Web Designer & Client Etiquette Guidelines

Posted by Justin in Business, Central Coast, web designAug 28th, 2009 | 2 Comments Like any relationship, a business relationship between a web designer and client need a certain amount of etiquette to survive. Each party needs to be polite, reasonable and tolerant to make the project a success. Some clients can be harder to work with, if they don’t have a clear vision of what they want or are being too pushy with specifications that they don’t fully understand. It’s up to the web designer to interpret the client as best they can and work with them to extract the best possible result. However, the client also has a responsibility to help their designer understand...

Central Coast Web Design

Posted by Justin in Central Coast, Justin's Thoughts, web designApr 26th, 2009 | No Comments The title of this post isn’t really very descriptive but I just wanted to give and overview of Central Coast web design and the quality of work that is being output by the web design companies that are based there. The standard of web design on the Central Coast is higher now that it ever has been. The web design companies who are based on the Central Coast have taken their quality of work to the next level and are growing and improving at a phenomenal rate. A few years ago Central Coast web design seemed to be behind other areas and the quality just wasn’t as high as the likes...

Become a Web Designer in Sydney

Posted by Justin in Justin's Thoughts, Sydney, web designMar 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments Web Design has been a very popular profession to take up the last 10 years in Sydney. After the internet boom people caught on to the fact that the internet was here to stay and it can be a very lucrative industry. There are more and more web designers in Sydney popping up all of the time and it is getting increasingly harder for companies to find the right Sydney web designer for their project, and for Sydney web designers to find a good web design company to work for. Web design is a very popular field to study and the courses that teach web design, web development, online media and anything...

Put IE6 out of its misery – A list of Anti IE6 Websites.

Posted by Justin in Internet, Justin's Thoughts, web designMar 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment Internet Explorer 6 … The name sends shivers down web designers spines. The question is why do we keep pandering to the needs of an out of date browser that is almost 10 years old! Many people probably don’t know how old IE6 actually is, here is a list of things that IE6 is older than. Windows XP Facebook  Myspace  Google Adsense iPod Original XBox Canon Digital SLR Cameras The War in Iraq East Timor  The list can go on forever… Here I have collated some great sites that support the cause to put IE6 out of its misery. Kill Bill’s Browser http://crashie.ajaxmasters.com/ A...

9 Web Designs that Represent Sydney

Posted by Justin in Sydney, web designJan 5th, 2009 | No Comments Sydney is the greatest city in the world and rather than right a blog about why it’s the greatest city, I thought I would create a list of 9 Sydney web designs that represent  the city of Sydney that tell you what’s on, where to go, where to eat and define Sydney. 1. City of Sydney This website is has just about everything to know about Sydney from upcoming events to car parking to graffiti removal.  Anybody living in Sydney or thinking of visiting the city should have a look at this website. 2. The Sydney Festival The Sydney Festival is a a day where the city shuts down to...

Do Websites Have Personality?

Posted by Justin in Uncategorized, web designAug 11th, 2008 | No Comments Everybody who uses the internet has come across hundreds if not thousands of websites, all with their own unique design, functionality and essentially an individual personality. Each one of those websites have been designed to reflect a certain image and generate an initial feeling when a user visits. The website could be bright and friendly, dark and moody or clean and trendy. Personality can be defined as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations (Ryckman, 2004). The word...

Who is Justin Roberts?

Posted by Justin in Justin's Life, Justin's Thoughts, web designJul 31st, 2008 | No Comments So you have stumbled across my blog and now you thinking … who is this guy Justin Roberts? Well, I’m Justin Roberts and I’d like to say a big hello and thanks for visiting my blog. I’m a web designer and budding entrepreneur and have recently given myself a personal goal to make my name known in the web design and development industry in Australia within five years. I intend to do this through my new company Big Click Studios. Big Click Studios is currently a business partnership between myself and Dean Collins. My role is Creative Director and Dean’s is Technical...