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My name is Matt Griffin and I operate Liquid Design Media in Midland, Texas.

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Bits O' NewMedia is a log of the interesting discoveries I have made as an independent consultant/designer in the world of new media. Creative inspiration, design techniques, thoughts, business... Anything to do with the new media industry is fair game.

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- Simple And Loveable

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- Style Grind

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- Shaun Inman

- We Break Stuff

- Jason Santa Maria

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Get a General Idea and Run With It

It would probably make me sick if I knew just how much time I have spent in preparation of projects with Liquid Design Media. Detailed proposals and flowcharts can become black holes that just keep getting bigger and I wave bye-bye to them long ago. Don’t get me wrong, it’s important to manage the expectations of your client, but leaving some things up in the air can be a great benefit to you in the long run if you under-promise and over-deliver.

If you must prepare a presentation for a client, use other people’s web sites to demonstrate points and build screenshots of the interface if you must. This method is much more tangible to the listener. They won’t understand everything that is going on in your head anyway so give them something that they can see and touch. Follow this advise and you will see what a beautiful job being a web designer can be.