Web design - 14/4/2007 at 13:06 CET
I bumped into another blog that did not include the about page. A word of advice: you’re not doing anyone a favor by omitting your personal info. We want to know something about you if we’re gonna read your articles and posts. Your name, age and a word or two about you is quite enough. Anything less is usually not.
Personally, I’ll most probably leave your site and never come back if it does not include the about page. If you have the need to hide your name or/and age, then I do not have the need to read anything you have to say.
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General - 11/4/2007 at 10:36 CET
This story took place some time ago, and I’m not bringing it up to get back at anyone. I even doubt the people involved will be reading this. I merely thought it’d make an interesting read, so here is a short version of the whole mess.
A couple of years back, I won an award for a site of mine. Nothing extraordinary, but something I took pride in nevertheless. The reward should’ve been delivered to me, but right after the contest ended, there were some problems amongst the organizers and a delay occurred. I was reasonable and put no pressure on anyone and decided to let them take care of the problems and wait for my reward. After all, had I gotten into similar problems, I’d not want anyone breathing behind by back.
I decided not to even bother anyone with phone calls then — e-mails are much nicer. So, from time to time, I sent an e-mail to the person in charge of the whole thing. Sometimes, he didn’t reply to an e-mail, but that was OK. I didn’t even get mad or anything when he claimed he didn’t receive the previous mail I sent. Although, you gotta admit it’s highly unlikely, that an IT professional, a person that communicates via e-mail non-stop doesn’t receive an e-mail. There was no bounce. Maybe the e-mail was lost somewhere between here and there. I realized his excuse was not a valid one, but that was OK. I was in no rush. –Read the rest of this post–
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Web design - 2/4/2007 at 22:25 CET
Well, not really an adventure, but I’d just like to tell you about a contest I entered at Sitepoint’s Marketplace. The contest ended yesterday and today I found out I had won it. Yay! Here’s one screenshot (just the “task view”) if you want to take a look-see.
These kind of contests always seemed a bit risky — you invest time, possibly a lot of time, and could very well end up with nothing. Nada. Zero. And that feeling, when you get it, sucks. I figured I’d give it a go because this contest looked interesting: design of an index page and a simple interface for a task manager. Plus, I do like contests. I had a bit of spare time, a couple of afternoons when I was not at home, so I made a few (not so good) mockups on my laptop. I enjoyed working on it so I polished it up in the evening, on a proper tool, my desktop computer. –Read the rest of this post–
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