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Comments on Findings From the Web Design Survey
by ALA Staff
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Sweet, the results are here!
All the fanfare about this being the 'first ever' survey of web professionals comes off as somewhat disingenuous (e.g. "The SitePoint Web Design Survey":http://www.sitepoint.com/article/survey-web-dev-stereotypes ). Big ups for making the complete results freely available, however!
Kevin, this is honestly the first I'd heard of your survey. Sorry! Perhaps it would be more fair to say that the ALA survey is the first major demographic survey of the field? The Sitepoint survey seems to have a different and more focused scope than what was done with the ALA survey, focusing on work process as opposed to things like gender, age, location, and so on.
I was so excited to see the results posted, "so I submitted it to Digg":http://digg.com/tech_news/Findings_From_the_Web_Design_Survey_A_List_Apart if anybody cares to digg it for some added exposure.
What a great snapshot of data here! Thank you for making even the raw data available.
Great Study! congrats! great diagramming as well, what software do you used?
Thanks for putting together this great survey - definitely interesting to read! Two small suggestions for next year:
* Divide "Developers" and "Web Developers" in the same way that you divided "Designers" and "Web Designers" - otherwise us front end folks get lumped in with the more hardcore programmers. Maybe have additional "Programmer" and "Systems Administrator" categories as well? I don't know many people who still use "Webmaster" as their title, so I wonder if some front end developers chose that in your survey as the best option available?
* Have "some college" as an option under the education section - quite a few people out there who have most of the credits towards their bachelor's degree but haven't finished up yet, and their only choice is "finished high school" (as they did not attend/graduate from a junior college).
Thanks for providing the raw data, this way we can look at in detail the regional information.
Nice survey, but I was disappointed not to see a breakdown of salary ranges compared to the skills that web professionals posses e.g. do professionals with back-end skills earn more than those who do not, etc. etc.
Thanks for all the hard work, though, and I'm really glad to see so many people take this survey.
Fascinating, and a bit overwhelming.
I am no statistician, but after reading the survey results I feel rectified in my position that the lack of diversity in conference line-ups merely represents the field in general. Since that is what got this whole thing going (see http://www.kottke.org/07/02/gender-diversity-at-web-conferences) I hope facts will ease perception of gender and racial injustice among conference presenters.
As with most inequality, education is key. There are initiatives to bring design education to grades K-12 in wide-ranging communities (see http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/education, for example). Though we may not see a tidal shift in our generation, conference speakers will likely be a more varied lot in the future.
Good work, A List Apart. this was a huge and valuable endeavor and I look forward to future surveys.
Wow, great study, sad to see how under-represented women still are in all the fields.
Though, a little disappointing to see the average age range barely above legal drinking age… Maybe contributes to the rather low salary amounts and fast job turnover numbers.
I'm not in the USA and I'm really scratching my head over the two different questions, about paid holidays and paid vacations.
I thought the word "vacation" was synonymous with "holiday"! There must be some difference I'm not aware of.
I'd be more curious as to what people bill as an hourly wage and for what types of work - obviously the salary figures are heavily skewed by a lot of part timers out there, so what do they charge their clients typically per hour for different types of tasks - initial design, updates, routine maintenance, etc. What do they charge for hosting and who do they typically use, that sort of thing.
82.8% Male. Surely there are more women who could have taken the survey?
And it would have been very interesting to know what people charge per hour (if self-employed) for various tasks. Maybe next time?
Agree with Kevin, it seems that a lot of women are missing. But that's a good thing to know, and it will be fascinating to see the amount of female web professionals rising in future issues of this survey ;)
By the way, I'm very pleased to know what are my co-professionals like and how I fit in the global landscape. Thanks for that, A List Apart people.
I'm reading the report right now, but before I forget want to quickly point out that "˜paid vacation' vs. "˜paid holidays' was extremely confusing to me as a non-native speaker living in the UK. I wasn't able to figure out the difference at all.
Now in hindsight and with the figures, I assume that "˜vacation' means "˜holiday' and "˜holiday' means "˜bank holiday'? Maybe I'm still wrong, though, dunno. I guess all of the Americans and even all of the British people may have understood that, but I also bet (it seems rather obvious from the high figures on you "˜paid holiday' some people didn't ;)
What a fascinating publication! Thanks, so much for making this available. As an IT/Web freelancer it makes interesting reading for me - I appear to be pretty much right in the middle of every category. Does that make me 'average', or just one of the excellent majority?
Fascinating insight into the industry - thank you for publishing the results. The gender ratio does seem to reflect what experience I've had in producing magazines and events for web professionals - the crowd does seem to have at best an 80/20 split. As this survey is repeated each year, it will be interesting to see if this figure changes.
If you're white, male, and 33-38 and whatever changes are that you're not going to perceive any career bias at all. Results for this category need to be generated from participants outside of the norm.
If you're white, male, and 33-38 or whatever, changes are that you're not going to perceive any career bias at all. Results for this category need to be generated from participants outside of the norm.
Found it.
This is hugely interesting and I know I'll be digging around in it for a while.
I think for me, the most interesting parts are around the perceived bias' information and whether what people think is happening around them actually matches what actually IS happening.
Kudos for the data.
I am a front-end designer, developer myself but even I feel that there is a bias towards front-end practices for the categories. Whether this is intentional or not I don't know. Languages like CSS, Javascript and HTML all had their own category while Server side language where all lumped in together, I would have like to have know the specific stats on languages such as PHP and Ruby from this survey. The categories for job title seem similarly bias towards Front-end skills.
Great work other than that guys it must have taken long hours when you'd rather be doing something else. For that I thank you and look forward to the findings next year.
The good: great design on the PDF! Love the fonts and colours.
The bad: some of the horizontal bar charts don't quite line up at the right. (See pages 47 and 48 for examples.) Plus the gaps between bars aren't equal on pages like 61. It seems to be the charts that use 3 coloured bars that are causing problems. Probably a PDF conversion thing?
I am using Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 on a Mac to view the file if that helps.
Hey, sorry to nitpick! I realise you guys have put a lot of hardwork into this. I'm sure it'll prove very useful!
This confirms what I have always felt - there is plenty of opportunity for women in this field who seek change and a flexible career. In the over 39 age bracket, women earn more than their male counterparts (where else does that happen?). Design and development might take a good bit of re-education in this age bracket (the education never ends for me) but it is so worth it. With all of the wonderful resources available on the internet and with such open access industry leaders via blogs, podcasts and tutorials, my sincere hope is to see more women enter the field in years to come.
Your servey questions should address total compensation. While I received a salary increase at my last review, medical insurance increases and plan changes decreased my overall compensation.
I tell you what, I knew that, as a female in this industry, I was in the "low end of the diversity spectrum". But when I saw this, I was *shocked*. And what surprised me even more was that I must be some *really* unique woman in this industry, because most of my answers (not all - but most of them) fell in the low percentage range.
I know this survey isn't the end-all on the subject, but it's the first time my eyes have been opened to my status in this industry. It's a little bit unsettling. It has given me quite a bit of food for thought - it brings the question to mind: because of my unique status (as it stands based on these results) does it give me a step up in the industry, or is it really holding me back?
No, I don't plan to use the first-time survey to figure out what to do for the rest of my career (which, based on my age should be shorter than the rest of you youngsters - however, I have a TON of longevity compared to the rest of you, as well - so I guess it evens out!) because I *adore* what I do. But damn, maybe I need to get a job at a corporation so I can rake in some of *that* dough.
Nah - I hate bosses. They piss me off too much. I'd get fired in a week.
