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Let me start by saying I am not a Project Manager. I have a some practical knowledge of how projects work, and I have read a few books about Project Management (I think it’s important to know), but I am not a Project Manger. I have to draw the line somewhere, especially in my recent added duties as Studio Manager. I often need to remind people in my team. more…

In a recent email conversation with a designer/client manager friend/collaborator, I wrote the following about a process for Flash development. I think there is something in this… more…

We’ve only just got the print designers to stop sending us their web page and html email designs in Indesign. They get it now: pixels, not points. RGB, not CMYK. 72 dpi. Limited fonts. Photoshop. We’ve had to really drum it in. So you can imagine the looks I got when I suggested we ban Photoshop from the web design process. more…

Today was a day of meetings. In one afternoon session we reviewed some new proposals for an existing client. It’s been almost a week since the feedback meeting from our initial proposal, and things are all looking very positive, but the client manager feels under pressure to follow up with revised proposals and costs. So we are meeting to 1) get the report back from the client meeting, 2) think up some features to add to the list, and 3) plan a way forward. “We need to show them something…” more…