I Am Lazy
I am a graphic designer. I know TIFs, GIFs & JPEGs. I can convert a file with the best of them. I can design for print or web, & know all the nuances involved in designing for different print mediums.
I am good, no, VERY good at what I do. But I have to tell you, I just DON’T want to redesign my website. It’s time consuming, it’s boring, and there’s absolutely no fulfillment in it for me. Because as soon as I get done with it, I’ll hate it and have to start over. And it will never get done.
I recently invested in some advertising that will hit the streets in about three weeks, and my website is plastered all over it. I’ve pushing the photography angle, yet I have NO working links to my portfolio on line. Which leaves me in a very bad spot; how will people know if I’m what they’re looking for if they can’t see what I do?
So I have decided to take the LAZY way out. I’m going to buy a template.
My designer buddy went ballistic. “Are you F-ING CRAZY???” he yelled at me. “I’ve seen your work… you’re perfectly capable of building your own site!”
I KNOW that. But the point is, I DON’T WANT TO. I have a full-time job, followed by a part-time job, preceded by being a full-time mother. Stack my personal situation on top of that, and it all makes me want to climb into bed & pull the covers over my head. It just makes no sense; you can buy a kick-ass template for $70 these days. My time is worth WAY MORE than $70.
I never thought I would sink this low. But I look at it as an investment; $70 now may open doors to allow me to spend the time on my own design later. And that is the ultimate goal….
January 24th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Maybe something like SmugMug would be of use to you?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/22/smugmug-the-anti-web-20-company/
January 24th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
A wise person told me that you can’t do everything….you have to get help from others sometimes.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
it’s definetely not what i’d do, but i guess i have too much free time on my hands to hack around my sites. good luck with the situation
January 25th, 2007 at 9:26 am
I think it’s a fine idea especially with all you’ve got on your plate these days. I look forward to seeing what you choose too.
January 25th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
You call that lazy? Hah! I moved my whole blog to wordpress.com, so now all I have to do is write, and make the occasional backup, they do all the rest.
They have some template customization, e.g. the banner photo is one of my own, not a stock image. They now allow incoming domain redirection, so the public address is stereoroid.com, not stereoroid.wordpress.com. I guess I must be heading for “post-geekdom”, considering how quickly I got bored with all the CSS hacking…
January 27th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Hey your computer illeterate mom says go for it! Well actually you already did! Cool! I loved what you and your friend did for my webpage and when we get a chance to put it back up when I’m ready again I’m sure you’ll get plenty of business. Everyone that knows you knows how talented you are and I’m sure with a template or whatever you use it will be awesome.