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Got a Band? Need a Website for Your Band?

I often use WooThemes WordPress themes for client sites, particularly if the budget doesn\’t allow for a complete, starting from scratch approach. They design great themes that are well supported and are built on a solid code base that allows for plenty of customization without having to reinvent the wheel…

2011 Annual Report from Warby Parker

Warby Parker 2011 Annual Report

Warby Parker distribute glasses in a customer friendly fashion with free shipping and free returns1. They\’ve recently put together their annual report for 2011 and rather than distribute it2 using traditional print and PDF methods, they\’ve built a beautiful HTML/CSS/JavaScript based side scrolling report that shows all the important stats…

WordPress Tip: Update Your Permalinks

The other day I went on 4 or 5 toot rant on Twitter about issues I often come across in websites I visit. It was a bit of a letting off of steam and on Twitter, where you’re limited to 140 characters, it’s not that helpful since I just complained…

Required Listening: Doing Things the Long, Hard, Stupid Way

Frank Chimero is a designer and writer from Portland, Oregon and he recently gave a talk at the Do Lectures in Wales. His talk was titled “Do Things the Long, Hard, Stupid Way” and is a good talk to listen/watch for a bit of inspiration and motivation to think about…

Google+ Community Guidelines

While it’s still early days in how everyone is deciding to use Google+ personally and professionally – Google has just published a set of Community Guidelines that can help give you an idea of how or why you might want to use Google+ for your business or startup. Right now…