I recently found an old sketch that I did many eons ago of a strange blue creature playing a trumpet. I thought that now would be a good time to polish it up and finish it off.
The client contacted me about creating a site for their apartment sales business. They were looking for something promotional, but were also interested in accepting bookings online.
I was given a brief that included the following requirements:
I love briefs like these as they give me something to work with without being too prescriptive. For example, it suggests a colour scheme built around greens and oranges, but it doesn’t restrict me to specific greens and oranges.
I started out like I always do by sketching some rough ideas on whatever paper happens to be lying around. This time it was my Tazmanian Devil notebook, but I’m not beyond using the backs of receipts or the corners of maps. If it’s blank and it’s nearby when inspiration hits, it’s likely to get doodled on.
If you run a blog and you’re anything like me, you have a huge ego that needs to be fed regularly and there is nothing more nourishing than a long list of comments and responses to something intelligent, useful or insightful that you’ve published.
So how do you get your visitors to leave you a nice meal message?
With my nifty new plugin, the Comment Link Suggest-O-Tron!
The Suggest-O-Tron sits under your Edit Posts box and reminds, nay DEMANDS that you post a question or prompt to get people to start a discussion.
Did you just tweet about posting a status update to Facebook? Oh my.
Hi! I'm Simon Fairbairn and I am very fortunate because I love what I do!
I spend my days designing and building websites and teaching people about Search Engine Optimisation, traffic analysis and conversion rates.
In other words, I help people create beautiful websites and then I help make those websites perform.