Dayspring Community Church Web Site Update

I am proud to announce the updates for Dayspring Community Church's website.  As they just merged with Plymouth Church, it is fitting that they should have updated the UI for their site. Updates include: Restructuring the menu to be easier to read Improving the Search Engine Friendliness of the site Modification of the page layout Optimizing the web pages to load faster Adding a Web 2.0 style picture gallery … [Read more...]

How to get more knowlege on the web

As a college professor I am often asked how did I learn "all this stuff" - lets face it most of what I do wasn't taught in college when I attended as a student. (I graduated in 1998 - most colleges cannot change quickly enough to keep up with web trends as they can change from year to year, and sometimes faster - especially back then.) What I do is follow several websites and blogs. They cover everything from copy writing, to design, to programming. I also use Stumble Upon to find fun … [Read more...]

What about everyone else?

I recently posted an article about why it doesn't matter if you are a geek when it comes to putting things on the web. Most people wouldn't know what to do with some of the technology that a "geek" thinks of and uses anyway. Case in point: Robert Scoble recently posted an article about "Hanging out with the other 99%". At a recent block party he spent his time trying to explain to people what he did. Most didn't know about blogs, video on the internet, facebook, Linked In, or any of a number … [Read more...]

So what if your a geek?

62 Some people tend to get caught up in being a technical genius, looking for others like them, etc. But does that really matter? I used to think that it did, but it doesn't. Yes I can still "out geek" 95% of the world's population - but that doesn't help a small business. So I named 62 of the ~70 different HTML elements - it means nothing. What matters is if I can help your company solve a business problem using technology. If I, or anyone else, am only concerned about the technology … [Read more...]