More Than A Web Design Gig.
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- Last Updated on Friday, 04 May 2012 16:09
- Written by Adam Newdow
Hello there! I am proudly rolling out some brand new work for your critical, entrepreneurial eye. While I can't claim to be the best, I am a cut above the rest, and worked closely with Justin Davis on this project, with better than expected results. Morethanaspace.com is a local business ring online, and it was running Joomla!1.5 which is quite old compared to the most recent 2.5 version. Our client "DB," was hoping to see something incredible, and there was not much of a budget to work with. It seems that the previous designers, may have gotten most of the gold, the first time around, and DB was less than willing to even approach half of what he paid for his original site. It is a huge challenge to please a client, when they punish you for past failures of unknown workers. Well . . . we did it.
Quick Start - Getting Around the Site
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 15:27
I used an intuitive design for the navigation on this site featuring a cool jQuery dock at the top which works almost as good as the Apple dock that is so very popular. It's integrated into joomla through a custom HTML module, and it uses some script that had to be included in the source. I use a great free extension called Sourcerer to do the job. If you want to see a quick screen cast of me explaining how to click on the menu navigation, then check out the video below, otherwise you should skip the video below and check out my portfolio or register! Also, go to my for hire section, or contact me today.
April 2012 News
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 05:50
- Written by Adam Newdow
Well folks, it's not looking pretty outside this fancy website. I've been enduring a dry spell, after an initial win in March, and we are officially back in code red (hate to make that public, but I need some help here). No one likes to be in code red, so we need to get back to code orange ASAP. If I hadn't had such a dry spell, I wouldn't be worried at all. Also, I was just working two leads last week, which was promising, until they both turned out to be low-ballers. I even got threatened in an initial interview just yesterday. We had the bid stripped down to $480 with some serious work involved, and part of the pay was speculative which I will not participate in. Of course, there are three parties involved, and it's always tricky working a win/win/win. Anyway, the prospective employer says if we don't agree to $200 "there is someone who WILL." So, that was one that turned into a nightmare, and then my other lead fell through, after I offered 10min of finished video work $120. You can check the sample that I created for the job application, just to verify I could do the work. I happily obliged, as I am only recently moving to include video services after some recent experience with EnterMedia and contract opportunities. I will let you be the judge, but I estimated a finished 10min video would require between 8-12 hours given favorable circumstances.
So . . . reading through 100+ postings to apply to 50+ to hear back from 2, to finally get none. Oh, and of course, I'm probably 25 hours in the hole, not including any searching, but rather just on enthusiastic upfront work giving the client the benefit of the doubt (something I think is necessary for good etiquette). Here's to April 2012 being a lot more lucrative than March. The theme for this month is going to be educating everyone about speculative work, and why you should steer clear. Visit http://www.no-spec.com
Update! Well I do hate to think that I got what I wished for. Megabotix is happy to announce a limited partnership with Kesil Consulting, until such time as I can afford to re-evaluate solo work. Until that time, my friend Justin Davis, is going to be handling damage control. Now, if I throw my hands up in the air, Justin can smooth things over and get us back on track. That's good, because right now getting clients to understand that there has to be "some money" is tricky.
There hasn't been much money for these projects, and I've done the best I could to try and work out pay to something reasonable. It's absolutely crazy right now, what people think web design is worth, or just graphic design for that matter. They simply have no idea, the amount of work involved, and the skill level required to deliver a great looking interface. I've been working hard doing the actual work, along with all the ridiculous politics. For all you kids out there that think you might have an aptitude for design, I say become a doctor, or nurse. It's the same amount of knowledge. Once the economy improves, I hope people will see the value of working digitally. It is less destructive to the environment.
March 2012 News
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 03 March 2012 17:37
- Written by Adam Newdow
The Dog Training System work is completed and I got a five star feedback hoorah! I'm back out there again this month hunting for leads, and it looks like there might be some SEO work in the pipeline. There are plenty of business necessities on the wish list this month piling up: storage shelves, HD video capture device, and I'm probably going to require an i5 processor very shortly for video purposes, and something else I can't remember right now. Also, probably should have bought a refurbished voice-over mic last month, but it's just not in the budget right now. I know this is an offsite link, but you should check out http://nurple.com if you are interested in seeing a commercial voice-over site.
I had a noise complaint at the shin dig earlier this week on Monday, and I've got my fingers crossed they will call me first next time, and not the police. I really don't need a ticket slapped on me for noise. Especially because I think I am rolling out something big this month. It's my Countdown to the Mayan END OF TIME concert series. I know it's not the end of time. The Mayans say it is just a time of transition. I say "let's make the most of another Y2K like excuse for mass-hysteria!" What if, just WHAT IF, it really was the END OF TIME!!!
