Designing Websites involves dealing with Domain Registrars, Hosting Providers, CMSs, Page templates and scripts that run forms. We haven’t even mentioned the things visitors see like text, images and audiovisual assets. It’s a lot.
My guest has set out to take the complexity out of all this. Knowing that we learn best when we’re absorbed in a story, he rolled all his principles into a book geared for anyone who’s been handed the keys to a website or work with a web designer.
Patrick Villemaire is the founder of Blue Eclipse Inc, a Canadian web agency. His passion is making the web a better place and he has been building websites for over 20 years.
Patrick is a graduate of McMaster University with a double major in Multimedia and Communications, and a minor in English. He lives in Ottawa with his wife, son and a barking dog. Outside of building websites, he likes to listen to music and play the occasional game of hockey.
People/Products/Concepts Mentioned in Show
- Steve Krug
- Webby awards
- Patrick’s Web design firm: https://blueeclipse.ca
- His DIY website builder: https://websitefuel.ca/
- The book’s website: https://websitesurvivalguide.com
- Patrick’s Instagram Profile
Episode Reboot
Download this sample of the book, used with permission.