Web Design Wonkette

Author: Web Design Wonkette

22 Posts

Faxing: Ancient History or Necessary Evil?

February 13th, 2009

Similar to the way I feel about things like paper checks, keys, and small change, sending faxes wastes resources, and technology already exists that makes it obsolete.  But not everyone is as ready to move on to the days of internet banking, wireless payments and finger/retina scanning as I am — so, in an effort …

Posted in Technologies, Tools

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Let Them Eat Spam!

February 12th, 2009

This week I’m focused on Getting Things Done (GTD).  When you live and work on the internet, you often have to pass out your email to various companies and services to receive access to their materials.  But you don’t always want to be passing out your email willy nilly.  You can avoid getting spam in …

Posted in Email Advice, Obsessions, She-Geek Web Words, Technologies, Tools

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Pimp your Firefox

February 11th, 2009

If you’re not familiar with it, Firefox is a killer web browser: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Not only does it work really well straight out-of-the-box, but there is a huge community of people building innovative addons to it that help you Get Things Done (GTD):  http://addons.mozilla.org
Some of the best ones allow you to customize your Google Apps, the way …

Posted in Blog, Blog Babe Tips, Google Tools, Obsessions, She-Geek Web Words, Social Media, Technologies

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Kaizen!

January 29th, 2009

There’s a Japanese philosophy, Kaizen, that is about improving continually over time through a series of small steps.  While updating the design of your site, there will be milestones you’ll hit, but generally, design is a process, not a destination.  So, when working on your website, remember Kaizen because there is no final version, nor …

Posted in Art Therapy, Blog

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Sign Up Forms

January 26th, 2009

The sign-up form, for gathering user information to create business or keep in touch with your customers, is critical to your website’s success and critical to creating the kind of access & ease-of-use your users expect of a modern web presence.
At the same time as it’s an important tool, it’s also one of the biggest …

Posted in Web Marketing Best Practices

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