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My Goals for 2012

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Happy New Year everyone. Last time when it was still 2011 I was looking back at my failures for the year. But it’s not only a new day, it’s a new year, and it’s time to look ahead to the possibilities for 2012.
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Why 2011 Was A Complete Failure (And A Complete Success)

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

As I usually do with the last post of the year, today I want to look back at some of the goals I set for my business in 2011 and how well I did or didn’t do in accomplishing them.
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My Holiday Traffic Blues

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Back in February I reported about a drop in traffic to this site between mid December 2010 and mid January 2011. You might remember that traffic here dropped 20% and that I decided my best course of action was to be patient and wait out the holidays.
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How To Avoid Imitation When Being Inspired

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

A couple of weeks ago via Scrivs, I came across this post by Jessica Hische on inspiration vs imitation. Why I wasn’t already subscribed to Jessica’s blog is another story, but the subject of the post struck me because I’ve been dealing with the exact issue.
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How To Use Categories And Tags To Organize Your Content

Monday, December 19th, 2011

When a site contains a handful of pages you don’t have to think too hard about how to organize the content. You can drop a link to every page in the global navigation and be done. What about a site with hundreds or even thousands of pages?
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Why Content Is Best Created By Those Best Able To Create It

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Who should be responsible for content creation within an organization? That’s the question my friend Adam Singer asked and answered and wanted to see me answer too. Who am I to disappoint?
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What Elements Are Necessary In The Design Of A Blog Post?

Monday, December 12th, 2011

In the spirit of design simplicity I’ve been thinking about the essence of a blog post. What’s absolutely necessary and what’s desirable to include in the design of a typical blog post?
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How To Achieve Simplicity In Design

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication
Leonardo da Vinci

In his now classic book Art and Visual Perception, Rudolph Arnheim noted that people will perceive and interpret ambiguous or complex shapes as the simplest form possible. There’s something inherent in us that prefers the simple to the complex.
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10 Principles Of Good Design: Dieter Rams

Monday, December 5th, 2011

What makes for good design? Are there general principles for what makes one design better than another that can guide us? Dieter Rams thought so.
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What Visual Impression Can You Convey In An Instant?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

People begin forming judgements about you, your site, your business in an instant. Canadian researches at Carleton University suggested that within 50 ms (1/20th of a second) visitors to your site are making judgements about its visual appeal.

How much can you communicate in 50ms?
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