The Worthwhile Company

I was searching through my faithful laptop bag and I found a gift certificate a friend had given me for Christmas this past year. I totally forgot about it, but between old receipts and expired coupons there was my Horizon Records gift certificate...

Last night, Stephan and I got together with some friends. The common link in these friendships is shared work history at a camp in California (well, everyone except for Stephan)...

I wrote this just 3 months ago regarding Web TV here: If the decision comes within the next year or two for me to have either the Internet or DirectTV/Dish at home, I’m not so sure I’d be disappointed to just choose an ISP (probably AT&T) and spend the money I would “save” from a...

Remember in late 2003 and into 2004, when certain people started claiming their affiliation with “New Media.” Yeah, that was sooooooo 2004. New Media is done. Like a well-done steak with the gristle shriveled up. Yeah, it’s that done. Social media is the new hot news source...

You know you’ve hit it big time when you change longstanding traditions, or at least when people alter their approach based on you or in this case, a movement. I got engaged on Friday night in downtown Greenville...

Marty taught me to drive in a field full of ruts and weeds. It was an old jeep, standard transmission, no muffler. I knew nothing about driving let alone clutches and gear shifts. When you’re 15 you figure you can do anything. He sat in the passenger seat shouting instructions at me over the roar...

Several weeks ago, I had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion at the Greenville Chamber. We talked about e-marketing. Our panelists were fantastic and added a ton of practical insight...

So this weekend there was a community-wide yard sale in my parent’s neighborhood. The weekend previous, my sister had a yard sale with very favorable results. My mom was excited about the prospect of a similar outcome. Ugh. It didn’t happen quite the same...

Three years ago, who would have thought that typography would be a “game changer” on the Web? Today – guess what? Flash is running away. Sites are getting called out for being cluttered and busy. The idea of “lots of imagery” is going the way of the dodo...

Web designers have long been groaning for better font options on the web. Most have been stuck with a limited selection of typefaces to ensure compatibility across multiple browsers and operating systems...

I’m on record saying, “Refereeing soccer is the only job I’ve ever had that didn’t feel like work.” I mainly did 4A high school soccer in South Carolina. I loved it. It was a great escape from the academic rigors of college...

Hierarchy is the arrangement of people, items, or in our case, type, in order of importance. Without hierarchy, design tends to fall apart and become a big mass of confusion leading to headaches from trying to figure out what is what...

It’s typography week! While this is an exciting topic for me as a designer, hopefully by Friday you’ll be able to see the value and appreciate the power of well set type. Typography includes the act of arranging type and the art of designing typefaces (which you might know as fonts)...

My house has been quite an adventure this week. In addition to our little toy poodle Missy and Pumpkin the hamster (plus three children of the corn), we had a newbie. My neighbor is out of town on vacation and they have a new kitten. I’ve never had a cat before, neither has my wife...

It’s all a matter of perspective. Perceived value is in direct proportion to budgetary investment, whether it’s personal, organizational, or corporate...

I’ve mentioned before on the blog that I’m a runner. I love it. There’s something about putting on the shoes and getting ready for the run that just gets me pumped. During the run, there are moments when I get totally caught up, and somehow I am going faster than I planned on...

It happened again in Portland, Oregon. An experience with Hertz left us feeling less than serviced. This was not good as we were giving them another chance after 7 years avoidance. What would make us wait 7 years to try again...

It’s been almost a year now since things officially “turned” in my mind. I was handling a lot of projects simultaneously and becoming weighed down with “getting things done.” I felt there was a huge piece of the puzzle missing, but I couldn’t put my finger on it...

At Worthwhile, we talk alot about Usability. It’s become as familiar to us as if it were a favorite brand. We basically preach the message “Let your users make the call in website decisions.” In other words, whatever suits the people who stand to benefit from your site the most — do that...

So I’ve been here at Worthwhile for almost three weeks for my design internship. So far, so good-I can’t complain...

Clients sometimes come to us knowing they need to rebrand or have a new logo created before developing their website. We don’t do branding, of course; we send them to some of our trusted friends...

So my daughter started school last week. No, seriously. At 2 1/2 years of age, my daughter is learning from a pre-school kit my wife purchased a little while back. For 90 minutes a day, my wife if teaching my daughter colors, shapes, and numbers...

Last month, fellow Worthwhile Web Strategist, Chris Rackley, asked me to Google something about one of his “most popular” blog posts he had written. He was surprised he was still #1 in the rankings. I queried...

Businesses such as Worthwhile are in a constant battle known as security. This battle is taken up in multiple fronts: physical, interactive, and technological. Physical security is pretty straight-forward...

Ok, I admit it…the boxes of stuff I dragged to the GROW Expo are back at the office but not unpacked yet. Hey, I’m working on it! We had a great day in our booth catching up with some of our clients and meeting new business owners...

Update 12:33 p.m. WIRELESS IS UP!!!!!!! Phew! Now that that’s out of the way. We’re glad our booth is up and running. We’re currently rocking a live blog, our promo video (which includes and all-new Adventures of Cody Webster clip!), and a twitter feed from the GROW Expo (#growexpo)...

Yesterday I posted a blog on “9 Qualities of Good Software“. Today I’d like to expand on #9, security...

At the heart of computer science is of course the computer, but at the heart of the computer is SOFTWARE. To be an expert in the field of computer science requires an in-depth knowledge of software. What is it? How does it work? How is it created? How does it interact with the computer...

Read Part 1 here. (2) Someone “in house” said they could do a website for us free of charge. I’m not knocking professionals who earn their living in a given industry and decide to take on a pro bono project to help another person, business, ministry, or non-profit...

Kids & More, a popular consignment store serving the Upstate since 1993, needed a web presence. The store is known for their professionalism in dealing with the large variety of merchandise they consign...

I’ve watched Rafel Nadal win on clay for three weeks. I’ll probably be watching him win again on a Sunday in June. The crowd will be roaring, waving Spanish flags and matador cloaks, and he will hit fabulous shot after fabulous shot on the red clay in Paris. How does he do it...

Congratulations to Allen Vailliencourt of Find Great People for winning the iPod touch! The survey was a resounding success. We received some awesome feedback and I’m more excited than ever about the direction of our website redesign...

It seems like a lifetime ago when the debate started as to whether the economy was fundamentally sound. In reality, it was only nine months ago...