Everything you know about Web Design is WRONG!

great perspective.

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Those were some of the best and more valuable minutes spent watching a screen. Thank you. I like how he makes his points very clearly:
1) Design should solve a problem.
2) Design is larger than “pretty”.
3) It is User driven, not CEO driven…don’t fool yourself.

Although already practicing these to some extent, I will certainly be keeping these in mind and be more aware to apply them fully.

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Great video, I am blogging my opinions this very moment !

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Awesome post Richard!

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Thanks you guys! Yeah, I think he has a fundementally good point in what he says. I really think we have to step it up a bit in order for the internet to really become an all market forum. Not that it’s not already but there’s so much more that could be done.

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Thank you for posting this. Great video.

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Awesome video! He does talk fast though. I watched it twice to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

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Great summary!

I really want some jambalaya now…

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Just true. Nothing else to say except to add that design begins with strategy of the client; targeting the intended users.

I mostly concerntrate on the users but first looking at the client’s intended strategy and plan and advice if necessary.

Great…Just great. Thanks

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Nice post. Functionally beautiful, standards compliant designs that WORK. Thanks for the contribution Richard –

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I am currently working with a web design company on a project that is, so far, not going so well. The lines between what is their responsibility and what is my responsibility are vague. I hired them to design my website. As it turns out, they’ve done little more than provide a template. Since they’ve provided admin. log-in information, it looks like I’ll have to learn to fix this myself which, based on what you’re saying, might be a good idea; changes on the fly. Whereas before I thought that screamed ‘inexperience’ maybe it’s not such a bad thing!

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I want my 4 minutes and 44 seconds back.

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the video is really inspiring. great post.

need more of such stuff.

thanks for sharing.

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Great Video. Thanks for sharing.

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Dan Willis isn’t saying anything new. Anyone following online or interactive design (even casually like myself) understands Willis. Obviously, the things he emphasizes have occupied the minds of the experts for years.

That said, I don’t think Dan Willis is wrong. And maybe it’s important that he keeps on beating this dead horse because way too few can or try to apply the best practices. Instead, they just do things.

Don’t believe me? Check out http://www.hc-consulting.ro – they’ve been talking about these things for years.

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