From the words of the admired man who revolutionized the gadgets we use every day, Steve Jobs even admitted designing with simplicity is not an easy task:
“Look at the design of a lot of consumer products — they’re really complicated surfaces. We tried to make something much more holistic and simple. When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there. We believe that customers are smart, and want objects which are well thought through.” from MSNBC and Newsweek interview, Oct. 14, 2006
I couldn’t agree more about designing websites. It is so easy to feel overwhelmed by the choices of options to place on a site, especially on the home page.
The day has finally come! My site no longer reads “coming soon…” I think after 2 years “soon” is not quite the appropriate word to use. But “soon” has finally arrived and I am so relieved to finally be a Web Designer with a Website. Yes it has been a little embarrassing to have not had a website representing my business. I am always emphasizing to anyone who will listen that a website is the base of marketing your business, whether big or small, whether representing a personal or corporate brand. A website is the spoke of your marketing wheel and many paths of online advertisement, comments, tweets, Facebook posts lead back to more information on your site.
