Blog Archives

The power of no

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Since September 2011 I’ve been marketing Dirt and Rust and that work is now starting to bear fruit. Unfortunately, till the end of the year I’m not taking on any client work, but isn’t that always the way. Till the…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Blog, Mobile, Usability, Websites

What to do when your WordPress blog redirects to a link farm

Posted on 23/09/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I had a problem recently with a website I moved from one server to another – there was some injected javascript in the sql database that had never been eradicated, so in essence I brought over a hack when I…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Blog, WordPress

WordPress how to videos

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Ever wondered how to do something in WordPress? Chances are you’ll find it in the WordPress How To video section.

Tagged with:
Posted in Blog, WordPress

Absolutely the best mp3 player plugin for WordPress

Posted on 14/07/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

The perfect on-page mp3 player plugin I’ve found it! It’s called WPAudio. The plugin’s author is a cheeky bugger, but I like that. Here’s his description of his plugin: All the other WordPress audio players were crappy or ugly so…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Blog, WordPress

Key Usability Questions – My talk at WordCampNZ 2012

Posted on 26/06/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I had a great time at WordCamp this year, and thanks to Jason Kemp for posting this video of my Usability talk. I very briefly covered basic usability concepts to keep in mind while developing WordPress websites.

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Blog, Usability, WordPress

How to live and create in context

Posted on 20/06/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Everything you do these days in the digital realm gets old fast and loses context. You send that attachment “document.txt” to a coworker and it seems highly important at the time, but 2 weeks later what does that document mean?…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in Blog, Design, Websites

A usable website makes you feel something

Posted on 13/05/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

This article I just found on SearchEngineLand.com goes into great detail about how Emotional Design and SEO can cohabitate, and it explores why websites that elicit emotion are effective but it gets lost in the woods and misses the point.…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Blog, Design, Usability

WordCampNZ – Bringing us WordPress crazies together

Posted on 23/04/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

So excited to have been a part of WordCampNZ. If you’re curious, check out my Usability lightning talk presentation slides at the end of this post. Of the many presenters on day one (I couldn’t attend day two) some highlights…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Blog, Usability, WordPress

3 Plugins to help kill your WordPress comment spam

Posted on 07/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

You run a WordPress blog, your digital marketing is going well and people are starting to find you, but, so are the wrong ones – the spammers. Fear not, there are four things you can do immediately to stem the…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in Blog, Tech, WordPress

Small projects can lead to big money

Posted on 21/12/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

We web designers sometimes think we’re missing out on big work and big money if we take lots of small jobs. But if we systemise our work, we can take these small projects on, add a little bit of bespoke…

Read more ›

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
Posted in Blog