Investing in Open-Source Part 1 - Small Business
June 11, 2005 Articles No Comments
Very few business can get by without some kind of a web site. This has become a simple fact of the modern business world. But getting a web presence built can be a difficult and costly undertaking for the small business owner who may not be as technically savvy as a corporate type.
The most common approach taken to getting a site built is to hire a “web designer/webmaster,” often from the classifieds (such as craigslist.org). Unfortunately, and I hear this story a lot from people who become my clients, this usually goes badly. The percentage of people who claim they are “designers” versus those who have actual design skills is quite poor. Knowing how to use the tools does not necessarily mean someone knows how to create a good design. Anyone can paint a house, far fewer can paint a portrait. The same metaphor applies to web design.
