Comments on: Building A Perfect Website? Are You Too Perfectionist?

By: The Ultimate List of Freelancing Resources 26-50

The Ultimate List of Freelancing Resources 26-50 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:50:42 +0000

[...] Building A Perfect Website? Are You Too Perfectionist? Alan Johnson offers tips for understanding when to stop being so perfectionist with your projects (even if they aren’t websites). [...]

By: Pugsley

Pugsley — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:35:25 +0000

It’s a hard road to travel, on one hand you almost have to be a perfectionist to be creative, but on the other hand you have to be a realist about doing business, almost a catch 22.

By: Tom Ross

Tom Ross — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:48:35 +0000

Good points there Alan. I’m a bit of a perfectionist myself, but I’m a LOT better than I used to be. I think it’s a case of just taking the plunge as in the past I would design 20 portfolio designs for myself and never launch one. After finally launching my portfolio I can focus on designing which I love. :)

By: Luccio Teran

Luccio Teran — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:18:49 +0000

Well, all of you seem as Web-Developers to me, so what do we have in common? I’m an entrepreneur myself. I manufacture high-quality jeans….guess where abouts? In Bolivia, Yes, you read it right! as an entrepreneur I found the capability of making this high-valued jeans and to my luck I ended-up at this web-page Silkfair.com, where I could opene my first ‘e-store’, you might want to visit this treat, as its user-friendly features might give you some hints in how and where improvement can be made at your sites. Greetings from this neck of the woods!

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Week 12 - The Overview — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:32:33 +0000

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By: Zakman

Zakman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:39:54 +0000

Very sensible points there, Alan.

Like Bryan here, I too believe tweaking can never really end. There’s always something more to do.

So where do you draw the line? Tip: Get a cue from great painters.

For instance, van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ is considered a classic. But how ‘perfect’ was it in the eyes of van Gogh? Would one more stroke of Prussian Blue have made it ‘more perfect’? Probably. Probably not.

Van Gogh knew where to draw the line (pun unintended) and move ahead.

By: Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services

Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:43:06 +0000

[...] it’s never good enough, because the person spots flaws. The perfectionist wastes more time building that perfect project when time could be better spent [...]

By: Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:33:49 +0000

Thank you for your comments, it’s always great to see that others appreciate your work :)

Best wishes,

Alan Johnson

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Link-o-rama — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:37:00 +0000

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By: Bryan A. McCarty

Bryan A. McCarty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:15:39 +0000

It’s a fine line, indeed. When launching a new site, do you set your launch date and stick to it? Or do you tweak things until it meets your exact vision? Is it better to get your site live and out there and tweak as you go? Is it okay to put it up and rely on users to notice any unfriendly UI fixes? Or, do you test run the site until every last bug has been “fixed.” My experience with the latter is this: That list of tweaks never ends… A Website is never finished. All sties can always improve – and sometimes that is forgotten. If a site ever becomes “perfect”… my guess is that it’s far from it.

Good article, thank you.