Block 81

02/24/2022

How my first Sabbatical Week went...

TL;DR - it was well worth it. Looking forward to the next one and the next one and... you get the idea. 😎

With it also being my partner’s birthday week, I had more to look forward to than just some time off. In a way you could say that the time off started on Saturday, in which case Monday just felt like an additional day off. Tuesday ended up being a little different, mainly because I didn’t have.....

02/14/2022

Awesome clients + hard work = awesome feedback. 😎

02/10/2022

Started working on a logo/monogram for someone near and dear to me. First logo project in a looooong time. 😄

02/09/2022

Wrapped up a second website for IIA last week! 🎉 This is a client portal used by IIA clients to get exclusive client-only content.

This project was less heavy on UI design and more so on the development side. Read more about it on our portfolio: https://block81.com/work/international-institute-for-analytics-client-portal

01/19/2022

New blog post: The Seventh Week Sabbatical – Part 1

Prioritizing rest and time away from stress triggers, be they client work, personal projects, or something else. Time blocking and the Seventh Week Sabbatical I’ve written about time blocking before , so I won’t go over that in detail again. I’ll just add that time blocking really helped in se...

01/12/2022

New blog post: The Iron Triangle (of Web Design Project Expectations)

Scope, time, and budget = quality The principle behind the Iron Triangle is that the quality of a project is constrained by its scope, timeline, and budget; any changes in any one of those constraints will directly affect the others. No matter how you affect any one constraint, if you don’t adjust...

01/10/2022

Recent feedback from a new client on the first UI designs for their website. This is just a small taste of the stuff that makes me look forward to work every weekday. 😊⁠

01/05/2022

New blog post: Why I Ditched Basecamp

Basecamp made a huge mistake and lost Block 81 as a customer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

12/31/2021

New blog post: Thoughts on 2021

Thoughts on 2021 and a look at 2022.

12/13/2021

New blog post: Why I Don’t Do Unscheduled Phone Calls

Sticking to scheduled phone calls only was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my business. Here's why.

12/06/2021

New blog post: Why Your Website Needs a Privacy Policy

If you run a website pretty much anywhere in the world, you’re going to need a privacy policy that complies with the regulations and laws where your websit

12/02/2021

New video: How I manage fonts on my Mac

https://youtu.be/a0nY1GOhBR4