Web Design Projects Gone Wild: The Importance of Project Definition

Yesterday I had lunch with one of my best friends and all around stand-up guy, who also happens to be a web designer.  Like the complete geeks that we are, we spent the entire lunch discussing web design, a possible JV project, common pain points etc., but most of the...

5 Web Development Traps to Avoid

There are two ways to learn any skill. One is by experience and the other is by being taught from someone who already has that experience. As with any skill, there are common web design mistakes that nearly everyone makes early on. Here, I want to guide you through...

Epic Post on How To Conquer Coding Frustration

Learning to code can be maddening.  A simple typo can first have you pulling out your hair, then questioning your career choices and eventually it might leave you questioning your own sanity. Learning to conquer this frustration and persist through troublesome errors...
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Good Habits of Great Web Designers

Good Habits of Great Web Designers

What habits should a web designer have? In my last two posts, I talked first about meta-habits, or how to create habits, and then about what bad habits to avoid, but I have yet to talk about what good habits web designers should have. In my post about meta-habits, the...

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Stop Sabotaging Your Web Design Career

Stop Sabotaging Your Web Design Career

Imagine:  How would you feel if you discovered that someone was purposefully sabotaging your business?  What if someone was causing you to work slower and secretly slipping time-wasting tasks into your workday?  What would you do if this same person started telling...

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Meta-habits for Web Designers

Meta-habits for Web Designers

abits are much more than chewing your fingernails or popping your knuckles without thinking about it. We are creatures of habit, and our daily lives are filled with habits that we don't even realize we have,...

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The Good News Is That The Problem Is Not Your Client…

The Good News Is That The Problem Is Not Your Client…

To be blunt, the real problem is NOT your client.  The real problem is YOU.  Yes, I know that is harsh, but it is actually very good news because you can’t do anything about how your clients are, but you can do quite a lot about you!  Clients are who they are, and...

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Have a Standout Job Interview

Have a Standout Job Interview

What I have learned from conducting hundreds of web design job interviews In my last article I talked about how to get a web design job interview.  Over the last six years I have conducted literally hundreds of job interviews, mostly for web design or development...

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