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Delivering under tight deadlines is pretty much what you’re in for, if you’re a web designer. Knowing how to handle it, is what will make you a designer of the web. As many times as I’ve wanted to pull my hair out with unrealistic deadlines and “last minutes”, I also get my adrenaline fix out of it (not that I care to share this with clients ~ these are invisible pixels). I’m guessing, if you’re a web designer, you’re with me on this (don’t worry, you don’t have to admit it out loud).

Well, being as much a junkie as the next developer, I’m the first to to admit there is a limit. So here are some simple tips for how to manage your time so that the next time you get that “I needed it yesterday” call, you can calmly deliver in 3 days (seriously, nothing takes less than 3 days, whatever the task). When all is said and done, your 1 hour rush project is going to occupy you to some degree, over the next 3 days. Accept this. Plan for it. It will make your life less stressful.

That being said, a 3 day rush is almost unheard of. You’re probably looking at something that will take 2 or 3 weeks at least. So what can you do to help reduce the time you need to spend and squeeze this extra project into your schedule (and produce something that doesn’t suck)?

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Survey is Now Closed. The survey was conducted from May 4, 2007 to October 22, 2007.

In February 2007, Jason Kottke published information showing the low percentage of female speakers at conferences about design, technology, and the web. Among the conferences under fire was An Event Apart. Jeffrey Zeldman, who founded the conference along with Eric Meyer, has since been adamant about getting the facts.

Take The Survey

My purpose here is find out what women who ARE working in web design and development, have to say about the disparities and what they think can be done to improve things.

This is a new thing for me, so please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve this process or if there is anything I grossly left out. Thank you for participating.

Some exciting projects in the works and I can use your input. Hailing from San Francisco, Craig’s List central, I can use some feedback for my latest project. My latest project, duck duck Penguin is a comprehensive Jobs Board, specifically geared towards designers and developers. Yep, it’s true. I know there are a plethora (to say the least) of design / development job boards around, but I think they can do better.

I’m curious to know what you think.

What would you like to see as a designer or developer?

What would you like to see as a client, looking for a great designer or developer?

Leave a comment. Let me know what I can do to make this the best job site around, for designers, developers, and yeah, penguins.

Sidereel goes to Public Beta

The other exciting news this week is the long awaited launch of Sidereel, into Public Beta. It’s in rough beta form, but it’s working great and looking great. Cheers Lauren, for designing a super cute interface. Please let us know what you think.