08.26.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Design, Digital Marketing, Web Design
Though marketing is in the title, this book is all about content: how to write it, design it, organize it, break it into manageable chunks, keep it from getting you into trouble, and perhaps most importantly, get it to drive traffic to your site (thus, the marketing moniker). The content-centric techniques offered to keep your website in tip-top shape for both users and search engines ultimately make it the best marketing tool in your arsenal. Web Design and Marketing Solutions devotes a chapter each to all the major sections most corporate or business-related websites might need, including About Us, Contact, Products, Services, Support, Terms of Use, Privacy Policies and even the…Read more »
08.25.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Business, Process
If you are considering your own business approach to the digital world of network-enabled social sites and web-based applications, Amy Shuen’s book from O’Reilly Publishing titled Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide is filled with useful examples and case studies of numerous companies who have leveraged these tools into growth and financial success. By applying many of the business rules outlined inside, Shuen’s book can serve as a valuable roadmap to your own online business success. I started reading the book because a client of ours is pondering these exact issues. Though at times I found its content a bit dry, the book has been overall an extremely valuable resource to cite…Read more »
08.25.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Design, Development, Programming, Web Design
Web Design for ROI by Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus contains a bevy of smart tips for designers to get the most out of building user-friendly web experiences, especially those with a commerce element to them. The book often focuses more on the question of why rather than how, which is great for those who may not have a lot of experience designing web applications and need to get a general understanding of approach. Designers will appreciate the detailed suggestions for creating effective landing pages, forms, and easy-to-understand shopping cart experiences while marketers and business owners will get a lot out of the chapters on strategy, goals and metrics assessment. Sidebars…Read more »
08.25.09
Posted by Tim Frick in Books, Design, Development, Programming, Web Design
Fellow Chicagoans 37 Signals self-published their business opus Getting Real in 2006, so admittedly I’m a bit behind in getting around to this one, considering I read it mid-2009. It’s a worthwhile read, however, chock full of useful advice on everything from software development to customer service, business philosophy, and so on. It’s also a quick read at about 200 pages and the book’s layout brings to mind a literary journal or book of poetry, which adds to its appeal. Getting Real touches on the basic tenets of agile development, which favors small teams over large, face-to-face communication over documentation, iterative design and development, and prototyping early (and often) during the…Read more »
08.24.09
Posted by Travis Chandler in
When I hear the term “multicam” used in reference to a shoot I’m going to work on, I, like many video folk, am both thrilled and a little worried. On the one hand, multiple cameras provide exponentially better coverage and lead to great, professional looking final pieces. However! In an edit, video synchronization can be a giant headache. Now, if you’re running master time code from a fancy outboard device to multiple cameras, that’s fantastic. You get to use terms like “black burst” and “global dropframe tc” and that’s just fun. But I don’t have that stuff, and so for the most part have had to line up my footage manually,…Read more »
08.13.09
Brad Spirrison, Tech Writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote a very nice article on Mightybytes for his 'Tech Matters' column on Monday, August 10, 2009. The…Read more »
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