Where we write more about what we're working on, what we do for fun and occasionally about life on the Cape.
Tuesday, October 25, 1:30pm EST Update - at the request of two individual EllisLab employees. I've removed the screenshots of their tweets from this post.
Tuesday, October 25, 10:20am EST Update - comments are now enabled. We are not moderating them - all... read on >
The presentation"Don't Call Me a Freelancer" by Paul Burton (@16toads), was a great topic, one that needs to be addressed in this industry. I agreed with many of his points and over the past 5 years I've taken many of the steps he suggested.... read on >
We're growing and we need you to join our team ... yes, you!
When Michelle and I decided that (for my sanity) it was time to quit my full-time, stable, 40-hour a week, regular paycheck with benefits job in October, 2007 and start freelancing for a couple of... read on >
In part 1, we talked about the challenge of finding the right solution for a particular eCommerce Project. Now in part 2, we start to go into detail about how we go about guiding our clients through the decision-marking process.
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... read on >I've had enough experience by now that I should run screaming when someone approaches me about an eCommerce project (BTW - is it ecommerce, e-commerce, eCommerce ... can I get a ruling on this?).
The past few months has seen a rise in the number of... read on >
Last week I had the chance to talk with a developer new to the Cape Cod area. In addition to freelance work, he was interested in hooking up with local designers to bring the right look to his projects. Unfortunately, he didn't know any yet.
Since we at... read on >
I am currently working on redesigning an EE implementation for a client from a single EE 1.7.x site to an EE 2.x multi site manager. The following are a few bumps on the road and things I've picked up on the way:
The latest MSM add-on as of this... read on >
Here we go again...
I am currently working on a project that requires me to have a full session schedule that can be filtered by its type or track using jQuery. For the dropdowns, I'm using the out of the box EE dropdown custom section field type.
In past... read on >
Recently, I was making some much-needed updates to the 20Mile website. As is often the case, I was looking at companies that are similar to mine for inspiration. From there, I was looking at specific sections on other small business sites to find some... read on >
What should I expect to pay for a website? It's a question I get asked all the time, and I wish that I had an easy answer.
Some companies will advertise websites for $500. A nephew or brother-in-law has a copy of Dreamweaver and says that he can do it next... read on >
After writing dozen of EE implementations that require US states in its forms, I've finally decided to write an official plugin. I haven't found one on google (not that I've spent a lot of time looking) so the next logical step was to write one.
This is what... read on >
Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to the Cape Cod Technology Council about ExpressionEngine (EE). The 40-member audience was a mix of designers, developers, marketing professionals and business people. My task was to hold their interest for 15... read on >
Finally a new 20Mile site!!! OK - so it's not perfect, and there are pages that aren't complete. I had big plans for our work portfolio section, but nothing I did was working the way that I wanted.
But then someone repeated the advice that I always give our... read on >
