a simple file sharing service without any real planning. Although it shouldn’t have taken more than a few months of part-time work, I just managed to launch SharURL today (you will need this invite code to signup: p9q1h). I made a lot of mistakes ... read more »
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Toxic Subcultures
June 25th, 2009 at 4:57pm | No CommentsThe latest article by Rands, “A Toxic Paradox“ struck a cord with me. It describes three basic types of personalities/relationships in the office: those that are natural, those that require work, and those that are toxic. When asked a simple question, a toxic person would burst out: THIS ISN’T A SMALL CHANGE. YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT THIS ... read more »
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Font linking, type foundries, and DRM
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:45pm | 5 CommentsChris Shiflett recently wrote a great article summing up the current state of font linking. Font linking is simply using the @font-face statement in CSS to link to a font file, which can then be used by the browser to render text. Though the specification has been in CSS2 for over a decade, font linking ... read more »
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iPhone hardware could be expensive for existing Rogers customers
July 9th, 2008 at 1:07pm | 3 CommentsIf you’re a current Rogers Wireless customer (as I am), you may have assumed that you will be able to get an iPhone for the advertised prices of $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB respectively by signing a 3-year contract. However, this is not necessarily the case. I called Rogers today and asked ... read more »
