Ethan Marcotte coined the term Responsive Web Design and soon after wrote an amazing book on the topic. A Book Apart’s Responsive Web Design is the perfect stepping stone to getting started coding and designing responsive websites. For those of you who may not know what I’m talking about, Responsive Websites are websites that adapt …
A friend created a really cool project, where he’s defining words using hex value colors. It’s called HexNa.me and if you click the link you’ll see an example of leet speak being used to turn #4c3741 to Acetal, which is a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid used in cosmetics. This made me realize that Leet speak …
The more efficient we are the more revenue we can generate. So in an attempt to save us time and money I’ve reviewed 3 Internet marketing tools that I use every day. I have had great success with these products and I know you will too. What is it? SugarSync combines cloud syncing and online …
Seems like new “personal homepage” sites like About.me and Flavors.me are popping up daily. These sites are fun and interactive but lack a lot of customization. The benefits of these sites are obvious though: Consolidation of content and links to social networks Another site/page to rank well for your terms or name A great solution …
Twitter is an amazing service that a lot of us have grown to love. The great thing about twitter is that a single tweet has a lifespan of about 5 – 10 min (unless it’s being retweeted). A lot of people believe that the short lived tweets are far less powerful than that of immortal …
Out with the old ways of designing a website where there is a traditional landing (home) page and more basic interior pages. We all know that search engines have been ranking individual pages rather than core domains for a long time now. So why are we still designing sites with static interior pages? Our interior …
It was an honor being called upon to do the redesign and development of Search Engine Journal. I have been apart of this network for a short time but I have quickly learned what an amazing community this site has. Loren Baker approached me about the redesign a few months ago. I was excited to …
Blogs have almost become as ubiquitous as the internet itsself. With powerful CMS tools like WordPress and Blogger it’s never been easier to start a blog. In past articles I’ve spoken about the need to hire a professional web designer to get a great design or to rely on one of the thousands of free …
In my ten years of designing and developing websites for clients, I can count on one hand how many I had a truly great experience working with. Being a web designer can be tough at times. Many people don’t take the profession seriously. We strive to maintain our creative/artistic side but long to be seen …
This being my debut article on SEJ I wanted to write on a topic that I’m passionate about. As an educator I always try to share my experiences and knowledge to help the community and my students. I figured there would be no better way for me to get started than to help you get …
