Want To vs Have To
Some products feel magical and others feel like a chore. The difference usually comes down to whether using it is something you want or have to do.
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What Are You Not Doing?
Creative people get stuck in ruts. The most useful question is not what to do next, it is what you have quietly stopped doing without noticing.
• 5 min read
On Quoting High
A designer told me he had quoted a number that scared him. On pricing your work honestly, and what quoting too low actually ends up costing you.
• 4 min read
Responsive Web Design - Rebuilding the Web
Responsive design felt like a media format change, the way CDs replaced eight-tracks. A 2012 look at rebuilding the web for unpredictable screens.
• 5 min read
Form vs. Substance - Does this Design Matter?
When you build things for other people, it is worth asking whether the design decisions you agonize over actually matter to anyone but you.
• 4 min read
Just Build the Thing
Web projects burn enormous time in discussion before anything exists. Why building a rough version early beats another round of meetings about it.
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What Makes a Landing Page Work
What actually makes a landing page convert, based on designing a lot of them. The elements that matter and the ones that just make it look finished.
• 3 min read