No idea how I haven’t come across this site before. Big Stock Photo (referral link) looks and works pretty much like iStockphoto, which is certainly no bad thing.
11 Principles of Great Web Sites for Consultants
Michael W. McLaughlin, the coauthor of Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants, has written a good overview article on “key factors to consider when building web sites for consultants”:http://www.highrankings.com/issue153.htm#guest.
A lot of the points are equally applicable to web site design in general, but together he does provide a good arsenal of talking points if you’re ever doing a bid for a consultancy firm.
My Top 5 Favorite Podcasts
Not too long ago I jumped on the podcast bandwagon and became an avid listener during my commute to and from work. Since then I’ve tried out a number of different shows (there are soooo many now) and have settled on five (or so) that won’t be leaving my Rio Karma any time soon. Read More
Movable Type: Highlight the Relevant Category for the Current Entry in Your Category Listing
Ever since I saw how Doug Bowman implemented this technique on Mighty Goods (in this example, see how the category you’re in looks different to the others in the category listing) I’ve been wanting to add this feature to my site.
Read MoreWeb Site Usability Book Review: “Don’t Make Me Think”
Usability guru Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (now in its 2nd edition) is one of the best books on web usability that I’ve read. Why? Because it’s short, easy to read and covers all the essentials really well.
Read More11 Reasons to Include Prototyping in Your Web Development Process
In “The promised land of prototyping: Realizing the full potential of prototyping”:http://www.guuui.com/issues/04_05.php Henrik Olsen provides 11 very good reasons as to why you should include prototyping as an intregal part of your web development methodology.
Top 10 CSS Sites
There are hundreds of sites that offer tutorials, examples and inspiration about CSS. In no particular order, here’s a list of my favorites that I visit on a regular basis.
Read MoreImprove Your Intranet with a Community of Practice
Since our Movable Type-powered intranet went live back in November 2004 we have been adding sites and authors at a fair clip. We’re now up to around 60-70 authors. Read More
Movable Type Usability Tip
I like the way that MT3.2 breaks out your templates into different pages – i.e. Indexes, Archives, Aystem and Modules. Makes things very nice and tidy.
However, it’s a real pain that whenever you click on the Templates button in the left nav to view a list of templates, you are taken back to the Index templates page no matter what other template page you’re currently in. Aaagh!!!
It’s little usability annoyances like this that can really get to you after a while.