Have you ever watched HGTV on Sunday mornings? There’s a line up of shows that revolve around a professional (landscaper, builder, contractor, etc) comes to a home and works with the homeowner to fix, renovate, or complete a project that has been on the back burner for weeks, months or years. Along the way, the professional shows the homeowner how some of the things are done. Maybe they’ll put in a tile floor or hook up some new plumbing or wiring fixtures. Don’t forget the demolition. Demo. They always help with demo. Who can’t swing a hammer through some drywall? And who doesn’t love it?!
I call this Assisted DIY and often tell my wife, “if someone would just coach me along the way, I could do all this stuff myself and we’d save a boatload of cash.”
So, what’s this have to do with THICKSOLE?
Well, in a lot of ways, that’s what we do around here. We help clients take their ideas for websites or apps and assist in putting them together into finished projects. There’s no way we’re going to expect a client to start ripping into Xcode, or writing up some javascript for their fancy new web forms – just as a carpenter would never ask me to build custom cabinetry from raw hardwood. But, by using tools like WordPress, we are able to bring clients into the fold and let them get their hands dirty by not only creating content and maintaining their own sites, but we also spend time explaining the structure if they ever get ambitious to try out a new look/theme for the site, add new functionality with a plugin, or want to try their hand at some CSS.
We might build the house, but once we give you the keys, you’re a better home owner and in more control than you may have ever thought possible.
