Every now and then, I come across a client who wants me to build them a fancy website or do something online at a reduced price. In a shrinking world, it’s easy for them to pit my bids against development firms in other parts of the world with lower costs of living. Once I was told my rate was too high and referred to a firm in India that billed $4/hr for similar services. Yes. You read that right. Four dollars per hour. [Read more...]
Feb
26
Expediency
How quickly do you do your job? I don’t mean shuffle papers, I’m asking how long customers have to wait to receive deliverable product from your office. We live in a world where just about everything is available with the click of a button. You order books online. You order groceries online. You perform in-depth research with a mouse in a few minutes rather than with a pencil and a few hours. [Read more...]
Nov
16
30 Days of Blogging
Some time ago, I participated in an event dubbed the “30 Days of Blogging.” It was an informal challenge between friends to post fresh content each day for 30 consecutive days. I had a lot of fun, unfortunately the challenge was somewhat disorganized and most everyone dropped out by the end of the first week. [Read more...]
