Odds & Sods
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
March 30, 2009
Web hosting: Finding happiness
One of the services we offer here at Spigot Design is high quality web hosting. You may wonder what we mean by hight quality...…
March 27, 2009
Custom built websites vs web templates
Here at Spigot Design, we plug ourselves as a 'custom' web design studio, with heavy emphasis on the custom (and design) parts. But occasionally…
March 25, 2009
Drop down menus are good?
While I've designed a few in my day, it's standard protocol around the studio to swat drop down menus like the annoying, dysfunctional bugs they…
March 24, 2009
YUI Grids vs Blueprint (CSS Frameworks)
CSS Frameworks have been around for a while now, and while there are many detractors, the benefits they provide make them an attractive option…
March 13, 2009
3 reasons against hiring your friend’s neighbor’s kid
If you're a business owner looking to get your enterprise on the web, here are three very good reasons to avoid hiring the kid…
February 18, 2009
DIY vs Hiring an Expert
Ever since I got my first car I've been a do-it-yourselfer. The first time something went wrong that car I brought it in to…
February 12, 2009
Font Explorer X Pro vs FontCase
Font management has thankfully been something I haven't had to think much about in the last few years, ever since Linotype came out with…
February 8, 2009
5 tips on promoting your website for free
There are a number of ways to promote your website that involve parting with hard earned dollars, but I'll often tell clients that the…
February 6, 2009
Collaborating with the competition
Recently I met for coffee with two local web designers, Greg Schmidt of GS Web and Nate Flint from Flint Digital. We met for…
February 4, 2009
Park City Chamber luncheon with Rich Karlgaard
On Monday I attended the annual Economic Forecast luncheon put on by the Park City Chamber, where the publisher of Forbes, Rich Karlgaard was…