But anyway, I do appreciate the effort here. I really had *absolutely* no idea that someone like me was so far in the minority (in all kinds of ways!) - it really is shocking. Someone else who participated in the survey (and let me know the results were up) had mentioned that perhaps making a *clear* stance on defining the job titles/professions might be a good idea, as women will more think of themselves as a "graphic designer" than a "web designer" (I, for one, do not.) But I do know I found some of the questions a little weird, and answered them the best I could - but yeah, it would have been nice to at least been able to have multiple answers for some questions. For example, my main job focus isn't *just* as a web designer. I do it all - design, graphics, code, development, accounting, customer service - ALL of it. It was really hard to pick just *one* answer.
Anyway - sorry for the novel, but it was great, and it did open my eyes a bit - kinda popped my little bubble here. I think I need to start attending some conferences. There's obviously *way* too much testosterone at those things. ;)
There are a lot of potentially interesting numbers here but there's no account given of the sampling methodology. How were these 33,000 people selected? How can we know whether they're representative of the population the study purports to describe? What was the response rate on the survey? Was it conducted on-line or by mail? What potential biases could have been created by the sampling technique and response/non-response rates?
Overall I think it's a well done salary survey but I'd also like to see a breakdown of skills and job titles to salary. It is kind of confusing as to what title has what salary in the current report. Is this a general assessment of all salaries? Who makes under $20k a year and what skills do they lack?
The "Sitepoint Survey":http://www.sitepoint.com/reports/reportwebsurvey2006/freepreview.php had more on technology trends and languages used. I'd like to see A List Apart survey on trends as well. It would be interesting to know what technologies people are currently using and what they plan to use in the future.
First, thanks to ALA Staff for all their work on this survey. Everyone's efforts are greatly appreciated.
As for those from outside the USA asking about Paid Holiday vs. Paid Vacation, "holidays" are specific days off during the year recognized by the US government (e.g. New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, etc.) and/or special religious days (e.g. Christmas, Rosh Hashanah, etc.). A "vacation" is time off from work to travel and relax that can be used at any time of the year, which the rest of the world refers to as "going on holiday" I believe.
@Derick said:
bq. There are a lot of potentially interesting numbers here but there's no account given of the sampling methodology. How were these 33,000 people selected?
The Mothership hovered over an unnamed sub-Saharan metropolis, beamed individuals aboard in their sleep, and _probed_ them.
Or we could have used the internet. Yeah, that must be it.
Kidding aside, we put up the survey in our magazine where it was seen by a fair number of readers; we wrote about it in our blogs, where more readers saw the news; we reached out to other web design and development magazines, newsgroups, mailing lists; and the community, as it always does, did the rest. People spontaneously blogged the survey, invited their friends, sent posts to newsgroups.
How would you have done it?
From the research…
bq. The only job titles in which we see consistently increasing representation at ages above 32 are "Webmaster"?, "Writer/Editor"?, and "Other"?. The last of these suggests, intriguingly, that older workers in the field fill roles not covered in our listed titles.
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but couldn't this also mean that the older people simply identify job titles differently due to different historical practices? Meaning, people who where doing web stuff during the late 90's are more prone to call their profession "webmaster" than someone today, who might call it "web developer".
Not necessarily that they're filling different roles but that they just simply use different terminology. I only say this because I know "Webmaster" was super popular when HTML was the only thing you needed to know about websites. Now, the trend is to give people specific titles as jobs are becoming more broken down. "Graphic Artist", "Usability Expert", "CSS/(X)HTML Coder", "Front-End Programmer", "Back-End Programmer", etc.
bq. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but couldn't this also mean that the older people simply identify job titles differently due to different historical practices?
You bet it could. That is a perfectly reasonable inference.
The survey provides things we can know (such as what percentage of respondents were women, or at least claimed to be), things we can't know without further research, and things we may infer.
Thank you for your time, effort and hard work on this project.
@Ambrose Chapel
bq. I'm reading the report right now, but before I forget want to quickly point out that "˜paid vacation' vs. "˜paid holidays' was extremely confusing to me as a non-native speaker living in the UK. I wasn't able to figure out the difference at all.
Difference between "paid vacation" and "paid holiday" is that a "paid vacation" is something that you can use on any day you want. While the "paid holiday" is a specific day that the whole company or department gets and there is no choice if you take it or not.
The PDF looks nice ... How was it created? :)
Very intelligent survey btw.
I'll agree with all of the praise here, but of course have my own nitpick to add.
Similar to the vacation/holiday issue, the definiton of "full time" was rather US- and large corporation-centric as well. In much of the world, 35 hours is considered full time, while the report repeatedly referred to full-timers as those working 40 hours or more a week. Even within the US, many companies (such as mine) have a 35-hour work week.
"WikiPedia's blurb on full time":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_time
A great survey with much information, thanks for providing such a thorough analysis.
I found that for many of the tables of data, I wanted the opposite summary information, meaning that I wanted the 100% for the other axis. I felt this would be particularly useful for things like income, so I could try to understand what I'd need to do to reach a certain income level.
Fortunately, with the raw data available, I can make my own pivot tables, etc to mix it all up as I so wish.
pretty shocking to see how few women there are in the industry. had i known about the survey i might have given it a little bump. ;)
This is great stuff guys, thanks. I'm embarking on a re-cut of the data for the UK, so watch this space.
I feel sorry for the Arabic/Middle Eastern and Native American respondents, I don't know if it was included on the original survey (I didn't take it) but if their options weren't on there, I bet it would affect how they perceive racial bias in the industry :P.
Also, in the various job questions, there is no "unemployed" or "between jobs" option, which could account for some of the results of the "other" category.
I also felt like there could have been more results specifically on the females. For example, I wanted to know the "Salary range by age group" for women (as opposed to a composite), and the overall age distribution of women in the industry.
It's a ton of great information. Thanks for sharing!
This is exactly what I would expect from A List Apart, nothing less.
I was a bit surprised with the income and education questions (did anyone else think it was ironic that the younger respondents thought education was more important than older respondents?).
This is a resource that past, present, and future web designers/developers will look to for years to come - or, at least, until you do it again.
It was mentioned in the results that there was some confusion with the ethnicity question and it will be corrected in the future. I would like to encourage you to include two questions to cover this topic.
I think the classifications should be divided by Genetics and Culture. So, for example, I am 1/4 Latino (Hispanic) genetically, but I don't speak Spanish natively and I have always been identified as white by all my friends. (genetically, I appear white; culturally, I am white). However, my sister (also 1/4th Hispanic) is always asked if she Iranian or Indian (genetically, she is Latino; culturally, she is white). It is more likely that she will experience racial (genetic) discrimination than I will, though neither of us would have a difference in cultural discrimination.
So, I think that there should be a question like:
What is your ethnicity: [I look white] [white] [Black] [Hispanic] [Asian] etc..
With check boxes so multiple answers can be selected.
I also have found culture differences matter and should be included. I have had culturally middle eastern men discriminate against me. However, I have had genetically middle eastern but culturally (the white American version of) Christian men treat me without discrimination.
bq. I wanted to know the "Salary range by age group"? for women (as opposed to a composite), and the overall age distribution of women in the industry.
This was the reason we provided raw data as well as the report itself—even an 80-page findings report can't possibly cover all interesting ways of looking at the information, but with the raw data, anyone who wants to perform additional analyses can do so.
bq. This is a resource that past, present, and future web designers/developers will look to for years to come — or, at least, until you do it again.
Thank you!
@Dan Wilkinson:
bq. Thank you for your time, effort and hard work on this project.
Stop, we're blushing.
bq. The PDF looks nice "¦ How was it created? :) Very intelligent survey btw.
