Many web designers and tech savvy internet users share a common belief that Flash is bad. Sure, it brightens up web pages with pretty moving graphics, but in technological terms it’s a relic from a bygone era. Flash is the nasty, buggy, resource-hungry browser plugin that has been the scourge of the internet for over … Read more »

I had a communication this morning from a possible future client, who was enquiring about a logo, website and various printed promotional materials. The main thrust of his enquiry was to present me with a series of websites from his competitors and instruct me on exactly which ones he wanted to look like. This isn’t … Read more »

Once you get your shiny new website up and running, you may be thinking that the job is done, and all you have to do is sit back and wait for the business to roll in. But sadly it’s not as simple as that. Even if your web designer has submitted the site to the search … Read more »

People who describe themselves as IT consultants aren’t usually experts at marketing and don’t often have a track record in design. The reverse is also true; Designers and Marketing people are not IT experts. The two are worlds apart. But in my experience, thanks to some questionable claims made by IT people, the average business … Read more »

I love my job, and the vast majority of my clients  are intelligent people who know their businesses better than I do, and are able to strike a balance between taking sensible advice and asserting their wishes. But over the years I”ve had a few requests that have left me wondering why I bother. Some of … Read more »