I love a photoblog in the morning…
I just love the look of a photoblog. So clean, so fresh, so c-s-s good. So, since I purchased a new camera – the reason for too many minutes spent away from my real “work” – I decided I wanted to code a photoblog theme. Now, when you might spend time painting, writing in your [...]
6 Web Design Principles to Get Visitors to Stay Longer
The design of your website goes a long way to getting your readers to stick around longer, browse more pages, and return more often. Readability and accessibility can be key in converting readers to customers. So why do so many sites defy simple principles of solid web design? They don’t know any better. It’s easy [...]
redefining nonessential
My product is “nonessential.” People don’t really need it and it doesn’t solve anybody’s problems. Everything is nonessential. And yet, everything is essential. We walk out of big box stores everyday with things we don’t really need. Something is causing us to pull the trigger, hand over the cash. “Need” is in the eye of [...]
how to play with your website :: FTP demystified
After a short search, I am flabbergasted to find not a single easy-to-understand explanation of FTP – file transfer protocol. Now you might say, “Maybe that’s cause it’s not easy.” But I beg to differ. Understanding and using FTP for basic tasks when maintaining and organizing your website is essential. And it’s pretty darn simple. [...]
time to forget about “real life”
Part of the Secrets to Succeeding with Social Media series by Blacksburg Belle The phrase “in real life” (IRL) drives me a bit batty. It’s the phrase that social media addicts, bloggers, and otherwise connected folks use to describe the interactions they have outside the internet space. “In real life” suggest that online life is [...]
