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Eps 29: Back to Basics – Talking HTML

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Check your workflow
Review EVERYTHING.
  • Look at where you work
    • Desk setup
    • Are you in an external office or do you sit in your living room at home
    • Do you need to find a new spot
    • What are you sitting in
      • Type of chair matters
      • How many monitors are you using
        • Do you need a new one?
        • Do you need to add another?

          • You can’t be productive if you are distracted or uncomfortable

          • How do you work
            • What is your text editor of choice
              • Does it access FTP?
              • Do you work off of your local machine and upload via an FTP client like Filezilla?
              • How often are you checking your results.
                • Upload changes often and make minor tweaks along the way vs doing giant loads of work and fine tuning later
                • How much time do you waste sweating the small problems vs waiting until the end of the day – or even the project – to move pixels
                • Are you taking time to update your software?
                  • Very important, especially if you are using wordpress
                  • Checking for theme and plugin updates can be the difference between a hacked site and a site that loads quickly and efficiently
                  • Biggest question
                    • ARE YOU USING YOUR TIME WELL
                      • Biggest distractions:
                        • In home
                          • Kids
                          • Pets
                          • Technology
                            • Tv or phone
                            • Office setting
                              • Co-workers
                              • Technology
                              • Disorganized business
                                • Random meetings
                                • Too much watercooler talk
                                  • How do you fix the issues
                                  • Force yourself to take time – maybe 5 minutes a day – to organize your desk, clean up your computer desktop, reorganize files and folders

                                    • On top of basic housekeeping ask yourself this: Can I improve myself

                                    • Are you keeping up on current topics in design and development
                                    • Are you trying new resources
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