There are a huge selection of sources of imagery that can be used in web sites. Licensing, pricing and quality vary greatly, but are not 100% reliable, you may find the perfect image for you needs in one of the free stock image sites or in a rights managed portfolio like Getty Images or you may need to shoot some photographs yourself.

Obviously budget constraints also come into the equation. If you need 10 new images a month you aren't likely to go and buy rights managed images unless those images are going to make you serious money, but you might set yourself up to have the images taken for you, or source them from lower cost royalty free image sites. (more...)

One of the best web design blogs, A List Apart, posted an interesting article this week.

Although aimed at web designers, the information in both useful and interesting to anyone who is likely to be involved in a web project, either as a supplier or a customer.

The article, Taking the Guess Work Out of Design,  offers a variety of techniques that can help a project become more efficient and successful through documentation, goal setting and communication.

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