There are many things that a designer/developer has to go through, with varying degrees of complexity and annoyance. We’ve all been there, all endured the pain of a browser not liking your latest CSS wizardry, servers crashing and a few late payments. It’s annoying, but except sometimes for this last one, we live!

However, for me, there is one thing that tops it all.

Ivan came back today from a long week-end in Bruges and brought back with him… yes, chocolate.

Sweet little treats from Belgium

I delivered last week the website for a big client, and after a few months of very tight schedules, technical explications on the solutions chosen and the limitations of web browsers, debates and frank disagreements, I can’t say it’s been a smooth ride.

However, most of the problems that come up along the way can boil down to some important points that I may not have highlighted enough as being critical for the delivery, and the client’s inability to have things done and agreed in a timely manner:

It’s kind of crazy sometimes to work in an industry where everything is media, emails, posts, tweets, pings, poke and feeds. However, what many – including myself until recently – do not realise, is that we are all surrounded by a lot more people that have no idea what twitter is and can’t care less for facebook or the latest crazy app on iPhone.

A good example of this is my mum. She uses internet to check her emails like twice a week, go to gardening websites and sometimes pushes it and buys something online. But one thing my mum doesn’t understand – and doesn’t need at all – is that the crazy developer community that we are can communicate in less than 140 characters, text messages or through posts on a “wall”.

No, my mum doesn’t have an iPad. She has a phone, with buttons, I can hear her voice, and it’s great that way!

Use your phone.