Me, the person

Hi, I’m Personatalie, as my friends call me.  So, I got a hotmail account and registered this domain and, well, rather than continue to let it sit there, I thought I should put something together. I still have the email too but I never check it so don’t bother.

I’m a Christian first, then a wife, a mom to three little girls, two of which were born together, and at the end of the day when they all go to bed, I get to design web sites that are classy, elegant, and a little bit of fun.

I like to drink an occasional glass of wine, and sometimes while I Twitter too. I try hard not to use jargon, but sometimes I slip up, so smack me if I do. And if you ask me about pro-life or pro-choice I’ll say I’m Pro-Woman.

My Design Style

My forté is blogs and I dabble in the professional, but I don’t do mega, nor eCommerce except when coaxed into helping colleagues. I have friends who love to take on the bigger jobs and, being full time most of them, they have much more time to devote to something of that scale.

I specialize in clean, accessible design, though I’ve been known to go dirty grunge a time or two. I don’t do messy or chaotic, so moving graphics and wild color schemes won’t find they’re way into my work. Flash is something I believe should be used as an accessory, not an outfit, so I’ll limit any use of Flash to a slide show or banner here or there, and only when imperative to the success of your site. Likewise, things like sIFR should be used in moderation, but there are times when they can make a great impact.

My Process

This part is relatively simple, as it should be. I listen to your needs, make my recommendations, then set to work. I prefer problems to solutions, so please allow me to do what you’re hiring me to do.

I value your time as well as my own, so I don’t spend a lot of time “tweaking” things once a project has finished. I prefer to get it right the first time, so we’ll spend a lot more time in the beginning clarifying your needs and less time fixing and changing things later. When we’re done, we’re done, no more fussing and we all go back to work having saved oodles of time and moolah.

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• Interviews

  • This interview was translated from English but I list it here in case some can read it
  •  An interview for a panel at the 2007 South by Southwest convention
  •  was listed on this site in 2006
  • | Interviewed in 2007
  •  | Mary interviewed meple
  •  | On a web site for working women, I’m asked about my workflow.

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