Just a minor rant. I know that we all have had situations where friends and family have requested our services for free. "Oh, you're a web developer. How about doing me a favor, and..."
On the couple occasions where I agreed -- with the understanding that there would likely be very little (or -- generally -- no) compensation or remuneration for the task, I would typically grab a Dynamic Web Template from my collection and give them a quick-and-dirty site in FrontPage. After all... why spend hours coding for a freebie? The last "favor" was for a friend who claimed negative cash flow but promised a percentage of the profits from his business. Not in writing, natch, but a handshake deal. Anticipating a nice payday, I spent hours building a feature-rich site with lots of Flash, CSS and JavaScript. My friend didn't know what he wanted and couldn't advise on look, feel or content. I just went at it; using graphics and photo-models from my Hemera and other collections and wrote what I thought was on-the-mark prose about his business. Feedback was capricious at best. Replace the middle-aged models with younger ones. Make the colors brighter. Make up text to get people to buy his products (without specifying what products he would be selling). Put in a shopping cart... But no, he doesn't have a bank to link credit card purchases to. Handle that. And no, still no money available for my efforts. I finally told him to take the CD I delivered to him and insert it (sideways) into a choice orifice. Latest word, he is now spending real money and hired a full-time "real" web developer -- and he is paying the guy megabucks to tweak and tweak the site to his every whim. It has been nearly six months and his site is still "under construction" -- and I won't be holding my breath until the date it is finally up and running. Hmm... what was that Polonius said to Laertes in Hamlet? -- I made magic once. Now, the sofa is gone. http://dwacon.blogspot.com ____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