It was created in Adobe InDesign (with charts created in Apple Numbers). Eric has a "detailed post":http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/10/16/analytical-breakdowns/ about the whole crazy process on his blog.
I don't know to much about surveys and statistics, but couldn't this survey imply that ALA readers are doing this and earning that?
If that would be the case, then we could infer that people who care for Web Standards, who usually are informed about the latest etc etc (whatever the "general" ALA reader is) have actually taken the survey…
A question like 'Are you a regular reader of ALA?" would have been probably helpful.
A lot of answers could be misleading because of this… maybe there are more women working in the filed, but only a small part is reading ALA.
I too wanted to know the age group distribution for women and so I went to town with the raw data. I posted my findings on my blog (http://blog.urbanfarmgirl.net/?p=315). I was really shocked, the percentage of women in the field seems to be decreasing for younger age groups. I expected it to increase for younger age groups.
# The issue of sampling is very important for statistical validity, especially since your respondents _self-select_. You must find some way of determining the population that they represent/come from. I don't have the skills to suggest a solution, though that beaming-up and probing sounds like it might have promise…
# As I read the report, I found that almost everything was as I might have assumed. Probably means nothing - validation of assumption is as valuable as discovery. Next year the trend plotting commences!
# I am mystified by the greatly skewed gender numbers since webWork includes so much non-technical input (well *good* webWork). The traditional explanations given ( technical adversion and variants) don't satisfying me.
# (May be a different survey): I would love to see how the progression towards strict division of technical framework and content production, with presentation moving more and more to the content side affects things. Questions separating folks into frame versus contents work are very interesting to me. The blog/myspace/youtube phenomenon would be impossible without this division and there _have_ to be people making a living strictly on the content side.
Very excited the results are finally out and really appreciate the complete transparency with raw data.
From the time the survey was first announced, I began conducting a very different kind of survey: one of subjectivity on a case by case basis. I was very interested in the results the ALA survey might produce, by it's nature and how they might fit with my own small sampling.
I was very pleased with this survey and it provided me with a few hours of pleasant reading.
But I have a question: what fonts were used? I especially love the font used with the graphs. The serif one used for plain text was also very nice.
It'll probably classics, but I don't recognise them. Any help?
ps: Eric Meyer doesn't mention them in his post.
@Peter De Bouvere: The typefaces are "Garamond Premier Pro":http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/landing/garamond/garamond.html and "Gotham":http://typography.com/fonts/font_overview.php?productLineID=100008 (with a sprinkling of Gotham Condensed as needed in the tables).
Wow! It sounds like a great report! Sadly, it keeps timing out when I try to download it. Guess you're popular! I will keep trying…
Considering no one has done anything of this scope (lets not argue about who was first), you pretty much covered everything. No, it will never be perfect, but there is a ton of useful information here. The design is what it should be - clean and straight forward. Congratulations to all that obviously worked very hard on this ground breaking survey.
I have always felt that web professionals are one of the most misunderstood group. This survey help us understand who we are. I was personally surprised by some things and just unaware of others. For example I would of thought a higher percent of Web Designers/Art Directors would be CSS and HTML literate. I was totally unaware of how male dominated we are. I would agree that we should be paid more for our expertise, but I didn't need this survey to arrive at that conclusion.
Thanks for your hard work, I hope everyone who reads this will walk away with as much as I did.
given that the respondents where overwhelmingly white and male, it's not surprising that bias based on gender and ethnicity are played down by the study. a breakdown of the data on bias by cultural identity or gender might be more illuminating.
hi all, I have posted this story over on Slashdot for more of us to know about this survey.
hi all, I have posted this story over on "Slashdot":http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1435249 for more of us to know about this survey.
sorry for doublepost to fix clickable link :)
@rob s:
bq. given that the respondents where overwhelmingly white and male, it's not surprising that bias based on gender and ethnicity are played down by the study.
Have you read sections 7 and 8? Have you looked at figures 8.6 through 8.11, and read the commentary?
bq. a breakdown of the data on bias by cultural identity or gender might be more illuminating.
Well, gender we covered. (I refer you again to sections 7 and 8.) We didn't ask if people were Jewish or Hispanic or belonged to any of the other 200,000 cultural affinity groups. But as we keep saying, this isn't the end of a conversation; it's the beginning of a conversation that _should_ have started years ago.
I'm really surprised that the midwest is the #2 US Region.
These results were very strange to me mainly because I fall into the higher percentage catergories, Male, Caucasian, Web Designer in the US. I didn't expect that, I thought there would be a more even distribution between sexes and thought there would be more web designers in the UK, but this could be due to the fact that this is the first time this survey has been done and has admitted flaws. Thank you for the time you put in though, great to see these numbers.
Okay, this is going to be a weird question among all the other posts here, but… what fonts did you use in that PDF? They work together beautifully, yet I can't figure out what they are.
(I'm a design student, so I like asking about these things. I hope someone will take me seriously enough to answer. :)
I'm row number 1823 (not including the headers row).
I've imported the results into MySQL and done some analysis of UK developers on my website.
I was excited to see the results, and hoped to get a bead on how job satisfaction and salary panned out in Europe, US, and abroad. There really wasn't a way for me to eyeball this and say "Yup I ought to move…the Brits/Yanks/whoever seem happier with a better salary per standard of living."
No mention of which skills are growing in demand either.
So while the survey was great I didn't get a lot of practical info out of it. Not that Sitepoint provided anything at all useful in their Four Web Types (whoop de doo!)Survey.
Cheers! I'm sure it will be better next year!
Zeldman, et al—
First of all, thank you very much.
Second, a couple of suggestions:
Within the published results in the future, possibly include the original survey questionnaire? In the interim, possibly reload the content questionnaire page?
Maybe include in the future, a list of all referring URIs to the survey? This could serve as a source for validation and further demographic research of the respondent pool. In addition, within the survey, allow for a detailed list of where the respondent learned of the survey.
Again, thank you.
Finally the results! That looks like a lot of work, so many thanks for that.
The PDF and its graphs look great.
A suggestion for the next opus: Tables were a bit overwhelming, in terms of data. In order to make them easier to grasp at a glance, would it be possible to improve them using the principles behind tag clouds: change the style of each cell based on the number it contains? The actual cell data need not change.
For example, change the font size proportionally (e.g. 0%->9pt, 100%->16pt), or change the brightness of the background (e.g. 0%->white, 100%-> some shade of gray), etc.
PS: Congratulations for the live comment preview feature!
Done some UK analysis also.
I took a quick look at the raw data and would like to make a quick comment.
One important information that I cannot find in the data is the location of the web designers who responded. A breakdown by country will make the results more meaningful because the cost of living in each country has a direct bearing on salary and income.
For example, a web designer in India or China who earns USD10,000 may be much better off compared to someone in the US or Europe who earns the same amount.
"Ridzwan":http://alistapart.com/comments/2007surveyresults?page=7#69 - the closest we got to people's locations in this survey was the question about geographic region, as summarized in Figure v (p. 9) of the report. That information is in the raw data we made available.
finally someone is providing a clear snapshot of the web design / intenet development industry.
I am surprised by the small number of women responding. Maybe they have better things to do with their time? Seriously, this is disappointing.
Half the students in law school are women and women have taken over the veterinary profession. In 2003-4 over half the applicants to medical school were women. What is it about the business of designing or developing web sites that is either so unattractive or discriminatory?
When I filled out the survey, I found the regions inadequate. I live in Maryland, and I do not consider it either the northeast or the south. Being originally from North Carolina, I probably answered "northeast"; and I bet that many of my colleagues who are originally from much further north answered "south". We generally refer to the area between Washington and Philadelphia as the mid-Atlantic.
