http://silentavatar.com/blog Speaking Up About All Things Internet Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:24:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/02/1000-words/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/02/1000-words/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:08:14 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=96 As someone who designs websites a significant portion of my time is spent on the Internet. Through scanning thousands of websites, will the sole purpose of looking at the site from a designers perspective, I've come to know a good image from a poor image and downright %^$# awful images. Images are the first thing the eye is drawn to, and a website with lots of graphics is encouraging to form an opinion about the website just by viewing the images. ]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/09/02/1000-words/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:43:26 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/?p=83 No doubt taking a business online is a decision which shouldn’t be taken lightly. It’s easy to get caught up in all the hype of the Internet, but the bottom line is “will you see a return on your investment”? One of the biggest headaches can be getting traffic (aka customers) to your site, and eBay already has that covered.]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2008/07/16/your-own-website-or-an-ebay-store/feed/ 0 http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/04/when-you-no-idea-what-you-want/ http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/04/when-you-no-idea-what-you-want/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:55:08 +0000 the silent avatar http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/04/when-you-no-idea-what-you-want/ Today’s blog is in answer to a question not uncommon to those who are venturing into a web presence, and a common thread is “I have no idea what I want, or “I’ll leave it to you to decide”, or, “I don’t know where to start”. In a lot of ways designing a website is [...]]]> http://silentavatar.com/blog/2007/12/04/when-you-no-idea-what-you-want/feed/ 0