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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:51:04 -0400
Subject: Re: OT Questions
From: Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com>
To: Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> wro=
te:
>>
>> You haven't been on lists long enough then to have seen some real
>> flame warts...no offense.
>
> No offense taken, it's why I said it in the first place ;) Having said th=
at, generally engaging in flame wars solves nothing and sheds a negative li=
ght on the individuals who take part in it.
>
>> It's in a design phase, and I'm asking the local experts to critique
>> it, and even be harsh.
>
> You're not a designer. There's nothing at all wrong with that (I'm not ei=
ther for the record). Most aren't good at both left *and* right-brained fun=
ctions. My sincere suggestion is pick which aspect of development piques yo=
ur interest the most and follow that. Delegate the other aspects to others =
who are good at what they do.
>
> Remember.. You're asking for feedback here :)
>
>> It was meant as more of a commercial to show a little more umph in my
>> site presentation, and I'm working on reducing the size through
>> several different means.
>
> It's a bad way of advertising your business. In this day and age, there w=
ill likely be less people looking for potential contractors on desktop syst=
ems than on mobile devices. As such, you want to make sure that your site h=
as very little in the way of heavy graphics (unless there's a version that =
the user gets redirected to that's mobile-friendly). Take advantage of clie=
nt-side rendering where possible.
>
>> I know this, and I'm trying to reduce it, but show something that's appe=
aling.
>
> My point was that it shouldn't be there *at all*. Automatically playing m=
usic is widely thought of as being annoying and does absolutely nothing at =
all for your business. You're not selling games, you're not selling DJ serv=
ices. I can guarantee that you will turn away more prospective business by =
having the music there in the first place than not having any at all.
>
>> I kind of like my designs, and they're being refined through these
>> conversations.
>
> I like my designs too. However, I realized *long* ago that I'm not good a=
t them. I even grew to dislike even doing design work because of how much e=
xtra time and effort it took to develop something decent rather than just c=
oncentrating on what I was good at. My designs wouldn't hold up compared to=
 other professional entities and unless there are remarkable improvements, =
yours won't either.
>
>> I like w3schools.com, and I know that it's a rough draft, and so
>> should my critics.
>
> w3schools is generally thought of as being a bad resource. Take a read th=
rough http://w3fools.com (there are many other resources, that was just the=
 first one that popped up on Google search). Udacity has a high powered aca=
demic faculty. Coursera is another great resource. Both have content that y=
ou'll never get from resources like w3schools. Open higher learning is wher=
e it's at.
>
>> I like to work alone, and his is an attempt to get others in the OS
>> community to comment.
>
> Working alone is almost always the worst thing that you can do if you're =
new (or newer) to development, design, user experience or any combination t=
hereof. Surrounding yourself with people smarter than you is the best way t=
o learn and grow. Sure, you can attempt to get some of that over mailing li=
sts and the like, but nothing will *ever* beat in-person environments.
>

This is my prototype portfolio for freelancing. If you have an honest
critique, then what, in your opinion, am I good at?

https://www.odesk.com/users/~01710ac049863018eb


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Best Regards,
David Hutto
CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com