Web design - 31/10/2006 at 18:58 CET
I’ve been approached many times by beginners asking how to get started as a web designer. I’ll answer here instead of private messages and e-mail. This way, the message will reach many more aspiring web designers.
You won’t find an in-depth article here, though. You won’t find my own story, either. One article won’t make you a web designer, so you don’t really need that. You don’t need to hear my story either. I’ve started out back when web designers used to wrap one table around another, just to achive a one pixel border. Those days are long gone.
What you will find here is more questions. I’ll ask you: do you have the passion? –Read the rest of this post–
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Web design, General - 15/10/2006 at 23:42 CET
I was talking to a friend of mine the other day on the subject of work, work satisfaction and personal satisfaction. Generally, we have a lot in common, and I always enjoy our conversations. He admitted he admired me for having a job I thoroughly enjoy, which once again reminded me I should be thankful–I really am lucky. It’s very important having a job you sincerely love.
But then, he sort of surprised me when he said that web design is a lonely job. He thought he couldn’t be happy having a job like that because it doesn’t involve much communication. I paused for a second, thought about whether he’s right or wrong, and then thought how most people probably share his thoughts. –Read the rest of this post–
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General - 12/10/2006 at 11:39 CET
Please, please don’t use non-descriptive titles in your posts. Please, for the love of all that’s… sane. I’m fed up with clever titles that give you no idea whatsoever what the post or article is about.
Imagine if I called this little rant of mine “I Hate Jean-Claude Van Damme Flicks” (the thing is, I really dislike his films, as I do non-descriptive headings). Perhaps this would amuse some of you, but what happens if one day, several months from now, you’d want to browse the archives in search of this post and you couldn’t remember the title? You’d know what I’ve written about, but you’d have a tough time finding the post because it’s title is not what the post is about. You’d lose time, you’d get frustrated, then you’d write a post telling people not to use non-descriptive titles.
A quick Google search can lead you to plenty of fine resources on the subject of good titles, such as D. Keith Robinson’s Writing Better Web Page Titles, so please, knock yourself out.
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