Evaluate your website in 50 questions

March 26, 2010 2 comments Posted by: Peter Ellis

I was doing some late night research (what else is new?) and came across a very useful post by Carsten Cumbrowski, born in Germany, now living in California, specializing in website development and internet marketing.
This is a great overall check list that you should review prior to designing a website, and then again, prior to [...]

Top 20 Ways for Web Developers to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

October 15, 2009 No comments yet Posted by: Peter Ellis

Here is a great article I came across while doing some research online today. It’s written by Glen Stansberry on NetTutsPlus.com blog. This particular blog post is a part of Blog Action Day 2009 Climate Change.
Climate change is greatly affected by our carbon footprint. As web developers, it may not seem that we make huge [...]

iRecycle, do you?

September 17, 2009 No comments yet Posted by: Peter Ellis

This is to all of you, who have an iPhone. Yes, there should be a club for people like us, with a very cool name…may be something like – iClub (just kidding).
With over 50,000 iPhone apps available and still growing, iPhone is becoming everything to those who have one. Last night I was going through [...]

Green Business of the Year

September 10, 2009 No comments yet Posted by: Peter Ellis

Green America (www.greenamericatoday.org) just announced the Top Ten Nominees for 2009 Green Business of the Year Award.

What is this Award?
A celebration of the leaders of the green economy, and a challenge to corporate America to follow their path.
What are Green Businesses?
Companies that work to help – not hurt – people, communities, and the [...]

Myth 4: Custom Web Design

July 24, 2009 No comments yet Posted by: Peter Ellis

Myth – It’s NOT affordable.

Today, web sites are common. Getting your web site designed by a professional that does not use templates and does all their work from scratch is priceless (and affordable, I will explain). The presence of templated web sites on the internet made many businesses look a like. Every business owner knows, [...]

Myth 3: Web Site Templates

July 15, 2009 No comments yet Posted by: Peter Ellis

Myth – It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s cheap.

Did you know that in order to customize your template you must have knowledge of web development software? Did you know that in most cases the templates are very limited, and are not expandable? Do you have the time and money to waste in editing and customizing?
Although [...]


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