Reasons every blogger should participate in forums

As I look back over the last year and the growth of my design business and this site, I can point to one thing that   Read More »

Building trust with clients – being honest about mistakes

I spent a long time in a fairly high-pressure corporate environment, dealing with some high-profile clients doing database, analysis and production work that was complex   Read More »

Performancing Services Launches

Performancing has recently launched Performancing Services, offering three unique services designed to maximize the reach and impact of your online presence. I am pleased to   Read More »

The Best Contact Form Plugin for WordPress

Recently while working on a client site, I needed a contact form plugin that went beyond the very good, commonly used Secure and Accessible PHP   Read More »

Free Daily Stock Image

I’ve just discovered a new source for free stock photography and vector images. I’ve been a regular visitor to iStockPhoto for their weekly free image   Read More »

Are you right brained or left brained?

I have always thought I was a straight down the middle kind of person – I can be extremely logical, literal and analytical, but creative   Read More »

Sketchcast: The Basics of CSS

Since I first heard of sketchcasting several months ago, I’ve been interested in doing one because it is such an effective way to communicate information   Read More »

The Ultimate Guide to Free Web Site Analytics

So, you’ve got a web site and you need a good stats program. If your hosting plan doesn’t provide something like AWStats or Webalizer, or   Read More »

5 SEO Enhancements For Your Blog

SEO is a world of small detailed tweaks that add up to big differences in traffic, and although I am not a very detail oriented   Read More »

How to make your backgrounds transparent using CSS

Phil Nash is a genius. His trick for making backgrounds transparent while still allowing the other items stacked on top in the div to keep   Read More »