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Sam Barnes is a Web Project Manager at Rawnet. Although a little short for a Stormtrooper, he can be found posting articles at thesambarnes.com, a blog dedicated to the subject of Web Project Management.

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How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong

GIFs of spinning @s on the “Contact us” page. Common usability mistakes for the sake of visual appeal. Splash pages. Fancy search box. No whitespace. Music on page load. Home page banner of a jigsaw-puzzle globe with a piece missing. Sometimes you just know that what a client is requesting ...

Effective Strategy To Estimate Time For Your Design Projects

How many times have you been completely confused at how that ’small’ project turned into such a big one costing double and taking three times the length you estimated? Many of you will say estimating time for web projects accurately is an oxymoron, but by applying a few effective techniques ...

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@webmonkeyash I'm well up for getting the FIFA thing going. Only 1 other person replied on here though hmm, how to gauge interest...
The Frog Brothers, fighters for truth, justice and the American way
Pump Up the Volume by MARS is STILL a good tune! Or am I now like a Dad who insists they dont make 'em like they used to... hmmm
@bobscape @boagworld Heh, fighting talk!
@boagworld Big blog lists yes... But I wonder if like me you have some that you know deep down will never be written beause theyre books.
I like your thinking! @webmonkeyash Who has an Xbox at work? Who has FIFA10? And who wants to play in a digital agency tournament?
@webmonkeyash The amount of people in digital agencies who play FIFA daily just screams for a nationwide agency FIFA tournament! *drool*
Ty for all the interest in the Web PM interviews! :) Let me know if you have any specific questions youd like the PMs asked... #webpm #pmot

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