Strategy
Go beyond cat herding to actual content strategy. Make workflows that make sense. Make the tech work for you.
Recent work
Old Ottawa South Community Association: CMS migration, redesign
This is a long time client that hired me to redesign their site in the mid 2010s. The site had been using Joomla for a while and back then it was still an ongoing proposition. But by 2022, the design was dated and the CMS universe had galloped so far past Joomla it was time…
Marty Carr
Ottawa City Councillor Marty Carr puts a premium on communicating and conversing with her Alta Vista Ward constituents. She wanted a website that would aid in that most important task.
People’s Official Plan Ottawa
POP Ottawa is a coalition of environmental activists seeking to push its municipal government toward planning a more environmentally sustainable and climate change-avoiding city.
News
You probably don’t need that calendar
I came across another empty calendar on a WordPress site today. It reminded me of a lot of sad meetings where someone said “We should put all our events on a calendar on our website so people hear about them.”
It is possible for a user interface to be too simple
A client was getting really frustrated because the social media previews for their site were out of date.
Let the designer be the designer
You’ve hired a designer to create or re-create your website. Great. Congratulations. This tells me you’re serious about creating something that matches your ambition for what you want to create with the resources required.
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