No Business is Perfect

If you’re looking for new customers, there’s a lot of people talking about your product / marketplace on Twitter. You can now find them easier with Tweet Scan. Search for your product name or marketplace and you can them send those people a message about your product. Twitter can also be a great way to…

Yesterday we wrapped up the final change requests for a web site project. The project was supposed to take 6 weeks, but it took 7 months. It is an 8 page web site. What is it about web site projects that they often take so very long? We try every technique in the book to…

I just stumbled on the Panic site which I’ve visited dozens of times and even purchased software from them. I somehow found myself on a page called The True Story of Audion. A couple of observations: If you are going to write a story, this is exactly how it should be written. It is captivating,…

We’ve spent the last 2-3 months actively looking for new office space. We’ve finally found a new place and signed a lease. I don’t want to move, but we’re forced to due to growth and they’re going to tear our building down in ’08 to put up some condos (too bad!). A few observations and…

I’ve been thinking about the next generation web design studio quite a bit lately. What makes a team effecient. How can small teams maximize efficiency. Bob Parsons who runs GoDaddy has written about tracking and measuring important business numbers. I read this and said “yeah, I need to do that.” One thing I learned early…

I’m curious what you all think of this guys post about building web sites. He argues that $10,000 per page is about right for building a great web site. I wish he had provided some examples.