Over the years I have accepted and or taken on many different projects requiring different skill and knowledge sets. In some cases the business that I worked for didn’t have the resources to solve the issues that they faced, so I took it upon myself to learn what the issue was, to establish how to fix it and then how to actually fix it – or at least make a workaround until the company was in a position to fix it permanently. Solving such issues has enabled me to learn a great deal about different industries, roles, levels of risk and responsibility.
Design thinking
There is design the principle, the practice, the appreciation, and the process. Collecting together all the information required to start a design project can be easy at times, but usually, it is not. Design is engaging. The understanding and application of...
IA, Books & Dashboards
Information architecture is great fun. The structure of a book and the content and the application of design is a fine line between, balancing the content, the context and taking into consideration the audience. Knowing what the book is about, where...
You have mail
At one stage I had a Zimbra email exchange and a great number of customer accounts. I am very thankful to the big email providers, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Rackspace you saved the day! Managing accounts and private information is...
Data security
Some of what I’ve learned about running web hosting servers is that security is super important, but the level of risk depends on the value that people place on their data. Some customers don’t want to pay for added security...
Communication & Data
Communication is the most important part of the process – with all parties – data centers, customers and developers. I have been managing web hosting servers for more than 10 years, and the disasters that I have averted have been numerous....
Development teams
What I’ve learned while working with small web development teams is that they have a tendency to get bogged down in the detail of making it perfect, rather than running for the workable first. Having a mix of members is critical to...