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10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.14.08 | How do you do it?
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.07.08 | Listonomics
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
09.10.08 | Birthday!
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
09.01.08 | Life, slowly
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
01.16.08 | 90% There
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.
12.09.07 | Hello world?
Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.

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10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.14.08 | How do you do it?
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.07.08 | Listonomics
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
09.10.08 | Birthday!
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
09.01.08 | Life, slowly
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
01.16.08 | 90% There
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]
12.09.07 | Hello world?
Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of […]

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10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.14.08 | How do you do it?
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.07.08 | Listonomics
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
09.10.08 | Birthday!
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
09.01.08 | Life, slowly
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
01.16.08 | 90% There
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]
12.09.07 | Hello world?
Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few […]

Posts Tagged ‘Design’

Hello gorgeous

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Holy moly Happy Cog. Can I ever be granted the amazing web design skills of your entire team? Wibble wibble wibble.

Housing Works.

Tags: beautiful design, Design, happy cog
Posted in Design | No Comments »

crowdSPRING

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Awhile back I posted on twitter a rather enigmatic message. Well, it didn’t take me too long to see the light and jump back into the arms and the opinions of the design community.

crowdSPRING, the spec-work community

I heard about crowdSPRING through a post on 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog. And while I have been aware of the NO!SPEC campaign for awhile, I was intrigued by what crowdSPRING offered. Basically, I was weak: I’m kind of poor right now, aching for fulfilling (and paying) projects, and the prospect of creating just a .psd of a website in exchange for $600-$1400 was very intriguing.

I told myself that I was to spend no more than an hour on a comp, submit it, and let it go if it didn’t do well. I knew I would be wasting my time if I devoted any time to winning these contests but figured if $700 was on the line, I could spare an hour in the evening. I would also get more experience at creating comps-on-the-fly; a dangerous problem I have is being way-too-picky and taking way-too-long on a project just to get a comp up.

Clients as Art Directors

Well… I didn’t take into account that if my initial comp went well (usually, since my design skillz are at or above the average crowdSPRING designer), I would then spend time creating additional and additional comp for every whim of the client. Never mind that some of their suggestions would harm the flow of the website or made no sense regarding their users — it was what THEY wanted WHEN they wanted and if you don’t do it, someone else will and you’d lose the “contest”.

Screw. That.

Seriously. I did not spend time learning about information architecture and user behavior patterns and general good design to give up my right to say, “No, that isn’t right, and here’s why.” I would attempt to explain on the comments why I did not do exactly what they wanted me to do and why, but I would get steamrolled by the next designer putting a skin on their ideas.

I consider it lesson learned; fast money will never be easy money. I could “bend over” and do what these clients wanted and hope that maybe they’ll pick my design, but now it seems like a really bad gamble on my time. Design community: you were right, and I’ll not touch spec-work again!

Tags: contests, Design, spec
Posted in Design | No Comments »

To those I meet at SXSW:

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Bad designer! Bad! Bad!

I know it’s akin to a mortal sin for a designer at SXSW (aka, web conference of webDOOM) to have an incomplete and unusable website. My excuses, as follows:

My job likes to keep all my waking hours devoted to the company, ergo, the time to build my own website during the last few months has been little to nil.
1. ^^ This above excuse could also go under the definition of “Procrastinator and lazy.”
When I did get the time to build a website, I worked my ass off… then my computer’s harddrive blew up. Lost everything.
I was designing and coding like mad the last few weeks, then my Mom went into the hospital.
1. ^^ Here are the real excuses.
Business cards never arrived, so I had to spend my last night where I could be fixing the website, working on building those from scratch (and yet I still included the website address).

Trust me, I’m a lot more awesome than I sound here.

Want a better way to get to know me, other than this sad, sad website?