Introduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines
Posted on Jun 25, 2008 08:18:49 PM
Django is an open-source Web framework, written in Python, that allows you to easily and rapidly develop interactive, data-centric web applications. It came into being when two Web developers—Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison—in Kansas, after moving their newspaper’s website from PHP to Python, found themselves repeatedly solving similar problems. They decided to extract the common functionality and released the resulting Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Deadlines, Django, Helping, Introduction, Perfectionists, withHow to Build a Green Business
Posted on Jun 11, 2008 09:43:52 AM
In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has become a popular catchphrase and the new marketing must-have for many companies. But what does it truly mean? And how can it apply to your business?
In this article, I’ll discuss how our web design and development company incorporated sustainability into our business model, and how other development Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Build, Business, GreenRisky Business
Posted on May 16, 2008 02:23:26 PM
It’s risky out there
It sounds like a clich, but the world we live in is a risky place. To survive in this hostile environment, we’ve become very good at identifying and managing risk.
For everyday tasks, we don’t really think about risks on a conscious level. When we cross the street we quickly check both ways to avoid the risk of being run over. We’ve done this so many times that it has become habit.##3## Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Business, RiskyBrand Value and the User Experience
Posted on Mar 9, 2008 07:10:57 AM
Jet Blue Airlines cares about their customers and it shows. In February 2000, founder and CEO David Neeleman started the airline with a simple strategy focused on “bringing humanity back to air travel by offering passengers low fares, friendly service, and a high quality product.” Understanding their customers‘ needs, habits and desires has truly given Jet Blue an advantage over their competitors. Their vision of “humanizing” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Brand, Experience, User, ValueIntroduction to Databases
Posted on Feb 22, 2008 06:47:16 AM
Once upon a time, the mark of a savvy company was having a Web site. Sites had lots of pages and if something needed to be changed, you'd call someone who would promise to look into it right away.
Then, a couple years ago, your competitors started bragging that their Web sites were dynamic and used databases. This didn’t bother or affect you until your favorite IT guy moved to the Caribbean and was replaced by an automated answering Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Databases, IntroductionSite Planning, the Red-Headed Stepchild of the Web
Posted on Dec 22, 2007 04:09:37 AM
The Audience Is the End... What About the Beginning?
This month's issue of Digital Web drives home two points:
Keep it simple, stupid.It's the audience, stupid.
The point to this tutorial is not to reinforce these messages in the same style that you see in the rest of the issue. Had I wanted to do that, I could have written about UI design, white space, or "ommitting needless words."
Those are easy.
What hasn't Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Headed, Planning, Site, StepchildBuilding a Website for Analytics
Posted on Nov 15, 2007 05:43:29 AM
How to get it right the first time around
Implementing a web analytics solution is a mission-critical activity for any business serious about succeeding online. Without a comprehensive ability to analyze your site’s traffic, you’ll be unable to determine the effectiveness of your website, online marketing campaigns, and overall online business objectives.
Many companies don’t think about measurement when building Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Analytics, Building, WebsiteReview: CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development
Posted on Oct 17, 2007 09:59:12 PM
Frameworks have become a hot topic in the world of web development. Their popularity stems from the notion of “convention over configuration,” automating mundane tasks so you can focus on more unique and exciting aspects of a project. One such PHP framework is CodeIgniter, an open-source project by EllisLab, the company behind the popular CMSExpressionEngine. CI is an abstraction of the code that drives EE.
CI’s Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Application, CodeIgniter, Development, Rapid, ReviewFlashes of Brilliance and Use-Centered Design
Posted on Aug 26, 2007 01:57:12 PM
Can Macromedia Flash really add value to a Web site? Or is Flash content on the Web so prone to usability problems that it can never be fully effective? In his October 2000 article Flash: 99% Bad, Jakob Nielsen contends that good Flash design is so rare that the presence of Flash on a Web site “constitutes a usability disease.” Nielsen’s article set the tone for a deluge of Flash-bashing followed by a host of rebuttals. To Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Brilliance, Centered, Design, FlashesThe Open Source Web Design Toolbox: 100 Web Design Template Sources, Tools and Resources
Posted on Aug 26, 2007 12:09:18 PM
The open source model has, over the last 20 years, proven that collaborative development is one of the best ways to incorporate the newest ideas and latest concepts into design.
In fact, the open source model, which began with programmers, has been so successful that it is currently being applied in government, media, education and private business. But despite these new applications, the unique combination of the open source model Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Design, Open, Resources, Source, Sources, template, Toolbox, Tools