Nothing feels better than the start of a new year — it’s fresh chance to take a look at where you’ve been and where you can go. While 2008 has been an incredible year for my business, I can only be excited at how much opportunity 2009 holds. Running a small design shop is very […]
Category Archives: Process
Quick and Dirty
October 24, 2008 – 9:21 am
One of the most annoying aspects of doing xhtml and css development is having to juggle multiple files — structure must go to an html file, and style to a css file. We separate it, of course, because keeping style and content as far away from each other is the only way to keep site maintenance sane.
Showing Off
June 26, 2008 – 11:58 pm
I find that the best way to present design comps to a client is directly in the browser, via a ‘faked’ webpage. The flat PNG or JPG of the design sits in the center, with a background pattern behind, to simulate the final site. The most obvious reason for this is that it […]
Reset Friday
May 19, 2008 – 11:20 am
Recently, I’ve stopped scheduling client work on Fridays, especially in the late afternoon. Instead, I’ve started to reserve much of the day as a ‘reset’ — a block of time to catch up on all the non-billable, non-design work that’s piled up over the week (stuff like invoicing, banking, project management, scheduling, file/resource management, writing, sales and marketing).
Condensing […]
Straw Moodboards
April 11, 2008 – 10:34 am
So just as I start to write one of my first posts on design process, the web lights up with a few great designers headnodding in disgust for the very thing I want to champion: Moodboards.
Bronwyn Jones’ “Just not in the mood” comes down pretty hard on the whole moodboard party. Jones feels that, despite […]
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