punkrockstories

As people we tend to work around our shortcomings when doing things. Can’t get the hang of “a” but find “b” relatively straightforward? Then there’s a good chance you’ll use “b” 99% of the time and “a” only when you have too.

For a while now I’ve lived under the assumption that I’m quite good at the XHTML/CSS part of development. I suck at anything javascript related but can mockup a layout quite quickly but (and this is the key bit as it turns out) only if I’m working to my layout so I can do things my way.

I’m currently putting the finishing touches to my companys new web site. Being a print company we have plenty of graphic designers (and good ones at that) but all of them are used to designing to a size and having it stay that way. It’s been a trying time for both sides with some changes in direction from them and some embarresment from me:

Me: “No, you can’t do that I’m afraid”
Boss: “Well this site does it” - types in url
Me: “Ah…oh..er…well I’ll give it a go then”

Lets not forget the different browsers and platforms out there as well. Just when I think I’ve got it working ok on the pc side something doesn’t look right on the mac. Why is always someone else who spots these things?

I suppose it’s all part of the learning experience really and I just hope I haven’t come out of it looking too bad. We’ll see as they’re designing the site for a sister company and if they offer it to me then I guess I passed the trial by fire.