Web design is a new and poorly understood industry. Everyone has opinions. Sometimes you get criticised by the client, your piers and the bank manager. On the other hand, life as a web designing business owner is brilliant. You get to work on your own terms. You can be creative. And there’s a lot more [...]
I was absolutely sure that this Design and Marketing Podcast interview with Paul Jarvis was going to be excellent. And, I was right – don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? I knew that Paul was great in interviews because I’d heard him on Blogcast FM interviewed by Srini Rao. And, if [...]
From the outside they seem as two completely different worlds: One is static, traditional, tangible. The other is mercurial, modern, temporary. And there’s a certain amount of envy from both sides. Print designers, although despairing at times with the baffling technology, are in awe of what’s achievable on the web. And web designers are covetousness [...]
Here is my 6th show in the Design and Marketing Podcast where I speak to Aussie web designer and passive income fiend, John Romaine. We talk a bit about John’s background in the east coast of Australia as well as contributory factors that led up to his decision to quit his stable government job to [...]
The second show of my Design and Marketing Podcast has an interview with Andy Sowards, a web designer and blogger from Virginia, USA. If you haven’t checked out Andy’s blog you really need to – it’s going to be one of the top web design blogs out there. The great thing about Andy’s story is [...]
I have been designing and developing websites for my graphic design clients for over 7 years. It’s not always been easy and every client is different. But I have learned some “best practices” which I would like to share here. Anyone can create a website… It’s never been easier to create a website. Anyone can [...]
The iPad is implanted in our conscious as the high end tablet of choice for professionals. Remember: CEOs love their iPads. Who buys iPads? The majority of people who buy iPads already have desktop computers, laptop computers and smart phones. The iPad is a luxury purchase. And, with the cheapest iPad selling for around $500, [...]
The “halo effect”, as I mentioned in an article about why I’d never use cheap website builders, suggests the way we look, dress, speak and the sort of homes we live in influence other people’s impressions of us. This is why, when you’re designing a website for yourself or a client, you should take care [...]
I got an email this week where I was asked how web designers can compete against the large “easy-build” website companies. Well, I don’t think there’s any competition. Web designers like me cater for a completely different market. The Halo Effect Psychologists have long known about the Halo Effect. It’s a cognitive bias in our [...]
I didn’t know it at the time, but setting up WordPress on RobCubbon.com in 2005 was a life changing moment. I know people are going to think that: ‘This guy’s lying. “Life changing” – what is this guy on about?’ I’m not lying. It was life changing! ‘This guy did it in 2005 – it’s [...]
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