Archive for March, 2010

Web Site Bidding Wars – How Low Will You Go?

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

hands in the air, wanting to be choosen

A recent posting I read on Craigslist: “Wanted – 4 to 5 page site and blog for $250.00. Basic site, shouldn’t be too hard for anyone with the skills” (I guess this is to justify the $250 they are willing to pay?) They went on to add “Don’t even bother writing back with a quote for $600, I won’t even respond” (Um, but that may even be below market value!)

The ad was upsetting but what really got me was how often I’m seeing these types of requests. (more…)

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Designers and Code

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Should designers know how to code?

This is such an old argument/discussion but a heated one in the web community and it’s always interesting to me when it comes up, listening at all points presented and how passionate the debate can become. (more…)

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