Laurence McCahill, co-founder of Spook Studio, explains how his team has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part one of this series he looks at design, including research, planning and testing, and breaks down the phase into 10 simple steps
Long live client services! Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, answers Khoi Vinh's post calling for the end of the client services model, explains how it has to evolve and how we can find better clients
It’s every web designer and developer’s dream: a passive income stream that generates cash all by itself. Adii Pienaar explains how to create one of your own
Voluntary payments are picking up pace on the web. Linus Olsson, the co-founder of social micropayments system Flattr, draws on the lessons the team has learned from their users and explains how you can be funded by your fans, too
In the first of a special four-part series on cloud computing, brought to you by Europe's number one hosting provider OVH, Dan Frost of 3EV looks under the hood of the cloud environment and explains how to get started with launching an instance, cloud and configuration management
Fredrik Holmén, MD of Keybroker UK, looks at the increasing importance of platforms offering measurable ROI and explains how the true value may lie in understanding the key online synergies that a mix of channel activity can provide
Craig McCulloch, head of web strategy at WebNarrative, explains why customer experience is so important and how to create the optimal customer website experience
Loyal clients are immensely valuable. Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Washington DC-based agency Reef Light Interactive, explains how to make your clients do the selling for you
It's the debate that refuses to die. Is working for free ever worth it? Karl Hodge weighs up the pros and cons of pro bono, design competitions, creative pitching and other forms of spec work
Keith Butters, chief experience officer of The Barbarian Group, argues that the benefits of working in the digital marketing field, such as learning from success and failures as well as mentoring, can make you a better prepared designer or developer in the startup world
All this talk of "winning" and "losing" inspired Carl Smith to make some big changes at his agency. Here the chief keeper upper of nGen Works tells us how Charlie Sheen led him to come up with solutions to quit managing difficult clients, stressing about cash flow and company growth
As the long awaited pre-order launch of .xxx domain names is due to take place in the UK within the next few weeks, Abby Hardoon, founder and CEO of domain name registration and hosting company daily.co.uk, looks at its potential impact
Happy Cog's user experience director Kevin M Hoffman discusses the three types of meetings and how to make them more effective and engaging - or even get rid of some altogether
Thomas Vollrath, MD of leading domain registrar 123-reg, explores the impact international domain extensions are having on national businesses and advises on domain registration best practice
