If you are ever pushed into price negotiations, remember that the price should only vary with the service offered. We're not selling 2nd hand cars here, trying to get the best price we can. Accepting to a do a website way below the odds is bad for both parties. Content A hugely important part of the website is obviously the content. Some clients will insist on writing this themselves, whilst others will assume you will be taking care of that. It takes far longer than you'd think, so if you're ... [More]

Collectively worth over a gazillion dollars, there be Dragons lurking in the dark corners of Twitter. In reverse shoe-size order: Doug Richard Can often be seen smiling in photos, but was never seen smiling on Dragons Den. He's on Twitter, has 2.3k followers and tweets about business, entrepreneurship, retweets stuff and even messages the odd person! Most messages sent via TweetDeck, the occasional one via API. I'm looking for the teeth-whitening links but can't see any. @douglasrichard Rach... [More]

Usually, the only thing to drop through my letter box is an electricity bill, this week's special offers at Lidl or an old Amazon book wrapped in gaffer tape. Imagine my delight when my brand spanking new mobile phone arrived! Cool looking box, cool looking insides, cool looking phone. They've even ditched the dull instruction manual for a dozen cool looking help cards. Enjoy! Illustrations on Reverse of Instruction Cards Illustration: Teodoru Badiu www.theodoru.com Illustration: Danny S... [More]

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There are a million reasons why we all (myself included) undercharge for a website. Actually, for me, it's one reason - some money is better than no money. Some businesses are so cashed strapped that the thought of shelling out money for a webpage has them clutching their chest and screaming 'can I get a receipt please'. But the problem is, for a cash-strapped freelancer, that I'd rather get that little money than turn down the work. But by simply accepting a lower rate, you're just asking for (... [More]

Created in 1979, ran for 140 odd episodes, and was probably the best show ever in the world ever. Well, except the other obvious contenders... Anyway, here's a few Dukes of Hazzard colour schemes for you, but you're probably here just to look at the pictures! That's fine by me. #eac3b6 (wobbly chin colour) #714334 (fat cigar colour) #ffffff (pure white suit colour) #d8291f #2492dd #ffffff #ed4d1b #132345 #ffffff #ff4105 #000000 #3e261a #c8b6aa #b1abad #... [More]

It might have sounded good in the Communist Manifesto, but it turned out to be a rubbish idea in reality. Let's see how Communism fairs in web design! North Korea: The Official Webpage of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Best Bits It's built with Wordpress. Items they list on their Export page include: Duck, chicken, ostrich products.Weapons and ammunition. If there's nothing in that list that takes your fancy, maybe you'd be interested in something else: Tobacco. Se... [More]

I currently follow about 800 people on Twitter. It sounds like a lot, but bear in mind that they live on every corner of the globe (if it had corners) so chances are, there's only ever 50 or so online at one time. The rest are either asleep or out socialising with real human beings (yikes). There are a million Twitter directories, but anyone and everyone adds themselves to these lists. Just because someone lists themselves as a Web Designer, doesn't mean he actually talks about web design. I of... [More]