February 2012
85 posts
3 reasons web design starts with content →
woodst.com
It’s an age old chicken and egg question… which comes first when developing a website – content or design? You could argue the case for either one. However, I would argue that having a content strategy before you design your website is absolutely crucial to your site’s success.
Whether you’re kicking off a redesign of your website or you’re developing a brand new site, take some time early on in the process to identify what your content strategy will be. This is important not only with the content on the site but also with the content used to promote the site in social and other channels.
Here are 3 reasons why…
“Furthermore, as freelancer you know that the routine for payments is this: sending a bill is your task and me paying it within the timeframe is mine. If I fail to do that, you must send another bill and another one until i can pay. This is normal business method, done millions of times a day all over the world. The fact that previously I paid bills with legal tender and on-time was a grand gesture on my behalf.”
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a client’s reply to an inquiry about an unpaid bill (via clientsfromhell)
almost identical to an email we’ve actually received.
harvard to launch course in rwanda →
allafrica.com
Over 41 senior faculty members and students from Burundi, Haiti, Rwanda, and the United States gathered in Rwinkwavu, Kayonza District, to launch the Global Health Delivery course, led by Harvard Medical School in conjunction with the Ministry of Health.
This is the first time the prestigious Harvard Medical School conducts the course out of their Boston campus.
The Global Health Delivery is a course that utilizes a novel educational framework to address the global burden of disease and its complex inter-related social determinants, with the objective of empowering a new generation of leaders in the health sector to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice in health care delivery.
The Minister of Health, Dr Agnes Binagwaho, also a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School, said that the course is an authentic and effective capacity building tool for the health sector, meant to break the vicious cycle of poverty and disease.
