by Sean | Mar 19, 2025 | Web Design Woes & Wins
The Day the Web Punched Me in the Face Picture this: it’s 2016, I’m three coffees deep, and a client’s site I’ve nursed for months decides to throw a 404 tantrum five minutes before launch. Not a cute “page not found” with a sad puppy—just a blank, soul-crushing void....
by Sean | Mar 19, 2025 | Digital Dollars & Sense
A Tiny Plugin, A Big Win I’ve been slingin’ code for 30 years, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the best money doesn’t come from sweat—it comes from smarts. Enter my $50 widget: a little digital gremlin I cooked up in 2020 that’s been quietly paying my...
by Sean | Mar 19, 2025 | Digital Dollars & Sense
Picture me in 2016, sipping lukewarm coffee, when a wide-eyed startup founder slides into my inbox. He’s got a “game-changer”—some app to sell artisanal beard oil subscriptions. I nod, half-listening, because after 30 years of web design, I’ve heard every pitch from...
by Sean | Mar 19, 2025 | Web Design Woes & Wins
Picture this: it’s 2015, I’m three coffees deep, and a client drops a website in my lap that looks like a neon rave threw up on a Geocities template. Think lime green headlines, purple links, and—God help me—Papyrus screaming “Welcome” like a yoga instructor on a...
by Sean | Mar 19, 2025 | Web Design Woes & Wins
So, I’m sitting there, three coffees deep, when a client—let’s call him Dave, because he sounds like a Dave—drops a bomb: he wants his homepage to be the digital equivalent of a CVS receipt. Forty-seven sections, he says. Testimonials, a photo gallery of his dog, a...
