I also have a full-time day job, one main freelance client, and a brand new baby at home. So to my defense I didn’t have copious amounts of free time to build something for myself.
I’ve designed and coded at least a dozen redesigns in the past year, but it wasn’t until attending the 99U conference in New York this past May that I was inspired to make it happen. If you’re not familiar with 99U, check out their award winning website. Their whole inspiration is to help creatives “Make Ideas Happen” which is the title of a book written by Behance founder Scott Belsky (see my selfie with him below).
Thanks to the inspiration at the 99U 2014 conference, I buckled down and redesigned my website one more time and committed to finishing it this time. Drop me a line and let me know what you think!
The case for taking your time
A year is a long time to redesign a website, but the version that finally shipped was better for the wait. Patrick Iverson has been building brand identities and custom WordPress websites from Santa Fe, New Mexico since 2003, and the projects that hold up longest are almost always the ones where nobody rushed the thinking to hit an arbitrary deadline.