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Archive of posts filed under the Application, Web, and Media category.

Domain and Hosting Providers

The first thing I get asked is where to host and register domains. I just switched to Hover.com for my domains and DreamHost for my hosting. I use Google Apps for my email so that I can have my own domain instead of the @gmail.com domain. I have not had a chance to do an [...]

Verbally Walk Through User Steps

When designing web or app functionality steps to be taken by the user, write out the steps, read the steps out loud, and see if at any point you stop and go, “this is ridiculously long.”

Mobile web vs mobile app – taking Jakob Nielsen’s Feb 13, 2012 Alertbox article into account

From the most recent Alertbox by Jakob Nielsen – Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift (February 13, 2012): A last benefit of a mobile-site strategy is better integration with the full web. It’s much easier for others to link to a site than to integrate with a 3rd-party application. In the long run, [...]

Is Go Daddy violating ICANN rules with 60-day lock? Probably not, but it ain’t nice

I’m not alone and apparently many are trying to figure out whether or not Go Daddy is violating ICANN’s policy (see links below). According to ICANN they are not in violation, yet ICANN seems to be tweaking their policies to get at this issue. I think that since it requires so much interpretation and review, and [...]

Use caution when transferring from Go Daddy to avoid a 60 day lock

I try to be happy and positive when online and not add to the trolls and negative content that seems so prevalent. If you’ve ready any comments on a news site, you know what I’m talking about. But I am so pissed off that I gotta vent. If you need to know one thing in [...]