Studio Rockstar

One of my biggest flaws as a designer/developer is the rate at which I tend to abandon projects. I find that I’ll crank through a thousand lines of code in a caffeine-fueled weekend and make something from scratch to launch in under forty-eight hours. But then as time passes, I neglect the project and it dies a slow, painful death. One tip to combat this I’ve found is to amass content for the site before I begin development.

In my mind, the actual designing and building of sites is only clockwork now. Don’t get me wrong — I absolutely love it — but it’s something that I know I can do. It’s the continued maintenance of the sites that I often times fail at. So I’ve begun a new practice, which is to create content for a month or two of the site’s life. It forces me to delve into the project and really research what it’s about. I find out quickly whether I’m truly interested in the subject, or if I was just excited about the idea of creating yet another site

So do yourself a favor — next time you are about t jump into a project headfirst, start amassing content. See if you’re really interested in the subject before you just have another domain added to your credit card bill.