“Web Sites That Work!”
An article in today’s Online Media daily says that by 2013 there will be more mobile Web users than desktop users:
Mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access devices worldwide by 2013, according to a new forecast by research firm Gartner.
That’s an even more aggressive outlook than Morgan Stanley’s projection that [...]
For a while, I’ve been thinking that I should start learning how to program mobile devices. Mostly, it’s been just a gut feeling. Now, however, there are some numbers—and they’re quite dramatic.
At the Web 2.0 Summit, Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker did a presentation of the economic and technology trends she’s been following. Her presentation this [...]
IE6 is really the bane of any Web developer’s life. Unfortunately, while many personal computer owners have upgraded, many businesses refuse to support anything newer than IE6. That means that guys like me have to support it, even though it means extra work and creating websites that are less that optimal.
There are moves, however to [...]
From the PHP Classes blog:
The number of Indian PHP developers has been growing at a large pace in the last few years, when compared to other countries. A few years ago, India was just one of the top ten countries with more PHP developers. Now India is number 2 and is almost surpassing United States, [...]
Seth Godin has an interesting take on how to deal with freelancers. He says that you should either give them “a clean sheet of paper” and let them go to work with very little supervision, or to define their project as completely as possible.
Using the first approach, you could get something wildly creative, but [...]
I just posted this article to Biznik…..Dan
Just as you wouldn’t move your business into a “bricks and mortar” building without budgeting for building maintenance, you shouldn’t start your business website without a budget for maintenance. An improperly maintained website can be just as much of a millstone around your business’s neck as a poorly [...]
Currently, on the Southeastern Michigan PHP User Group mailing list, there is a discussion of PHP frameworks. I’ve always known that I should be using them, but while they do offer a number of benefits, they can have a steep learning curve. I kept putting it off, saying, “I’ll use on on the next [...]
I mostly deal with small companies or companies that don’t want to spend a lot of money on a website. That’s why I was excited to read about the 5-Second Test and the fivesecondtest.com website that will let you run these tests for free.
From fivesecondtest.com:
“Conducting a five second test allows you to find out which [...]
Startup Nation recently ran an article on marketing your website. The five steps include:
focus on content and code,
participate and network,
build your word of mouth and viral marketing,
create press and write articles, and
sync up with search engines and online tools.
In my humble opinion, marketing your website is probably even more important than a site’s design or [...]
On Work.Com, Richard Burckhardt writes about how to optimize images to maximize search engine placement. The article, Guide to SEO 101 – Image Optimization notes:
Google’s implementation of Universal Search has changed the whole search landscape and settled the often debated SEO issue of whether the use of ALT text and keywords in image file names [...]
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