#process

At some point, we’ve all faced it. Do we rebuild from scratch or simply refactor? With personal sites, it seems the rebuild is the default option. We see an archaic mess of code and a design that’s atrocious. So we rebuild. With a web application,…

One of the most frustrating tradeoffs during these years that I’ve been working on Sifter has been the degree to which I’ve cut some corners with user experience. It wasn’t a decision that I took lightly, but it was a very deliberate decision. Now that…

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in our garage making things by hand for my office. Admittedly, much of the stuff is purchased, and all I’m really doing is a little sawing, sanding, painting, finishing, and nailing. Assuming it’s not just the…

After attending Edward Tufte’s course recently, I had a realization with regard to one idea being better than three. The success of the “one idea”? approach was not due to the fact that we only presented one idea, but rather due to the overwhelming…

Note: There is now a followup to this post. Make sure to check it out. More on the One Idea Approach While some people don’t need to worry too much about clients, the rest of still make a living helping others make the right decisions with their web…