Let me start by saying I am not a Project Manager. I have a some practical knowledge of how projects work, and I have read a few books about Project Management (I think it’s important to know), but I am not a Project Manger. I have to draw the line somewhere, especially in my recent added duties as Studio Manager. I often need to remind people in my team. read on…

A dilemma vexes me at the I start of almost every new project: Which JavaScript library should I use this time? Which one will give me a little more help to get the job done faster and make my job easier and more fun? I am motivated sometimes by dissatisfaction and frustrations with my choices on previous projects, and sometimes by curiosity and desire to try something new to see if it is better. read on…

Just over 6 months ago there were redundancies at my work. In the shake up I was dealt the responsibilities of the axed Studio Manager. Here are a few of the things I have done. read on…

I was clearing out some notes the other day and I came across this bit of wisdom and clarity… My rejection of the concept of a process for our team creative output that I blurted out into a text editor late one night. read on…

In a recent email conversation with a designer/client manager friend/collaborator, I wrote the following about a process for Flash development. I think there is something in this… read on…

An upgrade was long overdue. My previous hosts hadn’t updated their offering in line with the times for about 5 years, and were charging far too much for too little. read on…

We’ve only just got the print designers to stop sending us their web page and html email designs in Indesign. They get it now: pixels, not points. RGB, not CMYK. 72 dpi. Limited fonts. Photoshop. We’ve had to really drum it in. So you can imagine the looks I got when I suggested we ban Photoshop from the web design process. read on…

Today was a day of meetings. In one afternoon session we reviewed some new proposals for an existing client. It’s been almost a week since the feedback meeting from our initial proposal, and things are all looking very positive, but the client manager feels under pressure to follow up with revised proposals and costs. So we are meeting to 1) get the report back from the client meeting, 2) think up some features to add to the list, and 3) plan a way forward. “We need to show them something…” read on…

I recently enjoyed reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg, (full title: Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software) in which author embeds himself in a software development team for three years, and reports on his discoveries. read on…