Getting a Design
This might be an unusual sequence of events for a web startup, but, after implementing the application, getting it online in a test environment, playing with Google AdWords and buying a domain, I was finally starting to think about getting a web design.
Even though I am an advocate of the importance of the true value of a product or service, the looks are certainly very important. I was satisfied with the functionality of my initial design, but in order to attract people I knew I had to come up with something much more eye-candy than that. One of the reasons I postponed the moment of getting a professional web design was that it was the only thing I actually had to pay for (besides the domain name).
I talked with Romi @ AdWorks Media, who, for a reasonable amount of money, came up with the look and feel that Emmy has today. I thank him for that, it is truly great work.
I also want to mention here xX-Faith-Xx, who drawn Emmy’s first sketch, without knowing it (I later asked permission for using the sketck, but it wasn’t drawn for this project – to quote her, it was “just a crap drawing, drawn in the car”).
Last, but not least, I’ll mention my brother Felix here, who helped me with some wicked tweaks, like getting the tooltip (that appears when mouse-overing the “?” icons) done and working properly.
Note: This post has been written in retrospect and posted on September 10th, 2008.
