For more articles, be sure to sign up for our newsletter. We'll deliver them to your inbox every Friday.

Buddy - Build automation tool
Development

Build automation and deployments with Buddy

Whether building a product from scratch or doing a simple redesign, it's important that our development work happens in the background.

Read more...
Time tracking is important
Project Management

Time tracking is important, no matter how you bill

Time tracking. When some people hear those words they cringe. For creatives, it can conjure visions of punching clocks, sitting in cubicles, and working for "the man".

Read more...
WordPress site hacked
Development

How to fix a hacked WordPress site

There is nothing worse than getting a panicked call from a client telling you their WordPress site has been hacked.

Read more...
Web design roadblocks
Project Management

Roadblocks to avoid when starting your next web project

Here's a common scenario. You work at a mid to large size company. You're the lead on a team that's tasked with hiring a design and development partner to work on your new website and application.

Read more...
Two weeks with the iPhone 6 Plus
Design

Two weeks with the iPhone 6 Plus

I've been using my new iPhone 6 Plus for about two weeks now. I've had a lot of people asking me about it, so I figured I’d write out a review.

Read more...
Company

9 things to consider before selecting a web design company

Let's face it, nowadays your business has to have a web presence if it wants to stay relevant and competitive.

Read more...
Code

Create GitHub issues faster with Gitdone

The team and I have been working on a little web app that centers around GitHub issue creation. We're calling it Gitdone and it allows you to quickly create issues while you're in a meeting or doing QA.

Read more...
Community

How to make it as a Web Professional

Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the Atlanta Web Design Group's panel on "How to Make it as a Web Professional".

Read more...
Do conference calls ruin your productivity
Project Management

Do conference calls kill your productivity?

Occasionally I get the feeling that conference calls negatively impact my day-to-day productivity.

Read more...
The importance of wireframing
Design

The importance of wireframing

When 45royale first started, there's no question we had a few bad habits. And wireframing was something we never did.

Read more...
What to do when things go wrong
Project Management

When a web design project goes wrong…

Congrats, you've reached the end of our five part web design process series! If you landed here without going through the whole series, we recommend getting started at the beginning of the web design process.

Read more...
Time tracking
Project Management

Time tracking leads to smoother projects and proposals

In the fourth installment of our web design process series, we'll talk about the importance of time tracking during the project.

Read more...
Project schedule
Project Management

Project schedules: How to set expectations and ensure success

In the third part of our web design process series, we'll cover setting up and maintaining a solid project schedule.

Read more...
Web design contracts
Project Management

Are web design contracts necessary?

In the first installment of our web design process series, we talked about how to get web design clients.

Read more...
How to get web design clients
Project Management

How to get web design clients

We're leading off our five part web design process series by answering a question we get asked a lot: "How do I get web design clients?".

Read more...