Anything work related. Code, Sitecatalyst, analytics.
Web analytics are awesome. They cut through all the crap, all the emotion and get down to the nitty-gritty of things. It doesn’t matter if the CEO’s wife really likes the color pink, or that the director of web services feels drop-down menus are bad fung shui, if you have …
Not that long ago my team at work was tasked with creating a new homepage for our client. In true team fashion we were allowed our input as to the problems and solutions to the current home page. Now I work as a web developer so my input was mostly …
There are several books I keep on my desk at work. Some are about interaction and usability, one on coding and one for design and planning (with emphasis on the planning). I think part of having a well-rounded skill set is having a well-rounded library. The Zen of CSS Design …
So the Yoshirolla Kilomantra contest continues. I am in third place. My top spot in Google was overthrown by Joe Dee and Geoff Sowrey, both of whom have long standing blogs they basically made into their yoshirolla kilomantra entries. So at the moment I am: 4th on Google 6th on …
Coders and programmers have the same issue that writers do. Proofing your own work is all but impossible. While Word has spell checker, what does the web have? Quite a lot actually. The best place to start is Firefox’s extensions . To access them go to tools–>Add ons. In the …
Cameron Ley, one of my coworkers was fortunate enough to hear Bill Buxton speak at U of T and Cameron has graciously allowed me to post his thoughts on the event: Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Bill Buxton (http://www.billbuxton.com/) the principal researcher at Microsoft Research, speak at …
As mentioned in a previous post I entered our company’s SEO contest at mattbrandenburg.com. I created a very simple page and on Friday afternoon I was number one in Google and beginning to make inroads on the other engines. This morning however I was nowhere to be found. My website …
There is a great website called the CSS Zen garden. Essentially it is designed to illustrate the possibilities of using CSS based design. Designers and developers are invited to download the html and CSS files, and then create a new look using just those files and changing the CSS. Here …
One of the biggest problems facing companies today is keeping their employees trained and interested in learning.For internet companies it is even harder.In an industry that changes so rapidly you have to really be on your toes.What worked six months ago doesn’t work today!The Search Community of Practice at Critical …
The landscape of search is changing again.As Google universal and similar algorithms are being utilized text based information will hold less and less sway. Podcasts and videos will come into play, as will personalization. (think like Amazon personalization) The techniques that worked in the past do not work …