Where did the phrase come from? In my mind it’s from Blackadder Goes Forth when George says it in relation to his impending flight during World War One.
What has it got to do with web design? It’s more the work ethic that fits very well with digital projects that invariably sit on the boundaries of what’s possible.
In a nutshell, the ‘Tea & Medals’ mentality aims to produce sites that are beyond what the customer expected and bigger and better than their company, crucially the site should not be outgrown in the near future.
Why do more than expected? I’m not suggesting you do loads of work off the clock just be mindful of the fact that unless your client has a good understanding of the art of the possible
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It’s nice to be busy but sometimes when you’re too busy you can get the feeling that the prospective client you turned away is going to get fleeced or at best slightly oversold. It doesn’t happen that often but when it does I wish I could give them some advice to assist them in their […]
Update When I wrote this post the original #SpeedBot hadn’t posted anything for a few months so although I linked to them in my post I didn’t go overboard in case you hit a dead end but as they have been active I’ll add more details. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BerkshireCar GitHub: https://github.com/BerkshireCar/SpeederBot Before I get into this […]
Apologies if you’re already all over this but sometimes we just need a little reminder. As part of your routine web tasks, you should be asking people for a review on your Google My Business listing, it’s very simple and they (Google) have even added a nice little shareable link on the main page of […]
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