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Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.
Let’s face it. Web Design is no longer a "specialized field." These days, anyone with an internet connection and some decent blogging software is calling themselves a "Web Designer."...
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# (1 of 1): Amanda
1 day, 4 hours after the fact. (Mon 02 Aug 2004, 2:31 PM CST)
I agree. It seems everyone has jumped on the web design band wagon. And, when asked the same question myself,("what do you do") the instant response is 'web designer'(although I am always certain to add 'freelance' to reclaim that special uniqueness because to me, that somehow emphasizes the fact that I must know more than the average joe).
All of your points are valid. Almost anyone can design a web page. It's all the other things that come in to play that make a web designer(or should we say web marketing specialist?) good at what they do. In the end, you are delivering a product that is expected to get results. With out any intel on how to design and implement an effective site, it's very difficult to produce the desired effect.