The Difference Is In The Details

Posted on May 18, 2007
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Even though I changed my slogan from “The Difference Is In The Details” a few years back to “Where Beauty Meets The Web” I never forget how very important both statements are in articulating quality of design and coding.

As I cruise through archives today I noticed all the projects I’ve done have now exceed 250+ sites, layouts, and letterhead or print documents in the past three years. I’m amazed to notice that a large percentage of them were what I’m now calling Design Rescues because they almost always had something to do with me being hired to fix what should have been done in the beginning. I also noticed that a good quantity of these projects were conversion requests where existing bulky HTML sites were to be converted to cleaner and lighter CSS / XHTML projects as people become more and more SEO minded.

Designers forced to face a global Walmart mentality

As I go into my weekend preparing to complete a few projects that have been long and semi drawn out on a personal level I’ve decided to revive the entire project for www.CodeFreelance.com after abandoning the idea more than a year ago. CodeFreelance was my answer to all the design jobs being sent outside of the US, Canada and Western Europe where the technologies were born. Fear of being considered a bigot had been a motivating factor of me shelving the project in addition to the code base not being completed until recently.

I respect coders and designers the world over and make no judgment about others in disparaging terms but time and time again I find good designers working for dirt pay in order to compete with the massive migration of jobs and project revenue being sent over seas as a result of this apparent belief that you can buy a Ferrari at the price of a Hundai which contradicts common sense in many areas. My design kit was assembled to try and level the playing field for designers in the US and Western Nations seeking to stay competitive without living in subject poverty.

United States of America - Made In China

Early this morning I updated the code base on CodeFreelance.com a accepted commitment by individuals willing to babysit the site after it opens. My intention is to open it as a 100% free (no fees) freelance bidding site to designers and project managers who share the same ideology as we do. When I say we I mean designers and coders that would love to be hired by their own people and not side stepped for this Walmart mindset. Jobs leave this nation, Europe, Australia, Canada and Mexico at break neck speeds and evidence of this exists more so than ever before as one only needs to lift the corner of the United States from the tip of Florida what you will see is the label “United States of America - Made In China”

CodeFreelance.com is yours free of charge to post, share, bid and hopefully to prosper at no expense to you for the service.

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  1. Susan May 18, 2007 8:52 pm

    Its about time someone has the balls to stand up and say when.

    I agree - it isn’t about being a bigot, a racist, or being prejudiced…it’s about supporting your own, your own people, your own country, we ARE the United States of America and if we don’t stop this hypocrisy now, what will our future consist of? Will we turn into another third world country because big conglomerations took work that could have supported our own country to another country?

    Great job Jared. I hope others jump on as well.


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