I’m at WordCamp San Diego 2013 this weekend. There are some incredible speakers here and it’s great to see some old friends. This year WordCamp San Diego is doing something different. For the first time at WordCamp’s they have created a Business Track. This is exciting. When you build websites for a living, you need [...]
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Responsive Web Design Video: Rolling Up Our Responsive Sleeves
This was actually the first time I had heard Ethan Marcotte speak in this very detailed Responsive Web Design video. He frames the topic of Responsive Web Design so eloquently and firmly makes the case for why we should be building websites this way. My favorite quote is in regards to frequent discussions his team [...]
Building Businesses Not Websites
When I first started building websites in the 90′s, we didn’t have much to go on. All of the graphic, coding and business resources we had access to were cobbled together from the software and print industries. The idea of building businesses not websites, wasn’t invented yet. Early websites read like Corporate Annual Reports, event [...]
Responsive Widget Design With WordPress
At WordCamp LA today I spoke about Responsive Widget Design With WordPress. You can now download the slides here, Responsive Web Design With WordPress Slides It was a great WordCamp and some incredible speakers. I really enjoyed being there!
I’m speaking at WordCamp LA 2012!
I’m really looking forward to speaking at WordCamp LA next month! It’s one of my favorite WordCamps and always a really good time. Frosty always knows how to put on a great event. I’m particularly excited about my topic, Responsive Widget Design. Last year I spoke about Responsive Web Design With WordPress at WordCamp San [...]
Figuring out who you are
Twenty years ago I went on a trip of a lifetime. Little did I know that in six short months I’d gain a lifelong friend, see the country and learn a lesson that would serve me for the rest of my life, figuring out who you are. My friend and I were both working at [...]
Create web widgets with responsive web design
A tutorial on a new way to build web widgets. I just completed a project where I had to create a web widget for CrossFit Kids. The task was straight forward, create a web widget in an iframe that could be easily adjusted to fill the space it was inserted into, while also having a [...]
Check Out The Slow Web
I love this. Thank you Matt Mullenweg for posting a link to this article on Jack Cheng’s blog called, “The Slow Web.” This is another way to articulate the simplifying of the web. The Slow Web creates a framework from which we can start. A point of referrence. To put it in perspective Cheng compares [...]
5 Steps to get web work
If you have a client service type of business, one of your biggest challenges is finding work. After a while most work may come in through referral, but you still have to get out there and find it. Not all work that will come your way will be the right type of work. If you [...]
Just reached 10,000 views on Slideshare!
Looks like the topics we are posting on Slideshare is interesting to other people too! So about a couple of years ago I decided to start speaking about the web. After 16 years in this business, you learn a few things along the way. My only goal was to share what I had learned and [...]