Also, I'd like to see some statistical analyses. You have enough data points to support more than just descriptive statistics and tables; I suggest correlations, at least.
Oh, and when you say "X is more satisfied [makes more money, etc.] than Y", make sure you've got the significance level to back it up. Within-groups variance can cancel out between-groups differences. Personally, I'd like to see the statistical significance—perhaps in an appendix, to avoid making the body of the report harder to understand for those who are not sticklers.
And no, I don't wanna do it myself. :-)
I clicked everywhere!
I couldn't find how to download the file.
Then I switched to IE - maybe something is wrong with the markup? Zeldman??? No way! but what can I do?
Then, in IE, I see the big blue image!
What happened? I am blocking "*banner*" in AdBlock.
The name of the image is "download-the-survey-banner.png"
I have learnt a long time a go not to name any element in my code "banner" - be it an image, a div or any other element.
With worldwide disability statistics hovering around @10% of the general population and growing, it would be interesting to see how many people in the profession(s) actually have a disability.
The "Accessibility Expert, et al", at 0.4% of the current respondents, would probably have the highest number of respondents, but that is an assumption based on personal perceptions.
"Accessibility Expert"s come in all shapes and sizes and most of them have a focus based on their own disability.
Few Accessibility Experts, that I have met, have a holistic view of accessibility and usability with adaptive technologies beyond their own frame of reference.
Now that I am half way through this post, it sounds like another survey altogether.
FFT (Food For Thought)
I am somewhat disappointment, no third party, for compiling the results and going through the validity of the instrument used for the research, so interpretation is in question, it feels pedestrian.
Don't get me wrong you have some good basic points there.
Join with Jupiter Research, Nielsen//NetRatings or comScore for your next one, and It will spread like fire. Also it will bring more prestige and reputation.
@Hanan Cohen: Thanks for the tip! I've changed the image name to not include the word "banner".
Fantastic survey.
It would be very interesting to see data for cities; namely the big ones in the web world.
London is booming at the moment and salaries seem to be increasing higher than usual, it would be good to find out how this compared in the other big web cities.
I've done my own analysis and uncovered a shocking truth…
"2007 Web Design Survey Reveals Shocking Truth About Web Industry":http://tetlaw.id.au/view/blog/2007-web-design-survey-reveals-shocking-truth-about-web-industry
As soon as I see a question about ethnicity, I know it's an American survey. Seriously, haven't you learnt anything from your Civil War and Little Rock High, etc? You need to move on! This is an ongoing challenge for all of us, but America often seems intent on maintaining the distinction and then trying to pretend it doesn't matter, when no-one else even asks.
Thanks for the fabulous job on the survey—I particularly appreciated the additional level of discussing how to improve the survey going forward. We're all enjoying digging through the survey here at work, and I'm hoping that future versions will explore the different skills/tasks done by folks.
And as a side note, thanks for the wonderful work on A List Apart in general. I always enjoy the articles and comments!
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I was fascinated at the dearth of women in the web design field. It might have been a statistical skew by who answered the survey (but the sample was very large which makes me think that there actually are so many more men in the field than women). I was looking for answers as to why web designers are so undervalued by clients (in the freelance world) and did not find my answers.
I would love to also see a breakdown by skill set compared to fees/pay and even geographic comparisons to figure out what is appropriate to charge for a job.
I love this magazine because it is beautifully presented and down to earth. Thanks for continuing.
Some of the comments in here are scary in terms of people viewing this as cold hard facts and not simply a snap shot of period of time with only the reach of this company. People need to understand that any 'trends' seen are 'perceived' trends which the survey very upfront states, and its based on user response not actually hard evidence say, job data from different agencies world wide. Having said that, this is an excellent piece as surveys go.
@Ethnicity I agree with you, but only to a certain extent. America is actually where modern day racism - in terms of the brutality that was born out of it - began so of course there is relevance and import in showing those numbers, but this is way off topic so email me for a more in depth answer to that.
What I will say to that end though is again you have to look at this as a snap shot of the time period and reach of the survey. I actually think you should throw out the ethnicity part of the survey, not because I don't think it matters ( being a US-black myself I was all too keen to see the break down of the data:D ), but because the numbers are too low. 1.25 of 33k is roughly 400 people, which in most US state surveys is a low number, so then base that off a global survey and you can see that any comparison of those numbers to higher participants is vastly skewed. Good job white males for messing up the numbers :D.
What I did find very interesting is the assertion that people with a perceived bias ( women for instance ) generally make more money than those that don't, which to me means that there indeed is a bias and either those people work harder to achieve a goal and/or the employer recognizes the bias and is trying to compensate, squeaky wheel gets the oil sort of thing. So all of those that don't perceive a bias might want to rethink their opinion! (tongue in cheek of course)
bq. As soon as I see a question about ethnicity, I know it's an American survey. Seriously, haven't you learnt anything from your Civil War and Little Rock High, etc? You need to move on! This is an ongoing challenge for all of us, but America often seems intent on maintaining the distinction and then trying to pretend it doesn't matter, when no-one else even asks.
Conflicts over religious, cultural, "racial," or national ethnic background do not occur only in the U.S. Last time I checked, tension between groups was taking place everywhere.
Sweet, nice, Thanks for raw data.
Thanks, it was fun and interesting to take the survey—and seeing the numbers is really helpful.
There is a question in the survey results that I can't figure out. It is "Why did you turn it down?" Why did you turn what down? The question before it is about ethnicity slowing your career.
Otherwise it's a very interesting survey. I was very surprised at the results and the large number of people who responded.
Must have been daunting compiling all that data.
Wonderful information - thank you!
bq. America is actually where modern day racism — in terms of the brutality that was born out of it — began
What?! Man, people have been killing each other over "race"—however you want to define that—for hundreds if not thousands of years. Modern day racism wasn't born in America; modern day racism was born in ancient times.
That said, I want to go on record as saying that as a black woman designer, it's important to me to see numbers regarding minority representation in the field, and the reason is simple. Designers are culture creators, and I'm interested to know the gender and ethnicity of those who are sitting in the driver's seat, so to speak. Growing up as a minority changes, to varying degrees, how we perceive the world as how it perceives us. (Granted, there are many things that contribute to this: ethnicity and gender are but two.) That perception bleeds into our work—or perhaps _is_ our work.
If only 1% of designers are black, that's interesting and significant to me, if not from a design POV, then from an sociological POV. That data allows me to ask interesting questions: what other points of view are we not seeing? How does a monolithic point of view aid or impair our culture? In what other ways are these missing black would-be designers creating culture, or are they?
Is it just my machine, or were a lot of the graph tags blurred? I couldn't read which line represented what.
I just wondered if you did any kind of feasibility or pilot study prior to releasing the questionnaire to the world? I know you've said you found problems with some of the questions so I assume not but I'd rather know for sure (as a student doing a research methods module…).
Good that these results are actually free for all to study and see. Kudos to whoever is invovled! :) Hoping something in future for the other side's survey, ie. the users :)
It's nice to see that the results are free for all to view analyze. Congrats to all behind the scene..:)
It's really great that everyone may view the free results. Thanks to all the people working behind ; )
Very interesting. I would like to see how happiness and money plot out. Also the bias section took up alot of space, what is the bias definition for each chart? it seems that many of the workers, designers- make less than the managers. I am just learning web design, I am in the 50 plus age group, i want to be part of the exciting world of websites, I am taking classes, trying by doing and reading all I can. Designers should make alot more money. Thanks for the work and results.
