I was a serious gamer back in the day (when I still had the time). I wasn’t as hard-core as my brother but I could give him a bit of a headache when it came to ‘beat ‘em ups’. My true love however, was for strategy games on the PC (think Warcraft, Age of Empires, [...]
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Strategy Games and Building a Business
Posted in Business on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Web Templates – A Necessary Evil?
Posted in Business on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Website templates. Mention those two little words anywhere near a bunch of web designers and you’d get everything from mild disgust to outright rage. Some examples: “Devaluing what we do as designers” “Yuck” “Cheap designs, bad code, and a good chance of copyright infringement” “A freelancer?s nightmare” “The Template biz is killing our Business” Website [...]
It will make more money for us
Posted in Business on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Remember my post on the cost of a good reputation? It looks as though a few business owners don’t quite grasp the principle of putting the well-being of your customers first. This week, another company caught with its pants down is E.ON. According to the London Paper (a free, daily publication that I read religiously), [...]
Am I invisible?
Posted in Business on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading an interesting article the other day where ‘usability guru’ Jakob Nielsen was interviewed. The guy made a sufficient amount of sensible statements (in my opinion) to warrant me wanting to know more about him. A quick Google search led me to his homepage (no comment on the design). One of the links [...]
My Motivation
Posted in Business on August 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I don’t want a billion dollar empire. I don’t want a million dollar empire. I just want make enough to keep me doing what I love doing – making a difference to people’s businesses and organisations. I had dreams of grandeur when I first started Wai Designs. How much money I would make, what I [...]
The Cost of a Good Reputation
Posted in Business on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One thing I’ve learned from reading business books and blogs is that good business isn’t just about making money. It’s about making your customers happy. Happy customers are repeat customers; they are oftentimes also referring customers which means more customers and the cycle continues. This seems to be a fairly simple rule – common sense [...]
