Blog Of A Boston Web Designer.

Thoughts, Experiments, Processes & Insight.

November 13th, 2009

Google Map of Boston Ad Agencies, Digital Agencies & Design Studios

I have always been interested in following other agencies/studios and their work. So over the past few years I have consistently bookmarked many of the major players in the Boston area and created a Google map of their locations. Instead of doing a Google search and scrambling through all the results now you can see all the top agencies in one view.

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November 3rd, 2009

Treat Your Website Like Your Fantasy Football Team, Use Analytics

The best teams in your Fantasy Football League have a range of analytical skills. They understand player stats to form a complete team with the best available talent. They are able to find the diamonds in the rough and continue on when players get injured. They even know when to cut players for a better piece to the puzzle. They understand their team better than the others and make changes week to week because of different matchups. They are constantly involved with their team and it shows.

Posted in Experience, SEO, Web Design • 1 Comment »
October 19th, 2009

Social Networks on Business Cards: LinkedIn & Twitter

Even though most of my interaction with people is done digitally it was time for me to get my own business cards. I had missed enough opportunities to hand out my card that I just couldn’t let it happen anymore. When designing my business card I had to make a few important decisions: whether or not to list an address and include social networks.

Posted in Experiments, Identity, Print, Social Media • 6 Comments »
September 21st, 2009

Building A House Is Like Building A Website

This is an example I tend to use often to explain the website process. It helps to show the phases of the process and the consequences of moving to the next phase early. For the sake of simplification I am going to narrow it down to 3 phases; Plan, Design and Build.

Posted in Experience, Processes, Web Design • 1 Comment »
September 11th, 2009

New Facebook Fan Page

I know you guys and gals out there are wondering how you can easily stay connected and up to date with my me and my website. Well, here it is, straight off the showroom floor, my very own facebook fan page.

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September 9th, 2009

CSS Entire Image Flexible Drop Shadows

Create expandable, flexible css dropshadows that go around an entire image, are standards compliant and fully tested on all of the major browsers.

Posted in Experiments, HTML & CSS, Tutorials, Web Design • 8 Comments »
September 2nd, 2009

Rank First in Google Search with Local Business Center

Here is a technique to easily get your business listed online and rank first or at the top of Google’s search engine. This is a simple trick that will take about 10 minutes and can considerably increase the visibility of your business in the online world.

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