“… for most of my friends building products, the future is to charge for them. The concept is as old as business itself and it’s the most reliable and authentic way to build a company: provide value that is greater than the value paid for it.” The above quote is from the new Five Simple … Book Review: Design Evolution
I am interested in running and cycling. As a web developer I am interested in the latest tech news and gadgets. As a business owner and a writer I need to keep up with the latest tech and business news. So why does Apple newsstand think I might want to read fashion, slimming and celebrity … Dear Apple, I am not a freak.
When we launched the initial version of Perch, we spent about the same amount of time developing the infrastructure around selling and supporting the product as we did in developing that first version of the software itself. We needed to develop the marketing site, decide how we would support the product and work out how … Shipping your product – the workshop
I have been a reader of A List Apart for almost as long as I have been a web developer. I have always enjoyed their approach to writing for the web, giving space for opinion and new ideas rather than just “how to” articles. So I am very excited about my new column, launched with … Writing about the business of web development for A List Apart
Over three months since my accident and life goes on. I have had further surgery to remove two k wires that were moving and in danger of actually coming out through my skin. The range of movement is still pretty poor, but the situation with the wires was stopping the physio being able to properly … The best 5K ever
Updated 10 May 2013, to add some corrections, clarifications and new information. Thanks to Tab Atkins Jr. for this detailed response on www-style I really like Grid, as I explained to the Front Trends audience last week, my presentation The New CSS Layout is partly so I have an excuse to tell people about Grid. … CSS Grid Layout: Named Grid Lines and areas
Towards the end of last year I did some research into the proposed CSS Grid Layout module for my book CSS3 Layout Modules for Five Simple Steps and also an article for 24 Ways. Both of these were heavily based on the Internet Explorer 10 implementation, as that was (and is) the only real implementation … CSS Grid Layout – what has changed?
I have been really enjoying listening to the Bootstrapped podcast from Ian Landsman and Andrey Butov. Listening to other business owners just talk about their businesses and how they do things is fascinating. At Perch we use Ian’s HelpSpot product as our support system so it’s especially interesting to hear more about the story of … Working from home and the proper business
The first race I took part in was the Marlow 5 – a local 5 mile race. Despite many of my Running Sister friends taking part I was terrified that I would come last, or that the “real” runners would laugh at me. As it turned out, taking part in a race is nothing like … Entering races and fun runs
Four weeks after my accident I got back into the gym again for a spin class. Before breaking my elbow I had a 99 week unbroken run on FourSquare for gym attendance. I’m rarely ill, and if injured I modify what I do rather than miss a workout completely, to not be in the gym … Back in the gym