AnselTaft.com
Digital strategist, front end + email developer, WordPress enthusiast, IT tinkerer, and not-so-horrible writer

Every Development Project, Ever

A short story

“A new project! I should learn X while I build it because I need to learn it anyway and it'll save me sooooo much time on the next build.”

Eight hours later…

Next project:

“I didn't use X to its fullest so this time I'll try to optimize the setup.”

Eight hours later…

Next project:

“X sucked. I should use Y instead this time.”

Eight hours later…

SuperYachtsInc.com

Background: Super Yachts Inc is the leader in mega yachts buying, selling, construction and conversion. SuperYachtsInc.com was an HTML to WordPress site conversion. To bring the design up a notch, I added a full width, seamlessly repeating ocean image and floated the super yacht and logo on the background. The site now displays well on… Continue Reading

AmphibiaCam.com

Background: AmphibiaCam.com was an experimental site to showcase a real-time webcam feed from a frog tank in our living room. It all started when my wife, an elementary school teacher, received two African dwarf frogs from a student during Teacher Appreciation Week. One day, while watching the active juvenile frogs, I thought, “we should broadcast… Continue Reading

CallOnClick.com

Background: CallOnClick.com is the leading hosted click to call solution. It was developed in 2007 using PHP and the smarty framework. I personally manage CallOnClick as a one-man team. As such, I have learned many lessons in business, e-commerce, and automation. Challenges: Running a custom PHP site, while knowing little about PHP and the smarty… Continue Reading