September 18, 2007
by meandean
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I’m usually very responsive to comments and emails – as such interaction often results in long-term, online friendships with other developers. That said, sometimes I get ‘love notes’ that either request assistance when I’m mega-busy, or whose purpose is to tear me apart for ‘bashing the Body.’ Here are 5 examples of such – followed by some witty snarkasm on my part. Continue reading
September 17, 2007
by meandean
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Unless you’re writing a church website for a bunch of blogging pastors, frustrated graphic artists and/or “… burned out computer geeks, your user isn’t you. … This is very hard to get through somebody’s head; it’s very hard to get rid of this notion that what you like your user is going to like… Again, your user is not you.” Continue reading
September 4, 2007
by meandean
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Just publishing your sermon notes to your weblog is not enough – not if you want anyone to actually read them. Here are five simple things you can do to make your sermon notes more visible to more readers through more search engines. Continue reading
September 2, 2007
by meandean
Comments Off on Bad Church Website Design Poster #0003 – Pretentious
Nothing shouts at a potential visitor ‘your time is NOT important to us’ than making them have to wait for a pretentious Flash intro. Especially those renderings so gratuitous that they include a ‘skip intro’ link. Here’s why: Continue reading