Thomas Welfley
The web equivalent of donating an organ
When we first started building @libs, we immediately saw a flaw in our viral adoption strategy. The username ‘libs’ was already registered on Twitter. This meant that when someone mentioned our game in a tweet, the text would be auto-linked to an account that we didn’t have control of. We were so disappointed about not [...]
Building a Website? Beware the Goblins.
So, you’re a business owner and you’ve decided to build a website. That’s fantastic. You’re about to embark upon a journey down a road paved with gold, lined with money trees that weaves through fields filled with goblins. Yes, goblins. We’re not talking goblins that are actually nice but simply misunderstood; these goblins are ferocious. [...]
Say ‘No!’ and Say it Loud
Perhaps the most disheartening experience that we’ve seen our clients go through is mistakenly hiring a developer or firm that isn’t capable of fulfilling a project’s requirements. If you’ve worked in web development for any time at all, you’ve probably gone through this too. You probably had to be the one to tell a client [...]