Clients

Tabs vs Blocks

I’ve been working on a client site and am happy with the progress, and more importantly the client is very happy. The original front page design had ...read on


Sick & Behind & outsourcing

I’ve been sick for the past 10 days or so and it looks like it’s finally starting to clear up. However this illness has led to me falling behind in ...read on


Site Handed Off to Client

Yesterday I completed the publishing guide for my first client. it’s 10 pages long with screenshots and took much longer than I expected it would to ...read on


hand off to client

Tomorrow I’ll be preparing to hand off my first client site. Everything is basically ready. I had the client take a look at the site and send a list ...read on


Quite Busy

Since the fall semester started and I’m teaching again, I’ve been busier than ever. I thought I would be able to update the blog as often as I had ...read on


Hand off to client

I have almost finished stage 1 of my clients site and we’ll be ready to go live soon. I’ve been working slowly, but steadily on this one. ...read on


100 pushups day 1

Today I started the 100 pushup challenge. I’m in column 3 since I did 12 pushups in my initial strength/exhaustion test. I finished it but barely ...read on


New Client

Yesterday I recieved the signed contract and deposit for my latest client. This is going to be a big site and I’m looking forward to doing it.

The ...read on


3.5 clients

I’ve almost finished the nav bar design I mentioned in the previous post, but have gotten stuck on a couple of things - will have it finished today. ...read on


Smokin’ Busy

Since the weekend I got smokin’ busy. From friday to Sunday I wrote a massive post comparing online slideshow services for my teaching blog. I also ...read on


Client Returns

My first client has returned after a 3 week lack of communication and before that sporadic. I’ve sent an email to my graphic designer and he’s still ...read on


Give away a theme

I’ve essentially finished work on my teaching portfolio. There is one problem with categories not working correctly and I am waiting for a respone ...read on


networking

Today was a good day for networking. Last night I started searching for English speaking web designers in Seoul and found one. I sent him an email ...read on


They have no idea

I’ve been watching a couple of freelancing sites for the past few days and it’s depressing to see the ads being placed. I just saw one for 4 blog ...read on


bye bye client

I have followed up several times and get slow or no responses or evasive answers. At this point I have given up on this client. I will continue the ...read on


No comp - no code

I haven’t got a comp back from my graphic designer after having sent the latest feedback a few days ago. Without the comp, the client isn’t going to ...read on


Rejection & Web ReDesign 2.0

Yesterday I sent a preliminary comp to my client and the parts that I liked best were rejected. The general layout is good, but the parts where I ...read on


Wire Frame complete

Yesterday I sketched out my design for the client using paper and pencil. At that time I also set up the dimenions of the various blocks in pixels. ...read on


Deposit Sent

My first client has sent the deposit to my paypal account via an e-check - looks like it might take a few days to clear. Regardless of that I’m ...read on


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