Edit: The Webtask platform has been closed to new signups. A potential alternative for serverless computing is AWS Lambda. Almost every web designer or developer has been in the position before of needing a quick and easy HTML/JavaScript web page. We don’t need a backend, we don’t need PHP or…

For my entire professional life, I’ve had an Internet-connected computer in my pocket. For my entire adult life, I’ve had daily access to the Internet. This very well may be a generational thing. I sincerely doubt that my parents would have trouble being disconnected from the Internet for three days…

If you’re a freelancer, or you’ve ever quoted a job as one (or are responsible for quoting jobs for a service-oriented business), then you have probably faced the dilemma of quoting a job for a client. The unknown factor, however, is how to quote a project correctly? Do you base…

We’ve all been there, haven’t we? You’re hard at work on a proposal for the new freelance job lead you just found, or typing up that report that your boss has demanded by end of day, or any number of other tasks. Oh, wait, you aren’t hard at work. Your…

(Diving into the Microsoft Ecosystem — Part 3) OK. It’s been a while since I wrote “Diving into the Microsoft Ecosystem — Part 1), and I’ve been using Windows 10 daily on two different computers for freelance work (web development and writing) and personal use (family computer, games, web…

(Diving Into the Microsoft Ecosystem — Part 2) Recently, I purchased an ASUS Zenbook UX305 “ultrabook” style laptop. I’d like to explain what I was looking for in a laptop, followed by a bit of a technical review of the device, and then finish up with an overview of how…

So here’s the thing. I’m a web professional the same as many of you might be. And if you aren’t, you probably use the Internet for a variety of things throughout your day. Often, this will be the case whether you even really realize it, or not. In any case…

By Jeff Smith Yes, your local small business needs a website! Almost every business that hopes to gain new customers needs a website. Now, when there’s a smartphone in every pocket and computers and tablets in every home and office, a website is your digital storefront, or your proverbial shingle…

By Jeff Smith I’m a productivity nut who’s woefully bad at actually implementing any sort of real productivity tools or practices. Does that make sense? I read a lot about productivity, I tinker with a lot of processes, but I don’t implement productivity tools and techniques as well as I…