Headspace Halifax Website Design

10 criteria for selecting a CMS

Posted on April 01st, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under External Articles, Business, Development 4 Comments

View the original post here: 10 criteria for selecting a CMS

I like all of Paul’s choices for the post, including:

Multi site support

We’ve had a few instances come up where our clients have multiple websites all running off the same server.…Read More

10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites

Posted on February 12th, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under External Articles, Business 0 Comments

Great article on Smashing Magazine, written by one of my favorite web design speakers/authors, Paul Boag. He explains why corporate websites are not always as good as they could be, listing the following reasons:

1. You Need A Separate Web Division
2.…Read More

It’s all in the follow through

Posted on January 27th, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 1 Comments

For those of us who design and build websites, we know that there are ones that go smoothly, and ones that don’t. But even more important than how it goes while we’re working on it is what happens after the site goes live. This is where in some cases, the…Read More

Usability, different from being passable

Posted on November 03rd, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business, Usability 3 Comments

Usability, part of the long drawn out series,12 things you need to know before commissioning a website.

1. Know your audience
2. Content
3. Content Management Systems
4. Hosting and Domain
5. Bandwidth
6. Web standards
…Read More

Kyle Racki is hosting the Queen Street Studios Member meeting

Posted on September 17th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Headspace News, Business 5 Comments

I’ll be hosting the member meeting at Queen Street Studios on Wednesday, September 24th, at 10 am. The topic I’ll be speaking about is; 10 tips to market yourself better online

In my opinion, there are still many designers, photographers, writers and other freelance marketers who…Read More

High-school fashion, and how it relates to design

Posted on September 12th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 0 Comments

You know how in high-school, there were always those kids who wore dark, baggy clothing, half of their face was covered in long hair, and their swagger almost seemed like it was concealing something, like they were about to rob a convenience store? They really look bad, but they wouldn’t…Read More

To Firm or Not to Firm? How to Choose Between Going Solo or Going Big

Posted on July 25th, 2008 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Headspace News, Business 4 Comments

A post I wrote has been accepted to Freelance Switch.

The article has been copied down below (but you should still check out the site!):

Before going out on their own, many freelancers struggle…Read More