Archive for the 'Web Development' Category

Somewhat updated design

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Well, as you can see, I’ve updated my site design somewhat. I’ve basically kept the Kubrick design that comes with WordPress, but customized the header image (to a picture of some tulips I took in the backyard) and adjusted the background and link colors to match. I wanted the site to feel more […]

Suckerfish Dropdowns on DigitalAdvisor

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

I implemented Suckerfish dropdowns on DigitalAdvisor last week! I think they make a great addition to the site.

Apparently, they’re not displaying quite right on Safari or Mac IE, though. Not sure why, and it’s hard to test because I don’t have a Mac. Anyone else see strange behavior?

What to learn next: Ruby?

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

The last “language” I learned was CSS, and that was a little while ago now. It’s time to learn something new, I think. I hemmed and hawed, wondering if maybe I should learn PHP, but decided against it.

I’ve heard enough about Ruby and Ruby on Rails now for me to be curious enough […]

My first user test!

Friday, January 14th, 2005

On Wednesday, I conducted my very first ever user test! I got a lot of help from a woman in our office, who works for our parent/sister company, who is actually a trained usability professional (unlike me).

We had six users, who responded to a flyer I posted around our office building. Only three […]

Google Adwords

Thursday, January 6th, 2005

I’m very impressed with Google Adwords. They make it so easy for anyone to instantly advertise anything, and how much it costs is entirely up to you!

You see, for my Dad’s birthday, I decided to help him boost traffic to his website by setting him up with Adwords.

The management interface isn’t quite perfect, in […]

On being right

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

Sigh… Why don’t people understand that I’m usually right about everything? At least everything I’m confident I’m right about. Sometimes I’m wrong, but it’s usually something that I wasn’t completely sure about anyway.

I’m sort of joking, but sort of not.