Due to launch later this month, Perch is a development of Edge of my Seat. I’ve been following the announcements on Twitter by @drewm and found in watching the first video a beautifully clean GUI and the possibility of a really robust structure for allowing clients edits.

…and more. This blog is written by a lawyer but offers lots of good food for thought for most professionals, including web designers. You may not always agree with him, but it’s definitely worth a read. Here’s his 10 rules for client service. (The first link is mostly on billing.)

Recently retweeted, Omeka is a CMS in alpha release: Create complex narratives and share rich collections adhering to Dublin core standards with Omeka, designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts. LAMP. GPL.

Yeah? You too, huh? Oh, I can get by, but I’ll always be that sit in the corner of the hall at high school reading a Henry James novel sort of a person inside. Hey. Take a minute and read these great tips for freelancers who aren’t the social butterflies and glad-handers that some are.

Hey! Where’d I come from? I’ve been pretty scarce on these pages for a couple of months. But to the point: This was just Tweeted: a list of about 10 helpdesk applications that might just be the best of the lot. As I’ve spent hours here and there researching this very topic, I really appreciate [...]

Script & Style is a fairly recently-developed site of the type that collects high-quality articles spotted around the web that are useful to web designers and developers. A project of Chris Coyier (whose name you might remember from my enthusiastic mention of his CSS-Tricks.com site) and David Walsh — if I’m remembering correctly, this is [...]

Okay. Feeling a bit over-enthusiastic right now, but I’ve been watching some of Chris’s podcasts this morning and they have been top-notch terrific in clarity and promotion of good, semantic CSS habits. So put down the mouse and pickup your coffee (tea, soda, water, etc.) and check out CSS-Tricks.com. This morning, I’ve been watching the [...]

10 Things Any Web Developer Worth Their Spit Should Know: (Via Search-This.) Yep. That’s a pretty good list!

I have nothing to add at this point. This is a great great “take assessment” and “be forewarned” post for independent / freelance creative / web professionals. Via the incomparable Chris Brogan, who also mentions this “or not” blog post.

How about nothing? I just spotted – or should I say, viewed – a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment). The product is VYEW, and having [...]