rocknbil - 8:12 pm on Nov 29, 2009 (gmt 0)

If there is one thing I wish someone had banged into my head from the start, it is everything mentioned on this site [websitesthatsuck.com]. Read it, study it, beat your ego down into the box where he/she belongs and apply it to your own work, you will become stronger and better for it.

But alas, I probably wouldn't have listened. I have a BFA in Art, came from the print industry, so a large part of my directive was all about the design, all about "how it looks" and to heck with everything else.

I'm just thankful I learned how wrong I was early on, but still, too late. :-) Lost a lot of years defending my cheesy designs and approaches.

The second piece of advice, question everything. There is so much B.S. taught in "classes", so much unimportant trivia that winds up on tests, so much incorrect info on the 'net - and it appears they all read the same book, bought into the same half-truth philosophies - if there is one thing to constantly remain aware of, it is this. Question everything.