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Childbirth-oriented website survey for midwives, doulas, CBEs, LCs, et al
April 20th, 2009Building websites for people and things I believe in is probably the best part of what I do. In my efforts to help midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, lactation consultants, breastfeeding educators and other natural childbirth-oriented professionals, I have created a website survey. The goal is to create a website option that will be feature-packed but affordable. Read more
What's the worst that could happen?
April 20th, 2009What's the worst that could happen? is THE question that brought me from cold, overpriced NY metro living to warm & affordable Costa Rica. The question is a pivotal point in The 4 Hour Work Week, when you take your dream and bring it into the realm of reality. It went something like this for me & my wife as we considered moving to Costa Rica: Read more
5 online websites & blogs I recommend reading every week
April 19th, 2009
I believe that self-determination and self-education go hand-in-hand. The quest to improve my life was driven by opening my mind and learning as much as possible. I highly advocate reading a wide breadth of material with a critical eye. Small shifts in knowledge and perception lead to the big changes that seem to happen overnight. Read more
Choose life(style)
April 10th, 2009
I live in Costa Rica and work from home. Both are lifestyle choices that I made and worked toward for the last 5 years. Our house here in the tropics has nearly 3 acres with orange, mango, lime, avocado & cashew trees aplenty. I get to spend more time with my family. And thanks to cost-of-living arbitrage, I work less - my rent here is 1/4 the mortgage I had in the USA. The 60 hour weeks I worked to get here are long, long gone :-) Read more
Rockland Family Shelter
Rockland Family Shelter is a privately operated, grassroots organization dedicated to ending violence against women, children and youth. We converted their site from static html and SEO-unfriendly tables to a dynamic, databased-backed website that can be edited staff members. To make fundraising easier, Civicrm was added to provide constituent relationship management as it is designed for advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups.
AOC Fine Wines
AOC Fine Wines is an online shop and brick & mortar store located in Greenwich, CT. In addition to converting the site from an older e-Commerce system that was not SEO-friendly, they wanted to automate an affiliate system to allow customers to 'donate' commissions to various non-profit organizations and charities. Another new addition was an opt-in mailing list & newsletter. All of this was accomplished using open-source systems, keeping the cost reasonable and the site feature-packed.
All Stars For Hope
All Stars for Hope is a non-profit organization staging a charity soccer game to benefit impoverished children worldwide. The game will be in Giants Stadium (USA), will feature many of the world's best soccer players and be watched by a global audience. The website is vital to all of their efforts, and provides a place to find information, sign up for updates, donate to the cause and find out how to become a sponsor.
Orgasmic Birth
Orgasmic Birth is a documentary film about the sensuality and safety of natural birth. An extensive website was built to promote the film, provide information on birth, provide a multifaceted point of contact, be a center for birth advocacy and provide updated news and personal blogs. There are multiple forms for both the media and the general public to request information or share their reactions. Viewable and downloadable media include video, graphics and documents.
Tupelo Honey Productions
Tupelo Honey Productions is one of the world's premier content production providers. They produce for a wide variety of industries including sports, entertainment, live events, music videos, broadband and more. The main purpose of their site is to showcase videos of their work. Read more
Ubuntu vs XP: one web designer's experience
June 16th, 2008
I LOVE the idea behind Ubuntu and Linux in general. For a great many people, all of their computing needs can be handled by Ubuntu. It would probably be a good idea for my mom, who needs to browse, read/send emails, do some basic VOIP and play some simple games. It would certainly save me the hassle of reformatting her computer and reinstalling XP annually, especially after 'someone else messes up' her computer. However, web designers like myself have some issues to deal with - namely the specific software required for work. Read more
