By Daniel Little on February 26, 2010
Or: “I have Frontpage! Why does it cost so much to put a website online?”
Excellent question! I’m glad you asked.
When the web first started out, there were few fancy web editing tools out there and everyone had to learn how to build websites using Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML). As HTML itself is not terribly complex, and the medium was unproven for generating revenue and leads, many people chose this option. Lots of websites started popping up all over the place. Many of them were just so ugly, it’s amazing people continued to use the web! But the opportunity to connect with customers, constituents and all kinds of interest groups was so readily obvious that websites were clearly not a blip that was going away, despite the Dot-bomb of the late ’90s. Read more…
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By Daniel Little on February 14, 2010
Or: “I just fired my tech guy, my website is down and I’m not getting any email! What’s wrong?”
Excellent question! I’m glad you asked.
Most business owners understand their finances pretty well. After all, the finances are what allows the business to prosper (or what causes the business to fade away when the finances aren’t strong). And, for the most part, they understand this enough that even if they lost “the accountant”, they would still be able to maintain basic accounting needs for payables and receivables. Read more…
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By Daniel Little on January 25, 2010
Or: “How come you can’t just write some software to do this thingy that I want without always wanting to know why I want the thingy?”
Excellent question! I’m glad you asked.
Software can be very complex. And the process of designing and developing new software is also complex. Projects can be easily sidetracked. And I’ve got lots of experience at getting sidetracked! So much so that the Metrex team forbids me to develop software any more – aren’t they sweet? But how does that fit into the original question? Read more…
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