A huge part of any design or web development project is the communication of feedback between me and my clients. I require feedback from my clients at a couple of stages in any project. In a web project, I ask for feedback after I send the design sample of the website to my client (in …
My New Website
Earlier this week I launched my new website! I had a bit of time this summer to redo it and I'm so glad that I did. It's now fully responsive and has lots more information about my services and process. It also displays more of my recent work! With the new site, I'm also committing …
Tweetables in Your Blog Posts
I was recently working with a client who asked me how to create "tweetables" for her blog posts and I realized that she might not be the only one wondering about that. A "tweetable" is a link, that when clicked on by your readers, allows them to tweet a phrase of your choosing. Obviously, this …
Our Crossword Puzzle Wedding Invitations
About two months ago, I got married to my long-time boyfriend, Nick Hermes. We'd been dating for five years when we got hitched and had been friends for ten years before that. When it came to designing our wedding invitations, I had A LOT of history to draw from. I hemmed and hawed until one …
The Designer/Developer Relationship
Last week, I gave my first "real" talk at WordPress Meetup. I gave a short talk in December, but this time I gave a longer, 25 minute talk about the relationship between developers and designers. When I first started developing websites, I thought that I would have an easier time working with designers because I …
Women Talking WordPress
There has been a lot of talk and debate lately in the WordPress community about the treatment of women and women's involvement in the community. Though debating is great, I think it's important to try to improve things. One of the main reasons that women sometimes feel marginalized in any community it that there is …
Kate Moore Hermes 