Category Archives: Business
Producing websites is, in itself a business, but it often relates to the business of our clients. We’ll try to put all of those thoughts and processes in here.
Business: Business is not like Sport
June 24, 2010
It’s easy to make sports analogies when discussing business. Watching World Cup soccer and playing baseball, as I do, the similarities between doing well in sports and business seem obvious. In fact, since Robert DeNiro, playing Al Capone in The Untouchables bashed in an associate’s head while making a baseball analogy, drawing lines of comparison between the two has become cliché.
Tags: 37 Signals, Analogies, Jason Calacanis, Jeffrey Zeldman, Leo Laporte, Molly Holzschlag, Risk
Business: Surprise. It’s all about honesty
June 22, 2010
We were unable to help a potential client with the task they had in mind. We may have been able to fudge it but we don’t think ‘fudging it’ is the way to keep clients happy.
Business: Thinking: More Important Than Ideas
April 23, 2010
Ideas come out of nowhere. We can’t hold onto them. We shouldn’t even try. Ideas are best blurted out and, subsequently, best thought over.
Business: Confirming a caller’s identity
December 21, 2009
The ATO called me last week and asked for my middle name and date of birth to confirm my identity. I told the operator that I wasn’t in the habit of giving out my personal details to incoming callers.
Business: Never too old
November 27, 2009
At 94, my granddad decided to get a computer and onto the internet.
Dedicated to R Feltscheer, 1-1-1912 – 22-11-2009.
Tags: computer use, family, learning, lessons, personal
Behind the Websites, Business, Content Strategy, Design: The “D” Word
November 24, 2009
To call oneself a ‘Web Designer’ is about as accurate and explanatory as saying ‘I work with computers’.
Tags: graphic design, web design, web production
Business: Craig McLachlan, Who Knew?
November 20, 2009
This week, Boxcutters featured Craig McLachlan as their guest, in the process providing a great example of the advantages of podcasting.
Tags: advertising, boxcutters, Craig McLachlan, media, Neighbours, Podcasting
Business: Assigning roles and sticking to them
November 17, 2009
Much like everything else that needs doing when starting up, it is the most important thing to do. Books about building a new business are full of suggestions about the most important thing to do. I suppose listing something and just saying it’s a helpful tool for getting the business on track is just not strong enough for the self-help book market.
Tags: books, roles, starting-up