Last night, I watched as the news reported (some with joy, some with sadness) that North Carolina had passed it’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. Both sides had their spin machines moving. I wasn’t surprised by the venom being slung by both sides, but I was disturbed by it. Here’s why: Continue reading…
Dear Fellow Developers,
I am writing this open letter to you in the hope that you will hear me and stop one of the most annoying practices I see you do consistently. Frankly, it’s not only bad form, but it also has the potential to have very bad future consequences, as well as an impact on the overall user experience of the site.
PLEASE STOP CALLING JQUERY AND CSS FILES MULTIPLE TIMES ON A PAGE. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
Here are my notes on Peter Sims’ talk about Innovative Entrepreneurs, and how they use little bets to make iterative improvements to their products until they experience the big breakthrough. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
These are my notes from Meagan Bennett’s presentation on “The Genius of Childhood,” which was my personal favorite session of the day. It was focused on recapturing the childlike view of the world so that we can once again be amazed at the little things that fuel our creativity as adults. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
Here are my notes on Tim Ogilvie’s presentation entitled, “How to Build a Machine for Time Travel,” which was about dreaming big, seeing the future in your mind, and taking people there with you. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
These are my notes from Scott Friesen’s talk, “Analytics, Through the Trivium”, where he took a look at what Best Buy is doing with big data, and what all companies should be doing to help understand what the future will bring. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
These are my notes from Eric Pakurar’s awesome presentation about breaking out of the mold we’ve forced ourselves into and seeing the big picture. Once we learn to advise our clients on what the best thing is for them, rather than us, we will see true success. Continue reading…
My notes from the 2012 O+A Sessions
In his talk about Facebook and the future of the social web, Facebook’s Paul Adams explained the power of the Social Graph API and how it will change not only the way that we interact with brands, but the way that we use the Internet. He also made the argument that once a user uses a site that correctly users the Social Graph, they will never go back to sites without it. Continue reading…
My job at VistaComm affords me the ability to talk to quite a few of our clients about their mobile device strategy. Often we find during those discussions that they haven’t given any thought to it, and if they have, they feel that there isn’t any need at this time. Although I understand their reasoning, it couldn’t be further from the truth. Continue reading…
“As of this writing, there’s no contest: ship mobile apps if you can afford it.” – Jakob Nielsen
When I woke up this morning, I was overwhelmed by the number of times friends were Tweeting, Facebooking, and emailing me the newest post by Jakob Nielsen, “Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift.” Ninety-nine times out of 100, I agree with every word he says. This article is the one exception.
While I agree with his basic premise, that if given the option between equally well-developed native apps and web pages, the apps often are superior, there are some serious caveats that need to be pointed out before such a blanket statement is made. Continue reading…