Tag Archives: web development

Choosing the right partner for your web design & development projects

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Smaller web design & development teams, as well as freelancers, will often find themselves partnering with other professional service providers when working on larger projects. There may be copywriters, graphic designers, brand managers, system administrators, and database specialists, just to name a few, getting in the mix to form a larger, more complete team. In […]

Lessons Learned from 9 Years as a Web Development Agency

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This month, Pelago celebrates its ninth year of life as a web development agency. In those nine years we’ve worked on 339 projects for 105 clients. We’ve built everything from basic brochure web sites to complex data crunching web applications. And we’ve dealt with just about every type of client you can imagine. Here are […]

Tips From a Developer on Managing a Small Development Team

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Last week our project manager took off to OSCON in Portland, leaving me, the lead developer, in charge of managing our small development team. Facing a gauntlet of client requests, developer questions, and miscellaneous tasks that fall somewhere in between, I had to adapt quickly and learn how to manage a development team if I […]

The Myopic Web Developer

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Photo by Jim Simonson A common characteristic of most web developers is that we have tunnel vision when working our craft. Our ability to focus and accomplish narrowly defined tasks with speed and intensity is one of our greatest strengths. When working with a larger team, however, our reluctance to step outside the zone can […]