Just stumbled on this. Props for putting it together and making it public (even the data)!
I'd be curious to see if respondents report any education bias: Is not having a college degree, or too high a degree, a hindrance?
I would love to see a survey to focus on some of the data regarding "Years at current job" and "Number of jobs held" and "Next Career Move". I would like to see this data to explain why such a high percentage of the development community has limited time at a single employer. I would also love to see an employer/management survey focusing on the same data of why they feel designers tend to jump ship so often. Does job stress, constant education, low pay, fierce competition, etc. have anything to do with the career choices? How many web designers have gone from full time to part time and freelance? How many developers feel burned out?
Wonderful information and a great presentation of the data. This survey is the only one I have seen like it. It's good to know whats happening out there in the industry. Great job "A LIST apart"
like smoking cigarettes cause cancer. But many if not most cancers have nothing to do with how healthily you live your life or how many vegetables you eat or vitamins you take.
it's just so shocking how homogenous the web industry work force is - in terms of race, gender and age. it's really awful, shameful.


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Leonard '13 Serious about Tennis, Gamingby Howard Hewitt • September 21, 2012 Share:
The Wabash College Tennis team has until next February to get ready for the 2013 season. The ITA Central Region Tournament, however, got underway Friday.
Eight Little Giant players are in the national fall tournament which is hosted at Indianapolis this year. Twenty-Eight teams will make the trip and seven NCAC schools will be there including Wabash.
Conference rivals Depauw and Denison are both ranked in the top 30. The highest overall rank of any team will be Washington University (4th in the nation).
The Little Giant senior is serious about the business of tennis and gaming.
"The most difficult thing in trying to prepare for the tournament is just trying to get our legs under us," Leonard said. "We usually have four weeks to prepare but this year we only have three. However, the tournament has been in St. Louis and Michigan the past couple of years so it's nice that it's just down the road."
Leonard, a Kappa Sigma member, will team with Nate Koelper in doubles play. Leonard said there's more than just lining up the two best players next to each other when playing doubles.
"You have to make sure guys' games work well together," he explained. "For instance, you always want to try and attack but some guys, including myself, are more comfortable sitting back on the baseline. It's important to have a teammate that understands your style of play."
Leonard wants to play with an aggressive mindset in order to pressure the opponent. He has worked to change his style of play.
"I am trying to become more of an attacker," he said. "We work in practice on serving and coming into the net. That forces both guys to play at the point and the big show is at the net."
The "big show" is also off the court for Leonard. He recently began his own business, Phantom Gaming Tables, designing video-arcade tables.
"I'm branching off another business selling arcade style gaming tables," he said. "They can be used as cocktail tables in bars or for business or personal use. I personalize the underlays, typically with designs of favorite college or pro teams. It includes 60 arcade-style games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders."
The game table works with a joystick and three buttons, just like the old arcade games. It has a monitor in the table facing up that has the ability to flip the screen when playing two-player so no one has to get up and walk around. The monitor was originally an LCD screen, but customers wanted a more authentic feel so the designer, Rick Priester, decided to use the 80's technology.
Priester graduated from Georgia Tech University with Leonard's cousin. Leonard was approached over the summer about working with the new company. Leonard's original role of with the company was a middle man to bring in new customers. That role soon changed.
"I still work with Priester in selling the tables but I decided to take it a step further," Leonard said. "He makes the tables but customers often go through me and my own brand. In turn, receive a portion of the proceeds from the sales."
The upstart business has been a grind for Leonard. He has worked all summer and has used Wabash resources.
"I've been working with Career Services to see what I can do to jump start it as far as the entrepreneurship goes," he said. "I've also been working on the company's website and social media. I've always had interest in business, but never really knew where to start."
The English major hopes to introduce his product to Wabash. He also has designs for local businesses I his hometown of Bloomington.
"The gaming table is a great way for people to kill time in places like car dealers and basements," he said. "It also comes with a thick glass piece that's easily detachable so you can be in a bar and have a drink with somebody while playing classic games."
For more information about the tables, visit Phantom Gaming Tables and see Leonard's designs.

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Local trainer, nutritionist couple to be featured on MTV's 'Made'
Photo courtesy of Brian Young
Namely, they envisioned Brian as the mean, tough-as-nails personal trainer, while Nancy would talk the women through the tough times and take them to the movies when they needed a break.
"That's what they wanted to do, but if you know me and my wife, you know it's more likely to go the opposite way," said Brian Young. "I'm the quiet, reserved, calm one, and (Nancy)'s the firecracker. If someone's going to be the good cop, and someone's going to be the bad cop, it's going to be me being the good cop."
Regardless, being a husband-wife team was what made the Youngs so appealing to MTV producers. For shortly after getting a general casting call, wherein personal trainers with "modern adventure race" training experience were asked to submit a resume, Young got a second call, asking about the woman who appeared in Young's photographs. (Nancy Young is not a personal trainer, but rather a nutritionist and spinning class instructor.)
"I could see wheels turning already," said Young. "They said, 'OK, we'd like to do a Skype interview with you guys,' so we did that, and they were already starting to formulate the way that Nancy would help the girls with their eating, and handle things on the nutrition side, while I'd be the trainer. You could tell right away that it was a done deal, even before we got the job."
Though "Made" normally chronicles one young person's attempt at achieving an ambitious goal, the Youngs' episode, which is scheduled to air on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m., widens its focus to four GVSU students—roommates and friends that "all had something to prove," according to Young, by way of battling a smoking habit, bad eating habits, and a family's low expectations, among other things.
"3 of the 4 girls—they were really girly girls," said Young. "They were wearing high heels and dresses, and they didn't do anything physically taxing, ever. So what's the most extreme thing for a person like that do? Tough Mudder, where you get dirty—like, dirt in your mouth and your ears and everywhere else. It's so far from what they'd naturally would do."
Tough Mudder events are, according to its website, "hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie." (Last season, "Made" featured a young female car crash survivor who aimed to do Tough Mudder.)
Did Young get the impression that the four women were really committed to doing the Tough Mudder?
"Originally, not at all," said Young. " At the first 'Made' coach meeting with them, I tested them that first night, at 2 in the morning, to see how committed they were," said Young. "They all passed the test, but it was still a game to them. They were like, 'This is so much fun, we're going to be on MTV,' and what I was trying to stress to them was, 'To do this, for 5 weeks, I'm going to train you like you're professional athletes. It's not all going to be fun and games. You've got to change your eating, get lots of rest, stop partying, and no smoking and drinking.' They really did not know what it was going to take. But I enforced that, and after a couple weeks, they understood."
Photo courtesy of Brian Young
Young normally prefers to spend 6 to 8 weeks training clients for an event like Tough Mudder, but he knew the women of "Made" would be well-prepared, since their workout sessions with him would be more frequent and longer than a typical client's would be.
Plus, MTV's budget allowed for training opportunities Young's clients wouldn't normally have. "I don't have a swamp for (clients) to run through for practice," said Young. "But people from MTV found a swamp and hired someone to clear it, so we could use it for training."
Locals involved in The Color Run in Ypsilanti this past summer may have heard about a camera crew from "Made" that was there, and that was because of the involvement of Young and his trainees.
"Early in the filming, I told the field producers that we needed to get the girls in lower-intensity race situations, so that the Tough Mudder wasn't the first race they'd ever run," said Young. "Things happen in races that you can't prepare for in training. There's adrenaline, being surrounded by thousands of people, and all the distractions you're not used to."
Since the Color Run brought them back to the Youngs' home base, the young women did some workouts at the B Young B Fit studio, and took a run with Young in Nichols Arboretum.
