how to write an artist bio
I once saw a wonderful play called Floydada for which the music was composed by an artist whose bio began like this: “Composer Seth Bedford likes wandering the...
Client Highlights of 2021
2021 still had its share of Covid-related slowdown but we’ve all become somewhat better at accommodating an uncertain future, so let’s salute every highlight from 2021 and…
Website Design for Effective Climate Change Initiatives
Climate change is high on the agenda! If you’re an organization working to reverse climate change trends, how do you get interested people to find you and engage with you (and/or donate to your work if you’re a non-profit)?
Non-Profit Web Design & Pivoting in Crises: Refugee Resettlement Organizations
There are nine non-profit organizations in the USA that work with the State Department to resettle refugees. This past August, as the Afghan evacuation took place with the non-profits receiving very little advance notice of the change in schedule...
Website Design Client Highlights of 2020
So 2020 is leaving us. Just before it does, I want to give a shout-out to the people who’ve worked with us this year who’ve taken the opportunity to create work, to have websites designed and built, and to keep their...
Best Image Sizes for Your Website or Blog
Every image situation on a website is different but you always want your images to look good and to load quickly. Here we consider different priorities for different situations to help you get the best results for your website.
video content on your website
There’s a lot of talk about video being the way to engage people on your website and it’s true. Video is a visual medium and we are programmed to “read” our world visually.
will people copy my work on the web?
I’m often asked by clients how safe it is to put their artwork on the web without a watermark; if there’s a way to prevent people from copying or downloading it. The reality is that once you have put your work on the web it’s there for the taking. One can disable downloads in various ways but screenshots are always available to people and the results of a screenshot of an image are as good as the original image itself.