Tag Archive: design

How Old is “Too Old?”

Over at the Creative Freelancer Blog, contributor Laurel Black seems to have struck a nerve with her post asking if she was too old to be a designer. 80 comments later (and counting), the merits and disadvantages of age vs. experience are still being debated. What do you think? How old is “too old?” Does…

Not-So-RDQLUS Thinking

Ever since I read this blog post from Steve Gordon — a.k.a. RDQLUS — I’ve been thinking about the creative professionals that I’ve worked with during my career. “I’m so sorry,” they say by way of preemptive apology. “I’m not much of a writer.” I always cringe when I hear that. Sure, maybe they’re intimidated…

Websites

Just as the proverbial cobbler’s son has no shoes, it’s extraordinarily difficult to keep my own website current. I initially set up my website a decade ago, using some hardcore HTML and frames that were common at the time. It was large, unwieldy, and no matter what I did to update the design, still managed…