Blog // Writing about business, the internet and technology.
2017
04.06 - Lucky in Love, Unlucky in Leases
03.21 - Getting started with VR - from film to web in 100 easy steps!
2016
11.02 - Using Sendy with EECMS
10.28 - Firebrand Media Takes Bronze in SIA Awards for Children’s Museum Redesign
09.16 - Screening: What Comes Next Is The Future
09.09 - Important Announcement for our Web Hosting Clients
09.02 - 3 Things Business Owners Mess Up in Their DIY Websites
07.21 - I rate this entry ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
07.13 - Local Business Owner, You Need To Take Advantage of Pokémon GO, Here’s How
06.30 - Creating browser chrome with CSS
06.30 - Does Social Media Impact SEO?
06.30 - Creating more accessible (and search engine friendly) video with Closed Captions
06.27 - Common Command Line / Terminal Commands
06.24 - Teaching Kids to Code
04.26 - Email, the most productive distraction of all
03.31 - Website still not mobile friendly? You should work on that.
02.02 - Last week I spent 28% of my time on email. Unsurprisingly, that’s normal.
2015
10.19 - Everything I Know About Sass
10.01 - Creating Favicons for Pinned Tabs in Safari 9
04.03 - Google is about to penalize your site. Here’s why.
02.04 - No One Cares For Your Logo
02.02 - The Flickr notification that creeped me out and caused me to delete my account
01.29 - The Internet is a Facade
01.27 - I gave at the office!
01.26 - My Favorite Evernote Productivity Tip
01.23 - The write kind of content
01.22 - Facebook the face of your business / organization? Please do this one thing to help us all out!
01.21 - Swiss monetary policy is impacting me how?
01.20 - Come on People. Create secure pA$$w0rds!
01.19 - Evaluating Your Website, Part 2: Malware
01.16 - Is there a local service, website or business that you really enjoy? Let them know.
01.15 - The problem with putting all of your eggs in one basket
01.14 - Web People! We’re hosting a meetup!
01.13 - The Power of Public $peaking
01.12 - A New Year’s Resolution For Small Businesses, Non-Profits, Churches: Stop stealing photos
01.09 - First Rule of Business: Don’t Turn Down Money
01.08 - Client Testimonials are Invaluable. How Much Do You Pay for Yours?
01.07 - Speaking of Analog
01.06 - Writing is like a time capsule
01.02 - Evaluating Your Website, Part 1: Speed
01.01 - Celebrating 10 Years of Firebrand Media
2014
08.25 - 30 Days to More Twitter Followers
2013
08.21 - A Little Dopamine Goes A Long Way
07.30 - Getting a Facebook Page Address
06.10 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 10
06.03 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 9
05.29 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 8
05.28 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 7
05.22 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 6
05.22 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 5
03.11 - The Sports Tightrope: Balancing Your Content
03.10 - Zombies, Run! Transforming Fitness, Games & Story
03.10 - Industrial Revolution 3.0 & Future of 3D Printing
03.10 - Forget Native: Learn to Write HTML5 Mobile Apps
03.10 - What’s so funny about innovation?
03.10 - The Grocery Store: Going “Tech” Fresh to Survive
03.09 - The $100bn Mobile Bullet Train Called Africa
03.09 - The Comfy Chair! Are We Sitting Too Much?
03.09 - SXSW2013: Opening Remarks from Bre Pettis
2012
12.28 - Amazon Offers Promo Credits for Slow Shipping
12.28 - The Slowest Way to Back Up a Drive?
11.27 - Constant Change, Part 1
11.21 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 4
11.16 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 3
11.15 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 2
11.14 - Dev Diary: ITP Day 1
09.21 - Creating Smart App Banners for iOS 6
07.28 - It’s Not a Motocycle Baby; It’s a Chopper
07.28 - EE for Orgs, Membership has its privileges (Continued)
07.28 - EE for Orgs, Membership has its privileges
07.28 - Putting Smiles on Designers’ and Developers’ Faces
07.28 - Selling Expression Engine, The Sing and Dance Routine
07.17 - Using the Category Field to add a CSS class in EECMS
07.12 - Why I Write In Evernote
06.20 - AEA12, Summarizing 2 Intense Days
06.19 - AEA12, Crafting Intuitive Web Pages
06.19 - AEA12, Handcrafted Patterns
06.19 - AEA12, Mobile to the Future
06.19 - AEA12, Buttons Are a Hack
06.19 - AEA12: Interacting Responsibly
06.19 - AEA12: The Future is Now
06.18 - AEA12: The Five Most Dangerous Ideas
06.18 - AEA12: On Web Typography
06.18 - AEA12: What’s Your Problem?
06.18 - AEA12: Rolling Up Our Responsive Sleeves
06.18 - AEA12: Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content
06.18 - AEA12: Content First!
