Monthly Archives: August 2008
Podcast: More tips for beginning bloggers
One of my heroes, Pam Slim of Escape from Cubicle Nation, did a “tips for beginning bloggers” interview with me for her podcast. My main points were: Don’t worry about doing things perfectly; worry about producing lots of output. It’s … Continue reading
The 3 most important traffic metrics for new bloggers
A client who has recently launched a blog asked me two questions yesterday: My Feedburner subscriber count seems to swing without reason. What’s the deal? How come I got a traffic spike from StumbleUpon but only retained a handful of … Continue reading
Great moments in bad stock art: “Guy pumping fist and howling into cell phone”
Howling in triumph or horrified that Prince has finally taken over Cobra Commander’s weather machine? We’ll never know.
Big client launch: Fred Wilson’s AVC.com blog.
To cap off one of my busiest couple of weeks ever, the big AVC.com redesign launched yesterday. I’ll do a full case study post in a few days after some well deserved downtime in Santa Barbara, but until then you … Continue reading
Goal Driven Design in action: blog redesign case study
When I started doing web design in 1999 with nothing to guide me but a B.A. in History and 21 years of drawing Batman in the margins of class notes, well, let’s just say I muddled through. Lucky me, this … Continue reading