Web Design Articles and Posts

This section is devoted to web design articles and journal entries written by Joe Taylor himself. He needed at least one place on the site to speak in first person and not behave completely professionally after all. Expect a typo here and there - he's no editor.

Current Featured Entry

Email Standards Project

An excellent website that covers a very important topic in web design and development, the email.

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Keep it Clean, Simple & Elegant

The web is confusing enough already.
Designing thoughtful websites that deliver information quickly and easily while providing a pleasant web experience to all visitors. That's the Sites by Joe way.

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