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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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