Website Critiques

We do quite a few website critique reports here at Men with Pens. People with existing sites often want to know what changes they could make to improve sales or conversion rates, so they come to us for eagle-eye expertise, an objective opinion and a drive-by website critique that covers everything, head to toe. Speaking [...]

“I could never live here.” James squinted into the bright sun as he strapped on his helmet, sitting deep on the black rental motorbike between his legs. He’d be glad to get out of the airport parking lot. Denver International was a far cry from the woods of back home. “Ready. And hey, thanks for [...]

James watched as Harry hitched a tattered leather bag to his bike and revved up the engine. For the last time, he headed off into the sunset. What a character. Man, they’d trashed and torched their share of sites, and done some hits they could be darned proud of. Now James stood in the doorway, [...]

“Ow.” He picked his foot up and grimaced. “Ow-… Look, this is not good. Never again, man. Ow.” “Quit complaining.” James lifted his feet and placed them carefully on the gravel, wincing a bit. “It’s job hazards. Gotta do what we gotta do.” The sun was blindingly bright, and James pulled his grey sweatshirt hood [...]

James squinted at the figure on the tiny video screen. The man seemed confused, wandering at the side of the building for a minute before staring straight up into the closed-circuit camera that watched his every move. He put one hand to his ear as if to scratch it, deftly balancing two pizza boxes in [...]

“I am never doing this again,” James hissed, exaggerating his tip-toeing just in case a floorboard creaked and set off the noise again. “You volunteered,” Harry said from the sofa where he’d been leafing through a magazine. “SHHH!!!” The waving hand said it all. “You’ll wake her up! Goddamned little-…” “James.” The disapproving look on [...]

Harry pushed back the yellow construction helmet and tucked the clipboard under one arm. He squinted against the sun at the brand-new building. All around him, heavy machinery whirred. Off in the distance, he could see James trying to wheedle his way into operating the crane that was lifting a large billboard into the sky. [...]

Harry pushed the button and the window of the Solstice slid down, the wind ruffling his hair. The night air felt great, and he was in an unusually good mood. He didn’t even complain at James’ continual radio-station switching. “If you see someplace to stop for food, I’m buying,” he offered. “I could go for [...]

“What are we waiting for?” Harry stood on the curb, hands in pockets, watching his friend curiously. “A bus.” James looked casually nonplussed as he hitched the backpack higher on his shoulder. “A school bus? A Greyhound?” So far, he and James had been standing on the curb for close to a half hour. “What [...]