And although Nancy Young also felt completely at home on camera, since she's appeared in commercials and modeled for 10 years, Brian Young was initially nervous while being filmed.
"But the cool thing for a beginner like me was that, because it's reality TV, there weren't these big cameras, and there's no script," said Young. "After the first half of the first day, I was just doing what I do, which is training people. And the way MTV shoots it, it's just two people with cameras. And they were with us so much—like, 18 hours of every day—that I forgot they were there pretty quickly."
Brian and Nancy Young will appear the episode of "Made" that will air on MTV on Jan. 5 at 1 p.m. For additional airings or to watch the episode online, check out the "Made" website.
Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.
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Fri, Jan 4, 2013 : 3:49 a.m.
Interesting!! I know both of them....lol
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Congrats on making it on MTV. And Tough Mudder is fun, although I don't quite understand why someone would need a personal trainer and a nutritionist to run one. But it makes for good TV, I suppose.
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Congrats, Nancy! Nancy also owns the DBTS Skin Bar in downtown Ann Arbor and the therapeutic spa under the same umbrella name in Pittsfield Township. I took Pure Barre with her a couple times, and I can attest, she's one tough lady! Way to go :) http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/skin-bar-studio-to-open-in-former-acme-mercantile-space-in-downtown-ann-arbor/


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ARMS SELLER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL EXPORT oF NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT
Sold Night Vision Goggles and Monocular on eBay
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Anthony J. Torresi, age 34, of Coral Gables, Florida late yesterday to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully exporting night vision equipment.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
"One of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations top enforcement priorities is preventing U.S. military products and sensitive technology from falling into the hands of those who might seek to harm America or its interests," said William Winter, special agent in charge for HSI Baltimore. "This investigation is an example of HSI's partnership with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland to combat this threat."
According to his plea agreement, Torresi listed night vision goggles and night vision monoculars for sale on eBay. The items were designed to enable military ground troop personnel to conduct night operations. A license from the U.S. Department of State is required to export the items. Selling such items overseas without a license is a violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
On January 21, 2011 Torresi sold two of the night vision goggles for $7,039.99 to an undercover agent he believed to be located in New Zealand, but who was in fact located in Baltimore. Torresi exported the goggles on February 11, 2011 from Miami, Florida to New Zealand. The shipping label signed by Torresi showed the contents as a "gift" described as a "Rangefinder" valued at $70. Torresi never applied for a license to export these items.
Similarly, on March 29, 2011 Torresi sold a 6015-4 night vision monocular to the undercover agent he believed to be located in New Zealand for $6,099.89. On April 29, 2011, Torresi exported from Miami to New Zealand what he represented to be the 6015-4 night vision monocular that he sold for $6,099.98. In fact, Torresi shipped a different night vision monocular that he had purchased for $266 and which did not require a license to export.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised HSI Baltimore and the Counterproliferation Investigations Task Force, a multi-agency task force headquartered at the offices of HSI, for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Welsh, who prosecuted the case.


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Natural Bridge is a unique natural tunnel near Union Creek, Oregon. The Rogue River disappears underground through a lava tube for about 100' before emerging downstream. A paved interpretation trail crosses the river and shows the process in more detail. It's a place to see in person, as this particular vantage point faces the terminus of the Natural Bridge by the snowy outcroppings, but not in recognizable clarity.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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29/03/2016 - Press release
Total's Supercomputer now the Industry's Most Powerful Worldwide
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Paris, March 29, 2016 – Total's supercomputer Pangea recently boosted its computing power from 2.3 to 6.7 petaflops1, the equivalent of more than 80,000 laptops combined. Its storage capacity has also been increased, to 26 petabytes2 — the equivalent of 6 million DVDs. With this upgrade, Pangea is the No. 1 Computer in the Industry and among the top 10 most powerful computers, public or private, worldwide in the TOP500 ranking.
Pangea is a decision-support tool used for exploration and field management. The reasons for investing in the latest IT technologies in the market are to:
- Improve the accuracy of subsurface imaging.
- Optimize the development and production of Total's fields.
- Save time, by shortening the duration of studies.
Learn more by accessing the press release on total.com.
1 A petaflop is a quadrillion (thousand trillion) floating point operations ("flops") per second
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A humpback whale breaches in late May into view of a Washington State Ferry and a tour boat in the San Juan Channel near Friday Harbor, Wash.
(The Associated Press)
shows an exceptional wildlife sighting for a big city: A humpback whale surfaces just yards from Seattle's busy waterfront at twilight. The city's port cranes, Ferris wheel and car headlights glow in the background, and a ferry cruises by while the giant tail disappears back into the
Whale watchers say the recording, shot in early May and confirmed by the conservation group
, highlights an increase in humpback sightings in the Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
"Fifteen years ago, it was unheard of," said Brian Goodremont, president of the
and runs San Juan Outfitters. "Now they've become a regular sighting in spring and fall."
The ocean mammals can grow to be 50 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons. They visit Washington waters in the spring and fall as they migrate from southern Pacific winter waters to summer feeding spots off Alaska.
Decades ago, humpbacks visiting inland waters were numerous enough that whaling operations were based in the northern Puget Sound. Hundreds of the animals were slaughtered, said
's baleen whale researcher John Calambokidis.
"It hasn't quite returned to the numbers from the 1800s," Calambokidis said. He added that humpback whales were hunted off American waters as recently as the 1960s, within the lifespan of some of these whales, a practice that has since been made illegal.
The whales that make the north Pacific Ocean their home are making a comeback, and conservationists say the increased sightings are proof that their efforts are working.
According to Cascadia Research Collective, the number of humpback whales off the U.S. West Coast has increased about 7 percent annually to about 2,000 animals, while the whales who visit Washington's coast can number in the hundreds.
Experts believe there could be more than 22,000 humpbacks in the greater northern Pacific Ocean, up from about 1,500 in the 1960s when whale hunting was banned in the U.S.
The whales visiting Washington waters mostly stick to the open ocean, about 20 miles offshore at least, or concentrate at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to feed, but some, like the animal that visited Seattle, wander farther in.
Anne Hall, a Canadian marine zoologist advising the Pacific Whale Watch Association, says humpback mothers have been seen bringing their young to inland waters, suggesting that Puget Sound is again providing a nursery habitat function.
"The mothers seem to feel this is a safe place to take the calves," Hall said. "There appears to be plenty of food for her to sustain herself, while also weaning her baby, teaching it how to feed."
Over the spring, whale watchers were spotting humpbacks almost daily in the north Puget Sound, providing the possibility that whale watching tours in the future could include humpbacks sightings as part of their regular offerings.
"It's becoming a part of what we do," Goodremont said. "As those sightings of humpbacks become a little more reliable, it kind of becomes a part of what our industry does."
Orca Network President Howard Garrett says that as long as whale watching tours continue to be respectful of the animals, seeing humpbacks added to the tours is very positive.
"It's a good thing for people to experience the whales up close," Garrett said. "They become advocates."
Whale watching in the Puget Sound is better known for orcas, which both live in the sound or visit temporarily. Gray whales could be considered the next big visitors to the area. Other whales, such as the minke and fin, can be seen in Washington waters.
Humpbacks have been reported to go as far south as Tacoma and the Hood Canal.
"These are individual explorers and adventurers. They'll come down way down to south Sound, just to explore around for couple of days," Garrett said. "It's good to see them come back."


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Quote from: SamualDude on December 08, 2013, 08:40:51 PMOooh a unique final challenge!I know! Best since TAR9?
Oooh a unique final challenge!
