{"id":2,"date":"2022-08-11T10:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-10-15T23:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:23:21","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening remarks from a web agency journeyperson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before I launched my first and only web agency I had a job as an assistant for a Jeep dealership in the USA. I was young and I admired my boss for one thing: his speed at making decisions. As I stood before him, he could be reading a document, tap his feet very fast about thirty times, then sign the paper document with an immediate fury and move on to the next document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the FBI came in one day and charged him with bribing a judge. I took off! (well, I was already halfway out the door when it occurred).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was time to launch my own business and find my own fury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rocky (8\/10) Movie CLIP - Training Montage (1976) HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_YYmfM2TfUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Motivated for entrepreneurship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The question was: what shall it be? And thanks to an unexpected opportunity to create a website in 1995, I found my passion as an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/java-and-java-and-sleepless-nights\/\">Herein you can read 25 years of passion and discovery<\/a> while running a web agency from 1997 to present day, currently 2022. Although I did learn to love signing my name furiously, it&#8217;s electronically.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"Post_List_\"  class=\"ultp-post-grid-block wp-block-ultimate-post-post-list-3 ultp-block-74164d\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-loading\"><div class=\"ultp-loading-blocks\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;\"><div style=\"left: 0;top: 0;animation-delay:0s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 21px;top: 0;animation-delay:0.125s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 0;animation-delay:0.25s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 0;top: 21px;animation-delay:0.875s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 21px;animation-delay:0.375s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 0;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.75s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 42px;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.625s;\"><\/div><div style=\"left: 21px;top: 42px;animation-delay:0.5s;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-heading-filter\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-filter-in\"><div class=\"ultp-heading-wrap ultp-heading-style1 ultp-heading-left\"><h2 class=\"ultp-heading-inner\"><span>Web Agency Aphorisms<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-items-wrap ultp-block-row ultp-block-column-1 ultp-block-content-middle ultp-layout1\"><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-32\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-web-coding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/web-coding\/\"  >Web coding<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/java-and-java-and-sleepless-nights\/\" >Java and Java and sleepless nights<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Take a break, it will always work tomorrow.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-37\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-web-agency-genesis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/web-agency-genesis\/\"  >Web agency genesis<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/the-web-agency-genesis-html-and-sun-glistening-off-the-water-backgrounds\/\" >HTML and sun-glistening-off-the-water backgrounds<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Let there be web, and there was web<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-68\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-multi-tasking-at-the-web-agency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/multi-tasking-at-the-web-agency\/\"  >Multi-tasking<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/multi-tasking-at-the-web-agency-clients-design-development-direction-keep-the-music-going\/\" >Clients, design, development, direction\u2026 keep the music going!<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Synergy is when the combined forces are better than the total of each individual source.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-74\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-entrepreneurship-and-the-web-agency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/entrepreneurship-and-the-web-agency\/\"  >Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/whats-different-about-it\/\" >Hey dude, what\u2019s different about it?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">A web agency is a standard business operation. That\u2019s all folks.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-82\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-sense-of-urgency-and-production-quality\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/sense-of-urgency-and-production-quality\/\"  >Urgency and production<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/tug-of-war-between-a-sense-of-urgency-and-production-quality\/\" >Tug of war<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Customers want to pay the best price for the service.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-102\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-risk-taking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/risk-taking\/\"  >Risk-taking<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/risk-taking-why-is-your-web-agency-the-right-web-agency\/\" >Why is your web agency the right one?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">It takes a team to make it align at every angle for great web design and development.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-105\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-oysters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/oysters\/\"  >Oysters<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/oysters-luck-and-decision-making-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Luck and decision making at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Necessity is the mother of luck, but you still have to get out of the building.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-108\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-doing-business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/doing-business\/\"  >Doing business<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/the-first-customer-at-the-web-agency\/\" >The first customer at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">I personally loved Netscape and the 6 floppy disks I needed to install on my computer.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-112\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-custom-or-not-to-custom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/custom-or-not-to-custom\/\"  >Custom or not to custom<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/which-is-faster-coding-out-of-the-box-or-coding-from-nothing\/\" >Which is faster: coding out of the box or coding from nothing?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">There was only one way to find out. A duel was set, Dreamweaver versus Notepad.