Jeffrey Zeldman's top 10 Tips for web designers
By popular request, Ron Domingue passes along Jeffrey Zeldman's top 10 Tips for web designers, which he encountered at An Event Apart:
1. Don't work with friends.
2. Don't work for friends.
3. Say no to rush jobs.
4. Never under price your work.
5. No SPEC!
6. Five letters: SCOPE. Be firm yet flexible.
7. Learn to avoid bad clients and bad jobs.
8. Build trust.
9. Sell ideas not pixels.
10. Always bring it back to the user.
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I think most of this makes great sense, but I think 1 and 2 are debatable. It all depends on your personality. If you don't mind a friend criticizing your code - if you can take it as a learning experience - then I think it's fine to work with friends.
# Posted By Raymond Camden
| 5/28/08 10:50 AM
I agree. I have had pretty good success working with friends, usually on projects where we seem to be thinking of ourselves as solving a problem together... my part of it being the web site.
# Posted By James Edmunds
| 5/29/08 11:46 AM
People learn through their OWN mistakes. At least this list is a good reminder and may help minimize the frustration! I've been through all of these!
# Posted By Zachary Guidry
| 6/24/08 4:24 PM
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