The ICU Blog

Site Building: Content Management Systems Versus Frameworks

Sean — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:58:53 +0000

At what point along a learning curve do you cut your losses, or carry on?

A Poke in Your Eye Tracking Study

Sean — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:33:20 +0000

Eye tracking studies and their conclusions turn out to be a hash of pseudo-science and sloppy practice.

7 Ways to Kill Your SEO Consultant

Sean — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:41:37 +0000

At a dime a dozen, SEO consultants are scandalously overpriced. Here are 7 simple, honest coding tips that will save you thousands in phony fees and keep you on the right side of Google's blacklist.

The New Basics of Marketing

Sean — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:57:18 +0000

The February 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine had a nice feature section (fourteen brisk pages) on "The New Basics of Marketing."

Is Your Web Site Easy to Read? Probably Not.

Sean — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:19:28 +0000

Most Web sites are crammed with small text that is a pain to read. This snarky article from Tokyo has the fix.

The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names

Sean — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:25:08 +0000

Even though many successful domains embrace only a few of these characteristics, they're still the seven most important things to consider when choosing your domain.

Design by Committee: Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Sean — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:33:02 +0000

Designers who whine about clients wrecking their work need to cut back on the narcissism and chillax.

Killing Some Bad Layout Conventions

Sean — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:49:11 +0000

The insanely talented Andy Rutledge writes about the phenomenon of several clunky Web site layouts hanging on, despite some wonderful progress in Web design over the last couple of years.