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Photo by rblock (license) I've been writing this blog for a few months now, and it's doing pretty well. But the other day I realized that I've never asked for any feedback other than for individual posts. Today I am fixing that and opening up the suggestion …

Photo by Coneee (license) If you've been following along with me so far, you know that content is more important than design and that the way you judge a website's content is by its purpose. So now it's time to start translating that purpose into great content. Here …

Photo by a VeCeS Veo… (license) Last week I talked about how a website's content is more important than its design. The point of a design is to support the website's content. But how can you tell if the content itself is doing it's job? You have to know what …

Hey guys! I hope you've been having a great week. Here are some of the best posts that I've read recently. AnyWired–Middlebrook Make Money Online Challenge: The Beginning Mark at My Tropical Escape has started an online money-making challenge. And Jarkko Laine …

One thing that I've noticed about web designers who care about good design is that we often tend to focus on a design as if it were the most important aspect of a web site. The problem is that it's not. To adapt a phrase, "It's the content, …

I made more progress toward my goals this month than last month, but still not quite as much as I would have liked. Here's how it breaks down. March Goals 1. Review my goals and progress each Monday morning I was successful in achieving this goal, and it was helpful in …

Photo by ecstatisist (license) It is pretty common to hear web designers complain about clients' not understanding good web design. Sometimes the complaints are justified. But many times the problem isn't the client but the designer's failure to educate them about …

Last week, I put together a giant collection of links about blogging. It may look like it was a lot of work, but it actually only took about ten minutes. Want to find out how? Keep reading. 1. Find quality links This is the most important part of creating the links post. But for …

Wishful Thinking » Is it Better to Be a Creative Generalist or a Specialist? A really interesting post comparing the benefits of specializing in one thing versus having wide ranging knowledge. Personally, I think a balance of the two works out pretty well. You …

If you've been working with CSS for long at all, you've probably spent a fair bit of time debugging seemingly intractable problems that turn out to have a very simple solution. The question: What can we do to debug our CSS faster? Validate your CSS You may know the CSS …

Yes, I know. The blogosphere is filled with lists. What makes this one different? First, I found the post interesting and informative. Second, I decided to bookmark it for my own future reference. Third, I went through my collection of bookmarks on blogging and eliminated those that …

The Wrong Way To Think About Your Goals (And How To Fix It) : Million Dollar Leverage Dave Navarro suggests an alternate way to think about goals if you actually want to accomplish them. Unclutterer » Archive » Creating a minimalist workspace — from Zen …

Photo by victor nuno (license) Earlier this week, I wrote about how being silent can help you stand out from the crowd. But silence is more than just another way of attracting attention. It is also a way of rediscovering what is really important and reconnecting with the source …

Photo by victor nuno (license) This past Saturday, I was killing a little time by watching Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It was predictably cheesy, with the main characters as barely-held-together comic book stereotypes. But what struck me most was the character of the …

First, if you haven't seen it, I have a guest post up at Daily Blog Tips called Become a Blogging Wizard – 6 Lessons from Harry Potter. And now here is another collection of great links from around the blogosphere. Conversations with an Underground Text Link …