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-115\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-responsive-web-design\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/responsive-web-design\/\"  >Responsive web design<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/responsive-web-design-before-responsive-web-design\/\" >Responsive web design before responsive web design<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">At the web agency, all navigators are created equal<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-119\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-flat-hierarchy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/flat-hierarchy\/\"  >Hierarchy<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/leadership-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Leadership at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Everyone can be in charge according to the moment. According to the context of the situation. Everything is context.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-127\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-team-building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/team-building\/\"  >Team building<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/sea-sex-and-fun-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Sea, sex, and fun at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Barcelona is a great place for team building through Art, Architecture, and Music! Not to mention food and parties.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-130\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-condolences\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/condolences\/\"  >Condolences<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/hommage-for-frank\/\" >Hommage for Frank (dirtyF)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Frank, or dirtyF, was always full of wit and humor and continued to be a presence at the web agency even after he left.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-134\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-content-management-systems\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/content-management-systems\/\"  >Content Management Systems<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/cms-at-the-web-agency\/\" >CMS at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">No website is truly great without a well-configured and optimized CMS to offer autonomy.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-138\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-leadership\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/leadership\/\"  >Leadership<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/the-web-agency-fail\/\" >The web agency (sometimes) fail<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Don\u2019t put the wrong people in a leadership position at your web agency.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-141\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-digital-marketing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/digital-marketing\/\"  >Digital marketing<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/obsession-and-delirious-about-seo-at-the-web-agency-for-digital-marketing\/\" >Obsession and delirious about SEO at the Web Agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">The daily 12-step checklist for a digital marketing idealist.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-144\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-content-is-king\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/content-is-king\/\"  >History of content<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/content-is-always-king-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Content is always king at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">The evolution of content at the web agency and beyond.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-147\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-expertise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/expertise\/\"  >Expertise<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/seo-and-ux-are-brothers-at-the-web-agency\/\" >SEO and UX are brothers at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">And what about SEO and UX and the web agency?<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-155\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-leadership-redux\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/leadership-redux\/\"  >Leadership redux<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/gaslighting-and-ego-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Gaslighting and ego at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Don\u2019t put narcissistic people in a leadership position at your web agency.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-158\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-green-coding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/green-coding\/\"  >Green coding<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/an-eco-responsible-web-agency\/\" >An Eco-responsible web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Let\u2019s do our share and not saving any more than needed except for email from 25 years ago.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-161\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-recruitment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/recruitment\/\"  >Recruitment<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/the-revolving-door-at-the-web-agency-and-what-it-means\/\" >The revolving door at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Web agencies of the world, turnover is natural and positive, embrace it.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-164\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-work-life-balance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/work-life-balance\/\"  >Work\/Life balance<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/dazed-and-confused-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Productivity at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">How are we productive at the web agency?<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-167\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-legal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/legal\/\"  >Legal<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/40-39-35-32-hour-work-weeks\/\" >40, 39, 35, 32 hour work weeks<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">There will come a time when we will work less hours\u2026 but highly specialized.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-383\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-search\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/search\/\"  >Search<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/dear-google-dont-you-understand\/\" >Dear Google, don\u2019t you understand?<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Search and AI still have a long way to go.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ultp-block-item ultp-block-media post-id-446\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content-wrap\"><div class=\"ultp-block-content\"><div class=\"ultp-category-grid ultp-category-borderBoth ultp-category-aboveTitle\"><div class=\"ultp-category-in\"><a class=\"ultp-cat-conclusion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/conclusion\/\"  >Conclusion<\/a><\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"ultp-block-title \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexmcc.com\/webagency\/life-at-the-web-agency\/\" >Life at the web agency<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"ultp-block-excerpt\">Not just work, but living our lives out at the web agency &#8211; it&#8217;s nothing less than a 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