I think there are two important things to take from this post:

1) These decisions are easier when you can “cheat” because your spouse has a steady job

2) It shows that we (in America) need good healthcare that isn’t employer dependent. Obama’s original plan may or may not have been the right thing, but it really sucks that those who want to strike out on their own can’t because individual healthcare costs so much.

Not that I wish to get political, but this is a very real problem for folks entering the freelance world. If you have a partner or spouse who can contribute, you’re more likely to succeed. Doing it on your own, unfortunately, is getting increasingly difficult in these times we live in.

Just a little food for thought before you jump in the freelance boat. Be certain your financial obligations can be kept up with should you have a slow month or year.

Lifehacker.com viewed on a Galaxy tablet

If you’re designing for the web, you had best be designing responsive layouts. The reason is pretty simple to understand. Growing numbers of people access their favorite websites on mobile devices. Thus, a responsive theme or layout is essential for your visitors’ best experience.

Enter Gawker Media. Gawker has a number of websites that have recently been redesigned using what they refer to as Kinja. I’m not certain Kinja is a platform (like WordPress or Joomla), or if it is simply a new name for the Gawker family of sites.

While the new layout looks and feels exceptional on a mobile device, it’s ridiculous when viewed on a computer monitor. Think I’m kidding? Check the image below this post.

Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker.com (one of Gawker’s sites) writes that the intention was to return to a more traditional blog format. He also states the the site and its design is a work in progress. That’s cool. Everything evolves over time.

But, I have to question the reasonableness of designing a site that is so viewer-unfriendly to those using a computer as opposed to a mobile device.

I seriously doubt that was the intention of the Gawker design and development crew, but that is definitely the result.

With more and more people accessing content through mobile devices, the changes to Gawker sites may well have been taken on as a convenience to their readers. Still, I can’t imagine those using computers instead of mobile devices are too thrilled.

Makes a good argument for finding a spot in the middle ground.

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