A preview of next season! Maybe we get an explanation of the theme!
Japan leg was great, Alaska was horribly linear...
Quote from: racer on December 08, 2013, 09:03:14 PMJapan leg was great, Alaska was horribly linear... There were too many elements that required an equal amount of time per team - the teams had no way of shedding or losing time when transporting thru helicopters and they were being directed to places for most of it.
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Todd Schwartzfarb needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
We are a natural products manufacturer, and have been in business since 1926. We pioneered the introduction of soy protein powders in the 1950s and over the years, Naturade has manufactured and distributed a variety of health-related products including vitamins, nutritional supplements, skin care and hair care products.
Our audience is a typical e-commerce audience.
Hi Designers,
I need a landing page for our top selling product - delicious shakes for weight loss.
Here are the product pages that traffic from the landing page will lead to
The landing page will inform, educate, and excite people about our shakes and their weight loss and health benefits.
The landing page should have a few key elements:
1. A prominent headline - "Lose weight the healthy way!"
2. A sub-headline - "With delicious Naturade Total Soy shakes"
3. A few key bullet points about the shakes
4. Picture of the shakes
5. A large and prominent "Buy Now" button
6. Informative information and content about the shakes
These elements are further described in the attachments. The attachments also contain the product pictures that you'll need.
I am also including a print brochure to help you get a better feel for the product and to copy verbiage from.
In general, I like landing pages that are clean, organized, and clearly tell the user where to click to buy.
I tend to dislike landing pages that are cluttered, clash with itself, or are unclear.
Here is an example of a landing page I like:
Please let me know any questions you have! I have done a few projects on 99designs with great results. I love to interact with designers and answer questions.


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Diagnostic ophthalmic devices are technology based devices used for diagnosis of any defect in the human visual pathway. The causeof the defect may be any eye related disorder, an infection or can be congenital. Many newly developed and easy-to-use ophthalmic diagnostics are helping the patients worldwide. The diagnostic ophthalmic devices market is expected to witness remarkable growth in the near future owing to increased prevalence of eye related disorders such aspresbyopia, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, cataracts, uveitis and keratoconusacross the globe.
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The global diagnostic ophthalmic devices market can be segmented into various technologies. These technologies include optical coherent tomographer, fundus camera, ophthalmic ultrasound device, tonometer, slit lamp, optical biometry device, autorefractor, keratometer and ophthalmic data management system. The optical coherence tomographers forms the major market share in diagnostic ophthalmic devices. The demand for optical coherence tomographers is bound to increase and thereby expand the diagnostic ophthalmic devices market.
Adoption of data management systems for capturing, storing, organizing, and analyzing the data in the form of electronic medical records (EMS) and the introduction of sophisticated technologies for ophthalmic diagnosis are helping the ophthalmologists and medical professionals to accurately diagnose and assess the visual disorders. The ease of diagnosis is encouraging more people to opt for ophthalmic surgeries for treating and correcting their eye related disorders.Digital imaging and related developments have assisted various eye care professionals to get interactive view of the data and benefits through the information with increasedefficiency.
Some of the major players in the global diagnostic ophthalmic devices market are Abbott Medical Optics, Inc., Alcon, Inc., Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Carl Zeiss AG, CIBA Vision Corporation, CooperVision, Inc., Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Nidek Co. Ltd., STAAR Surgical Company and Topcon Corporation.
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This is my annual futile attempt to propose to the NFL that it is time to consider reseeding the playoffs once the teams have been established.
The argument for the current system seems to be a singular one -- that there needs to be a substantial incentive to win a division, thus guaranteeing at least one home game. The fear is that winning a division will diminish in importance if that carrot is removed.
Really? A pass into the playoffs where everyone is alive isn't enough incentive to put your best effort out there? The opposite is true. If the playoffs were reseeded, you would see an additional two or three games, going into the last weekend, have more meaning.
Case in point are the Houston Texans. At 10-5, they are guaranteed the No. 3 seed regardless of what transpires this weekend against the Titans. In addition, the Titans have a not-so-unrealistic chance of grabbing a wild-card spot with a win. If I am the Oakland Raiders or the New York Jets, who both need the Titans to lose to have a shot at the postseason, it just doesn't seem right that they are playing a team that has no vested interest in winning the game.
In both conferences, the No. 4 seed is either going to be 8-8 or 9-7, whether it's Denver or Oakland in the AFC or Dallas or the N.Y. Giants in the NFC. In both cases, they will be hosting the fifth seed, who will have a better record. Either Detroit will be 11-5 or 10-6, and Atlanta will be 10-6. In the AFC, an 11-5 or 12-4 Pittsburgh Steelers team will go to the winner of the AFC West or the 11-5 Baltimore Ravens will.
The value of divisional wins has already been diminished with the possibility of an 0-6 divisional team sweeping the remaining 10 games and going 10-6. Last year the Kansas City Chiefs won the division at 10-6, but only went 2-4 in the AFC West.
Of course the poster child for those who say the division winner should get a home playoff game was the 2010 Seattle Seahawks, who won the anemic NFC West with a 7-9 record. The 11-5 New Orleans Saints had to go on the road to Seattle and promptly lost 41-36 to the Seahawks. No one is arguing that in today's NFL any team can't beat any other team on any given day. It still does not justify that a team with a lesser record should get a home playoff game.
The NFL has done a tremendous job of pushing divisional games to the back of the schedule forcing teams to win within the division to claim the crown or make the playoffs. Going into last week's games, 22 teams still had a chance at the playoffs. I am not suggesting that if the league goes to this format that they can push those kinds of numbers to the last game of the season, but they would certainly increase substantially the number of games that would have real meaning and create more competitive games in the final week of the season. There are only 16 games in a season, and it should be the goal to make as many of them as possible have real meaning.
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Last summer, a con man and former PCP chef calling himself "Sam Bacile" convinced some struggling actors to join his ultra low-budget production of "Desert Warrior," which he filmed on soundstages and later redubbed with anti-Muslim content, re-titling it Innocence of Muslims and putting out a 14-minute trailer to a complete movie that may not even exist. The trailer spawned violent, deadly protests across the middle east, and now an entire country is boycotting the Academy Awards. If there were a Nobel Prize for trolling, Sam Bacile (aka Nakoula B. Nakoula) would surely win it. Of course, the victory would be bittersweet, as he would be informed via letter bomb.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini (pictured, with Ice Cream Vaughn) has said that Iran will boycott the 2013 Oscars in protest over the Academy Awards' silence on the production of an anti-Islam video in the United States.
"I officially announce that we will avoid next year's Oscars as a serious response to the intolerable insult to the Prophet of Islam (S)," Hosseini said during the opening ceremony of a film festival in Kerman on Monday evening.
"Since the insulting film has been made by an American in the United States and no comment has been made about the film by the officials of the Academy Awards, we have decided to boycott the event," he stated.
Well, actually, Nakoula Nakoula was born in Egypt, but no need to split hairs when we're talking about sky cake.
Hosseini also called on other Islamic countries to boycott the Oscars in response to the production of the film. The board had previously selected Reza Mirkarimi's family drama "A Cube of Sugar" as Iran's submission to the Oscars. [TehranTimes]
Egypt and Libya have not yet submitted their selections, though the deadline isn't until October 1st. And so it goes that the chief of culture in Iran is punishing Americans for a so-called American's negative portrayal of Muslims by denying us the right to view or champion positive portrayals of Muslims. Funny how stupidity tends to snowball in the wake of a crisis, isn't it?
