Blog Archives

Results of the BluLob Facebook Poll

Tweet Earlier this week, I ran a poll on what people like to do on Facebook. It’s part of my research on online communities and what makes them so attractive to people. This poll asked the question: “What do you

Tagged with: ,
Posted in Articles, Web

A Web design essential: the Request for Proposal

Tweet I got an email this morning from a former Web design student of mine. He was asking for a copy of a document I used to have on my previous design Web site and is long gone. Fortunately, I

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Articles, Web

Web Design Battle of the Ages, Part 1 of 2

Tweet I posted on Saturday about the evolution of my old site, dawnsbrain.com. I thought it would be fun today to compare four sites that been around about as long as the Web itself. The Web Archive begins in 1996.

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Articles, Web

Evolution of a Web Design

Tweet My original business name was Dawn’s Brain Design, and my Web site for it was dawnsbrain.com. I kept a teaching blog there since 2006, when I started teaching full time. I thought it would be fun to take a

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Articles, Web

Building an Online Community

Tweet For years, I have worked with blogging software like WordPress and shopping cart software like X-Cart. For much of that time I have been intimidated by the prospect of developing an online community. They seem to be an order

Tagged with: , , , , , , ,
Posted in Articles, Web