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Notes from: “How to become A Web Design Expert” article

0 Comments | This entry was posted on Aug 28 2011

Just read an article at smashingmagazine.com. The subject is:  ”How to become A Web Design Expert

What I’ve learned from this article is:

  • All the experts are not very well known
  • Being an expert is more then about getting people to listen
  • Being perceived as an expert can be helpful when working with clients, and it does create the potential to attract better-quality work.
  • To become an expert, you need time and experience
  • Proficient at overcoming problems
  • Without passion, you have no desire to learn new things or push boundaries.
  • I believe that an almost obsessive passion for Web design is required to be a true expert.
  • Experimenting and making mistakes are crucial if experts are to establish their credibility.
  • I have to make mistakes, not hundreds or thousands. Billions of them.
  • Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
  • The definition of an expert is someone who knows what not to do. - Charles Willson
  • We need to learn to face our failures
  • stop insisting that you are an expert
  • Not that context is everything. It’s also about what you say and how you say it.
  • Have your own books, presentations, blogs and podcast about your experties
  • If you want to be perceived as an expert, know yourself, be relaxed and present with confidence.
  • present evidence/reference to support your positions
  • Your expertise should always be about serving others
  • You become an expert so that you can do a better job for your clients, provide more value to your organization and help others establish best practice in your industry
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What is Web Design?

Comments Off | This entry was posted on Nov 21 2007

Jeffrey Zeldman publishes A List Apart and The Daily Report, runs Happy Cog Studios, wrote Designing With Web Standards 2nd Ed., and cofounded An Event Apart with Eric Meyer. Wikipedia and Happy Cog have bios.

Recently he published an article on “Understanding Web Design”. He tried to show the various use of web design with different medium. At a point he defined what the web design is?

“Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.”

Read the whole article at A List Apart

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