Originally Posted by 308gv

I don't mind the critique actually. I wouldn't have done the site that way either. There are times when you delegate, can't do it all yourself. The purpose of that site is not to get more business, we get all the referrals we need based on solid results in what we do focus on. (There are other reasons for the site's existence that have nothing to do with this conversation...).
And no, we are not a design company, it is as I said a tiny sideline. Our focus is Facilities and Trade Show Management (Pat) and IS and Software management projects (myself) with occasional subcontracts for other people we need.

Yes, you obviously are a graphic/web designer but then you are also one of the few on that thread to actually have real work out there? Your work doesn't seem to be as similar or cluttered as much of what is out there. It is also mostly intuitive to the user. Everything underneath is tables though, I thought that CSS was the up and coming means of layout?

The majority seem to be teenagers with lots of enthusiasm and energy but not much experience or discipline yet. This is of course the benefit of youth. This will change once they have obligations to temper what they want to do with what needs to be accomplished. Enjoy it while you can, reflect on that later to get energy back :-) This is how I keep mentally young, I wrote my first program (1965) probably before many of their parents were born.

For the BIS site we did count uniques as well as raw hits, with actual show attendance increases traced back in large part to web presence (the demographics of attendees was greatly expanded outside the GTA area). It is the $ result that the customer wanted and received.

The car, well I wanted a Ferrari since 1960's, my 1968 year book entry said Goal: to own a Ferrari, Likely: to drive a Mini. I did both ('61 Mini Cooper in the 60's, now a GT4). I earned my money with strong accomplishments in hardware design, sw architecture, design and implementation and project management skills. I still tinker with HW design. My recents contracts are to get groups out of spreadsheet hell by implementing database and Excel integrated tools using VBA and OWC.

Having said all the above, this thread will spark a redo of the MindTree site :-) so thanks for that 'push'. Just don't expect roll overs, Flash and other bells'n'whistles that don't add value for what we need.