in which Sarah attempts to be less snarky and more complex
I’m often a tad dishonest when people ask me what I do. I don’t fib to deceive them. I fib for their own good. When people ask what I do, I say, “I’m a Web designer.” Usually they go, “Oh, okay,” and change the subject. They think they get it. It’s not that interesting. We [...]
As a designer, or designer-type-person, running a design shop without in-house technical capabilities, I’ve worked with a lot of different developers and technical type guys (usually guys) over the years. I’ve used different guys for different work. Some of them are better at front end stuff, and some of them are better at back end [...]
This post is something I wrote years ago at BigBad. One of our clients, Rhodes College, asked me to help them sort out their academic department and administrative subsites. I’m amazed to discover that, six years later, I am still getting this question from my higher ed clients. And even more amazed that my answer [...]
This is a request we get a lot as designers. I say “we” because I’m sure it’s not just a situation unique to me or my clients. Information architects, graphic designers, even the developers we work with are challenged by clients to start and finish projects in two weeks. We are tasked with whipping cross-channel [...]
