I was in my living room last Sunday night, three episodes away from wrapping up a 90-something episode series I started back in February. I kept getting distracted by other shows and work stuff, so I set a goal to just watch one episode every evening no matter what. Last week I pushed through the final arc even though the pacing got slow around episode 70. Has anyone else had a series that took way longer than expected to finish?
Stopped into a Food Giant in Nashville last Tuesday to grab some things. Their weekly ad flyer was this light gray text on a pale yellow background and I literally couldn't read half the sale prices. Had to pull out my phone to zoom in. That moment made me realize I've been doing the same thing on my own flyers for clients. Ran home and checked my last 3 projects with a contrast checker and two of them failed. Has anyone else had a random real world sign or ad make you rethink your whole approach to color?
I was reading the rulebook for Terraforming Mars again last night and discovered a rule about standard projects that I've been ignoring for 4 years. It said you can use those projects to claim milestones and fund awards, which I never knew. Has anyone else stumbled on a rule they missed for years in a game they play all the time?
Some safety guy from corporate came to our site in Tulsa last Tuesday and spent 20 minutes lecturing us about tying off on a flat slab. I asked him when he last ran a crane and he said 'thats not my job.' Took my break early after that. Anyone else get useless safety talks from people who have never touched a boom?
I set my container directly on crushed stone at my property in Austin and moisture wicked up through the steel frame and rotted out the bottom sill plates. Anyone else deal with foundation moisture issues and switch to a proper pier system?
I used to sketch everything on paper for years before even opening Illustrator. But about 6 months ago I started doing rough wireframes straight in Figma and now I can't go back to paper, it feels too slow. Anyone else make that switch and stick with it or did you go back to analog?
I was helping a friend in Denver fix up his food truck branding. He sent me the logo file. Opened it up and counted 14 different fonts crammed into one design. Some were script, some were comic sans style, total chaos. I stripped it down to two fonts and a simple icon of a taco. Has anyone else seen a client cram that many fonts into one logo without realizing how bad it looks?
Hit 30 years in the industry last month and what got me was the number of clients I've had who've stayed with me through three different salons. One lady in Akron has been coming to me every 6 weeks since 1998. Anyone else have a client that's stuck around that long?
I was demoing a new landing page to a client last Wednesday and the hamburger menu expanded to fill the whole viewport, blocking every click. Took me 45 minutes to realize I forgot to set overflow hidden on the body when the menu was open. Has anyone else had a simple CSS bug turn a presentation into a disaster?
Back in February a guy named Mark from Phoenix Creative told me to shoot everything between 7 and 9 AM during summer. I thought he was just being dramatic but after frying a whole corporate interview shoot last June I tried his window. The footage came out clean with no blown highlights and the client actually complimented the look. Has anyone else tried strict morning schedules for outdoor shoots in Arizona?