Random thing of the week
This week was a lot of work again, but I did have time to go out and learn a new style of dance. I've been picking up Zouk. The picture above are my friends and Eddie and Cate teaching the class. I'm generally a swing dancer, but this is a fun style, and it's really...
How to scope and price a web project #1
This is the first of a several part series on the process of scoping a pricing web and app projects. Here we're just going over some of the basics and making sure we're all on the same page as far as definitions, general process, etc. before moving onto more...
Random Thing of the Week
The past few weeks have been full of work, and we haven't had that much time to post. But everyone has been working hard, and it is just the posting that hasn't been done. We've got a backlog of articles written that just need to be edited and posted, and bugs that...
Contracts 101 – The Overview
This is our first in a series on contracts. We've only got the first and the last ones written so far, so it may be a short series. But we're shooting for at least 4 entries on this one. Over the years, I’ve used every kind of contract there is. The way you set up...
Hello Atlanta Web Design Group!
On July 31st, we're sponsoring the Atlanta Web Design Group's first meeting in their "Business of Design" lecture and seminar series! We are so happy to be a part of the Atlanta community, and look forward to helping contribute to the impressive tech scene here. The...
Interview at SmartBrand Marketing
This week, the interview from SmartBrand Marketing got posted. Tom Libelt interviewed me about running a web design studio / agency to talk about the things I've learned in the last 12 years. We discussed everything from people and processes to lifestyle and...
Random Thing of the Week
This week has just been full of work. We had to take down beta for a little bit because we had some data corruption issues, and have been trying to get it back up and running for a while now. It has been a lot of work, so most of this week is just that. We are also...
New ‘Places’ Feature!
We're working on implementing a new feature that allows users to use a single account to log into multiple company accounts and accounts that they own. We waffled on how best to implement this feature, but in the end we decided to go with the single login as opposed...
Random Thing Of The Week
Are you someone who works to live or lives to work? I used to be someone who lived to work, but I would prefer to be someone who works to live. So many times I've been called a workaholic, but the truth is, unless you can keep your priorities straight and your...
Value-based Pricing vs. Cost-based Pricing in Web and App Development
Whether you’re taking the plunge into freelancing and consulting or running a studio, there is one question that always looms over you: how am I going to price my services? This is one of the questions I’ve answered more than almost anything else over the years. There...
Estimates Feature Addition
Improved Estimation Tool Added Today We decided today to make an addition to the estimates management system. In addition to being able to add features and pages with both time and percent of time hours, we also added the ability to add project wide costs as either a...
Random thing we did this week…
What was our random thing for a random Tuesday? Work on a blueberry farm! With all this work inside, in front of a computer, it is time to get outside and focus on something other than building a website. The perfect opportunity came up recently with the LongShot...