On web design…

I don’t think that you have to be born with design talent to be a good designer, but it certainly helps. That’s why I think this article, penned by Lance22 at Position-Absolute hits it right on the head when it comes to the challenges of being a web developer in any sort of career outside of your parents basement:

It’s worth noting that the best-looking websites on the internet are made either by amateurs or by professionals who ply their true talents at home after work hours have ended. A jaw-dropping gorgeous website is one made far from the committees of the work-day world, not deflowered by the clumsy hand of business nor ruined by committees, but crafted in inspiration and delivered to the web as a light shining in darkness.

Great, quick read for anyone who designs