I was grabbing a latte at this spot called Proud Mary last Thursday, and I overheard two agency owners talking about how they use a simple checklist doc for new clients. I'd been winging it with emails and phone calls for months, so I tried their method on my next $2,000 retainer client. It cut my back-and-forth time by about 40% and the client actually thanked me for being organized. Has anyone else found a weird place where they picked up a game changer like that?
I used to just pick colors that looked good and call it done, but last week a client in Denver sent back my whole landing page saying their 60 year old eyes couldn't read the body text. Now I run every color combo through a free contrast checker before I even start building. Has anyone else had a client call them out on readability like that?
Spent 5 days on a section near Harper's Ferry last June when it rained nonstop. My cheap hammock tarp leaked on night 2 and I woke up in 3 inches of water at 4 AM. That experience convinced me to finally buy a proper Warbonnet setup and I'll never cheap out on shelter gear again. Has anyone else had a single trip totally change what they pack?
Found out only about 4% of websites actually include proper alt text on images and I've been skipping it on my blog for 2 years without realizing how many readers I'm missing.
Last month I had a job in Phoenix where a guy stood right over my shoulder the whole time I was replacing his compressor. He kept asking why I wasn't moving faster and tried to tell me I was doing it wrong. I finally told him he needed to wait in the other room or I'd pack up and leave. Has anyone else had customers hover like that?
On a remodeling job in Phoenix last month, I tried using self-leveling concrete on a plywood subfloor without priming it first. The stuff just pooled in low spots and took forever to feather out because it was absorbing into the wood. Has anyone else had a DIY leveling job turn into a full day adventure because of one dumb mistake?
At a print shop in Portland last week, my prepress guy showed me how my 60/40/40/100 rich black was actually causing banding on the press sheet. He said it needs higher cyan and lower black to avoid mud, which honestly hit different because I've been setting it the same way for 5 years. Anyone else have a setup habit they thought was fine until someone proved them wrong?
Last month I was at a hotel remodel downtown and watched a 3 man crew lay 200 yards of carpet in about 4 hours. They used a power stretcher differently than I do, starting from the middle of the room and working outward to the walls. I always start at one wall and go across. Their way cut way down on wrinkles and they barely had to adjust anything. Has anyone else tried working center out instead of wall to wall?
Was poking around in the team settings last night and found the file analytics section. Turns out one of my component libraries has 47 instances floating around from 3 projects ago. No idea why nobody told me about that tab sooner. Has anyone else found a hidden feature like this just by clicking around?