[thelist] Designer vs. Coder

Ryan Finley RyanF at SonicFoundry.com
Mon Feb 26 15:58:07 CST 2001


I enjoy web development for the same reasons...it engages both sides of my
brain.  On my website, http://www.surveymonkey.com/, I created everything
except the little monkey in the corner.  The hardest part of any website is
designing an effective and intuitive presentation system.  This is my
highest priority...and it's inherently a synthesis of both "design" and
"code".

As for whether I'm successful in both "design" and "code" modes...well, my
opinion is completely subjective.

	Ryan Finley
	President - SurveyMonkey.com


-----Original Message-----
From: aardvark [mailto:roselli at earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:45 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thelist] Designer vs. Coder


> From: Jeana <kumquat at sckans.edu>
> 
> With all of this talk about using wysiwyg's and coding by hand..  I
> propose the question I've been struggling with...  Can someone be very
> good at both?  Designers I think will tend to drift towards
> dreamweaver.. it's faster, its easier, and they can see the designs..
> pretty.. *poof* there it is.  Coders are interested in back-end... 
> how it loads, how it's handled on different systems/browsers/etc,
> getting the most done in least amount of lines of correct code... 

i'm one of those people who needs equal parts both... i need a 
design outlet, and i need a technical outlet... one of the reasons i 
nearly became an architect... one of the reasons i got into photo 
manip... a big reason i've done the web thing...

am i both, though?  that's like asking someone if he/she is a good 
driver... everyone thinks he/she is a good driver, but it takes a 
passenger to give some true insight...

given that, i'd let y'all decide (http://roselli.org/adrian/)... my gallery 
is both a sample of my coding and my design... i try to push both 
equally, but hey, who knows what somebody thinks of my design... 
it's easy to say my code validates, but you may disagree with how 
i use the valid elements... and it's easy to say my stuff is ugly... 
that's how you see it, and i can't argue that...

> If we seperate content and design, are we also seperating the 
jobs?

hope not...

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