Meanwhile, I do wonder why The Academy didn't just come out and condemn Innocence of Muslims. It's not hard to see that it was a sucky movie. I think what may have happened is that they initially put Brett Ratner in charge, but he didn't want to practice his statement because rehearsal is for fags, so then they fired him and hired Billy Crystal to do it, and Billy Crystal was still in the middle of a 40-minute musical tribute to Douglas Fairbanks when the Iranians pulled the trigger on their boycott. Cultural differences, man. What're ya gonna do?


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Rolling Stones Fined for Violating Curfew
As long as the Rolling Stones are doing a victory lap in honor of their 50th anniversary, it makes sense that, before they're barely out of the starting blocks, they revisit another important part of their illustrious past: they got in trouble with the law.
However, this time around has nothing to do with public urination or drugs or naked women or unpaid taxes. Apparently, their two-and-a-half-hour show at London's O2 Arena on Sunday (Nov. 25) ended at 11:00PM local time, 30 minutes over the 10:30PM curfew. For their efforts, the band was fined £200,000 ($320,500) by the local city council. We suspect they will have no difficulty in finding the cash.
Curfew-breaking has become a serious problem for classic rockers in London this year. In July, Bruce Springsteen got into trouble when his concert in Hyde Park ran past its allotted time. Springsteen was finishing up a cover of 'Twist and Shout' with special guest Paul McCartney when police pulled the plug on the show. These youngsters and their rock and/or roll music.
There is no truth to the rumor that, in honor of their recent trouble, Keith Richards is rewriting a lyric to his classic song about his outlaw past as, "I will use a walker before they make me run."
Fan-filmed footage of the Rolling Stones' London O2 Show has surfaced online in the form of a playlist. You can watch the whole thing below.
Watch Fan-Shot Video of the Rolling Stones' London 02 Show


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Mainers Feel Effect of Tuesday Night Earthquake
People throughout parts of Maine were shaken up Tuesday night as a 4.0-magnitude earthquake rattled windows and frightened pets just after 7 p.m.
The epicenter of the quake was determined to be located in the Maine town of Center Hollis, located west of Portland.
According to the USGS' "Did You Feel It?" map, residents across New England, including the city of Boston, and as far away as Pittsburgh, Pa. and northern New Jersey felt Tuesday's quake.
As of 9 p.m. (ET), there were no reports of severe damage, according to NBC News.


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Searching for a 'Sole' Mate
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Our culture has embraced a rather absurd notion that there is just one person who can, in the words immortalized by Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, "complete us." This is a disastrous mindset with which to approach a lifelong marital decision.
The notion of a "soul mate" is actually pretty ancient. Well over two thousand years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato surmised that a perfect human being was tragically split in two, resulting in a race of creatures sentenced to spend the rest of their lives searching for that missing other who can complete them. See Plato's "Symposium" in The Portable Plato, Scott Buchanan, ed. (New York: Penguin Books, 1948), pp. 146-148.
The real danger in this line of thinking is that many people mistake a storm of emotion as the identifying mark of their soul mate. How else can you identify "destiny"?
Such individuals marry on an infatuation binge without seriously considering character, compatibility, life goals, family desires, spiritual health, and other important concerns. Then when the music fades and the relationship requires work, one or both partners suddenly discover that they were "mistaken": this person must not be their soul mate after all! Otherwise, it wouldn't be so much work. Next they panic. Their soul mate must still be out there!
Such people can't get to divorce court fast enough, lest someone steal their "one true soul mate" meant only for them. When we get married for trivial reasons, we tend to seek divorce for trivial reasons.
Good and Bad Choices
In a biblical view, there is not "one right choice" for marriage, but rather good and bad choices. We are encouraged to use wisdom, not destiny, as our guide when choosing a marital partner. There is no indication that God creates "one" person for us to marry. This is because Christians believe that God brings the primary meaning into our lives. Marriage — though wonderful — is still secondary.
Consider, for example, Paul's advice in 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 . He clearly leaves the choice of marriage up to us; there are benefits to singleness, and benefits to being married. If you're unable to handle sexual temptation as a single, Paul says, then by all means, get married.
There is no hint at all of finding "the one person" that God created "just for you." It's far more a pragmatic choice: do you think you'll sin sexually if you don't get married (1 Corinthians 7:2)? Are you acting improperly toward a woman you could marry (1 Corinthians 7:36)? If so, go ahead and get married — it's your choice, and God gives you that freedom.


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For many years, not liking and not appreciating Michael Schumacher was my 40-a-day habit. I thought he was artful and clever but not as outstanding brilliant as people made out. In 1994 he may or may not have driven into Damon Hill deliberately to win his first World Championship - but the fact that no Schumi fan could deny is that under pressure in Adelaide he cracked and drove straight off the road.
These days that is all water under the bridge. Schumacher's return to the sport has added a layer of interest that is incalculable. If F1 wanted to publicise itself to the wavering fan out there then it would cost millions of dollars in a global media campaign to push the brand.
Schumacher's name on the grid adds a lustre to the sport like no other. It would be tough to lose Alonso and Hamilton because they are like the Jacob Black and Edward Cullen of F1 (that's a Twilight reference in case you missed it). i.e. they're always at it. But former Champions like Raikkonen and Villeneuve just melted away from the sport with little reaction except from their home fans.
Should we not have Michael occupying the second Mercedes then it would be filled by Nick Heidfeld. You see my point.
In Canada he was unlucky to come up against someone as tenacious as Robert Kubica who once Michael closed the door on him was prepared to keep his foot in and stick two wheels on the grass - the rest was downhill after that. In Valencia he had the potential to get his car in the top five but was stymied with the same kind of Safety Car bad luck that saw Felipe Massa banished to also-ran status from a very promising position.
So far this season Michael has shown us that he is the thinking driver, prepared to go for alternative strategies when Plan A goes out of the window. We're lucky just to have him here. He adds a fantastic benchmark of achievement to the series.
Pundits and commentators have been saying that he's harming his legacy and undermining the achievements of previous seasons with Benetton and Ferrari, but so what. The only person who's qualified to judge whether that matters or not is Michael Schumacher himself. It's his legacy.
We will only see the true Schumi effect in 2011 - 2010 looks to be about recalibrating and making notes. For those who question whether he should be on the grid or not, who would you sooner have - one of the career cul-de-sac F1 drivers or a GP2 unknown, or a seven-times World Champion...? It's not tricky.


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Feb. 8. Unit block E. Gravers Lane. Complainant states that offender knocked on front door, friend opened, and offenders pushed past everyone brandishing a black pistol and demanding items. Taken was a wallet, cell phone, house keys and money. First offender, black male, 21 – 25 years old, thin build, medium complexion, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans. Second offender, black male, 21 – 25 years old. Reported at 8:40 p.m.
Feb. 9. 8800 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that she was approached from behind by a white male who grabbed her hand, then pulled her down and raped her. Reported at 6 p.m.
Feb. 10. 8800 block Germantown Ave. Complainant states she hung her coat up at work and when she went back to get her coat it was gone.
Feb. 10. 200 block W. Evergreen Avenue. Complainant states that between 3 p.m. on Jan. 14 and 8 p.m. on Jan. 28, she believes her health caregiver stole money and an unknown amount of silverware from her home.
Feb. 11. Unit block W. Bells Mill Road. Complainant states she parked near park area and when she returned she found two American Express cards missing. Complainant states that both cards were used.
Feb. 11. 8800 block Seminole Avenue. Between 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 10, an unknown person entered her home and took the following items: one can of dimes, one can of Chinese coins, one can of costume jewelry. Complainant states she found rear door open.
Summary — Six crimes for week: one robbery, one burglary, one rape and three thefts.


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