Running a profitable web development project is always challenging. In my experience while working with Agencies, there are a few things I’ve found that should be addressed up-front, which will save headaches – and cost overruns – later.
Read MoreIt’s extremely common for a corporate website to require integration with some sort of external data. In my work, I have encountered variations in the ways that data gets pulled-in, and the ways it gets used on-site. An important thing to remember about Umbraco is that when a site is architected properly, it works seamlessly with anything you can access through some sort of common interface – basically anything that ASP.Net can handle, Umbraco can utilize. I’ve found that there are three important questions to consider when designing your integration setup
Read MoreSomething I’ve noticed recently has been the effect of mobile device usage on web application design – perhaps to the benefit of phone users – but often to the detriment of desktop/laptop computer users.
Read MoreThe thing that many non-developers don’t understand is that coding is equal parts science – and art.
Read MoreSlides from my talk - "A Peek Inside the Kimono: uWestFest.com" available now.
Read MoreMy talk on the Grid Editor as well as ALL the awesome uWestFest 2016 sessions - online now! Check 'em out.
Read MoreToday I've just released version 1.1 of ContextConfig. The main update is support for overriding ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["key"] to check the ContextConfig file before defaulting to the web.config value.
Read MoreI’ve just released version 1 of the ContextConfig library on GitHub as well as an umbraco package. I've got a demo video as well.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of speaking at uWestFest in March and have since created a video version of my talk.
Read MoreThis is a great post by Guy Kawasaki about why he decided to create a FB Fan page for his new book launch, rather than a separate custom website. I think “speed of implementation” is a great motivation for going this route. However, I might argue his point that a website would cost significantly more than a custom souped-up Fanpage.
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