06.14 - Estylo: The Pencil of Now
05.29 - Optimizing ExpressionEngine, Mark Huot
05.29 - EE & Member Management, Lea Alcantara
05.29 - EE Extensions, Erik Reagan
05.29 - Deep EE Inspections, Joel Bradbury
05.29 - Designer Friendly EE, Emily Lewis
05.14 - Scheduling Tweets with Twuffer
04.02 - SXSW2012: Don’t Build a Power Glove: Talk to Your Users
04.02 - SXSW2012: Shut Up and Draw
04.02 - SXSW2012: Street-Level Genius: An African Maker Safari
04.02 - SXSW2012: The Sports Fan in 2015
03.11 - SXSW2012: Simplify CSS Development with Sass & Compass
03.11 - SXSW2012: Mad CSS3 Skillz
03.11 - SXSW2012: Fast CSS: How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages
03.11 - SXSW2012: Food Trucks Share Social Media Tips
03.10 - SXSW2012: Get The Look: Use Font-Face and CSS3 Like the Stars
03.10 - SXSW2012: CSS for Grown Ups: Maturing Best Practices
03.10 - SXSW2012: A penny press for the digital age
2011
05.19 - This site’s not broken. It’s naked.
04.19 - My Life as a Web Designer (or How I Got My Start Using EECMS)
03.20 - SXSW2011: South by Southwest, Day 2
03.13 - SXSW2011: South by Southwest, Day 1
02.28 - Fear of Facebook. Getting over your fear of social media.
02.14 - 10 Things Your Business Can Do To Get Started on Facebook
2010
09.21 - 5 Things the Scouts can Teach You About Working a Trade Show
07.21 - 5 Signs Your Website is Failing Your Business
07.17 - The Speck and The Log
07.15 - Creating a Better Blog in 31 Days
Blog Categories
- Blogging Random blog entries. Things that don't really fit into another category but that I felt like writing about.
- Business Observations about business, business strategy, business culture, books and working with others.
- Developer Diary Our project diary where we document our progress on internal projects.
- Events Notes, links, pictures, observations and recaps from events that I attend.
- Online Marketing Articles about marketing you business online.
- Social Media Articles on social media, tools, tips and observations from a personal and business perspective. This will also include notes from classes and workshops that I teach.
- Traditional Marketing My thoughts on traditional marketing. May it rest in peace.
- Web Design Tips, tutorials, thoughts, arguments, rebuttals and code. Focused on HTML, CSS, ExpressionEngine and the tools that make the web better.
Most Popular Entries
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- This site’s not broken. It’s naked. 4383 views
- Creating a Better Blog in 31 Days 4288 views
- AEA12: Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content 4031 views
- Optimizing ExpressionEngine, Mark Huot 3934 views
- The Speck and The Log 3704 views
- My Life as a Web Designer (or How I Got My Start Using EECMS) 3616 views
- 5 Signs Your Website is Failing Your Business 3402 views
- Estylo: The Pencil of Now 3272 views
- AEA12: On Web Typography 3117 views
- SXSW2011: South by Southwest, Day 1 3109 views
- Scheduling Tweets with Twuffer 2959 views
- 5 Things the Scouts can Teach You About Working a Trade Show 2956 views
- A Little Dopamine Goes A Long Way 2954 views
- AEA12: Content First! 2930 views
- SXSW2011: South by Southwest, Day 2 2910 views
- 10 Things Your Business Can Do To Get Started on Facebook 2842 views
- AEA12: What’s Your Problem? 2681 views
- Why I Write In Evernote 2675 views
- The Sports Tightrope: Balancing Your Content 2645 views
- Forget Native: Learn to Write HTML5 Mobile Apps 2619 views
- Getting a Facebook Page Address 2518 views
- Amazon Offers Promo Credits for Slow Shipping 2449 views
- Fear of Facebook. Getting over your fear of social media. 2366 views
- SXSW2012: The Sports Fan in 2015 2321 views
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- SXSW2012: CSS for Grown Ups: Maturing Best Practices 1967 views
- Zombies, Run! Transforming Fitness, Games & Story 1918 views
- SXSW2012: Simplify CSS Development with Sass & Compass 1889 views
- EE & Member Management, Lea Alcantara 1806 views
- Designer Friendly EE, Emily Lewis 1794 views
- Industrial Revolution 3.0 & Future of 3D Printing 1701 views
- Dev Diary: ITP Day 10 1686 views
- AEA12, Buttons Are a Hack 1665 views
- It’s Not a Motocycle Baby; It’s a Chopper 1627 views
- AEA12, Summarizing 2 Intense Days 1623 views
- Dev Diary: ITP Day 9 1579 views
- Putting Smiles on Designers’ and Developers’ Faces 1573 views
- SXSW2012: A penny press for the digital age 1538 views
- The $100bn Mobile Bullet Train Called Africa 1514 views
- EE for Orgs, Membership has its privileges (Continued) 1508 views
- Constant Change, Part 1 1501 views
- EE Extensions, Erik Reagan 1496 views
- Google is about to penalize your site. Here’s why. 1484 views
- SXSW2012: Food Trucks Share Social Media Tips 1473 views
- The Flickr notification that creeped me out and caused me to delete my account 1467 views
- AEA12, Crafting Intuitive Web Pages 1442 views
- Selling Expression Engine, The Sing and Dance Routine 1422 views
- SXSW2012: Get The Look: Use Font-Face and CSS3 Like the Stars 1419 views
