Jeffrey Zeldman's 20 Signs You Don't Want That Web Design Project
5 Dec
Too funny. I’ve encountered many of these. The rest of the list can be accessed by the link to Jeremy’s blog. –Wendy
Most clients are good clients, and some clients are great clients. But some jobs are just never going to work out well. Herewith, a few indicators that a project may be headed to the toilet. Guarantee: All incidents taken from life.
- Client asks who designed your website.
- Client shows you around the factory, introducing you to all his employees. Then, behind closed doors, tells you: “If you do a bad job with this website, I’m going to have to let these people go.”
- Client takes six months to respond to your proposal, but doesn’t change his due date.
- At beginning of get-acquainted meeting, client informs you that someone has just bought his company.
- Client, who manufactures Russian nesting dolls, demands to know how many Russian nesting doll sites you have designed.
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