So, as some of you might remember I started working a while back for a hair stylist trying to help him edit two of his old websites and re-upload them to the net.
If anyone want to read the original thread, check here...
http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,126256.msg281811.html#msg281811Anyway, I'm going to give a bit of an update for anyone interested. If not, then click here, and I'm sure another topic will come up you enjoy! :)
http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/board,7.0.htmlStill with me? Awesome!
Well, anyhow, basically, I'm still sort of "working" for the guy. First problem communication is not really that great with this fellow. More often than not I find myself sending him an email, or leaving a phone message and getting back NO response. One time I showed up at the his beauty parlor for a Wednesday meeting (we'd spoken on Monday and agreed to meet that afternoon) and he was NOT there, nor did he show up. When I spoke to him next, he didn't even bring the subject up.
Now, to be fair, I had to call in sick on one of our meetings, but still, he usually goes to the parlor on Wednesday whether I'm there or not (and I've got a thirty-five minute drive to get there.)
Anyway, I put the files for the sites on my flash drive, took them home and began working on them. I have NO idea if he realizes I've been working from home or not, maybe he thinks I'm just showing up at the parlor and working when he's not there. Also not 100 percent sure I'm even going to be paid for the time I've put in at home, granted it's not too much overall (about five hours, not counting all the research I've been doing trying to figure out flash) but I'll ask him about it.
I managed to build and upload a prototype website for an energy company he's working with, this site is purely non-flash, so it was pretty easy to do. I used graphics that were left over from the previous incarnation of the site and some extras I found on various Powerpoint presentations of company brochures he had on his computer.
I left a message on his machine last Thursday telling him the site had been uploaded, and wanted to know what he thought.
No response.
Granted, maybe I should have shown more initiative and called him again, but I figure maybe he's busy or something.
Finally, after no word, I call him on Tuesday, leave another message and he calls me back within an hour or two. He wants to meet with me in person today and tell me what he "likes and doesn't like" about the website. Why we can't do that over the phone, I have no clue. But, meeting him in person would be a good time to ask about payment.
Now, the other website is trickier... it's completely Flash, and, although Flash has been on my "Things I Want To Learn" list for awhile, I've never gotten around to it. I've managed to decode the website using a flash decoder and break it down to all of it's components.
I'm having some trouble with this one... Flash is a bit more complicated than it would first seem and I don't know anyone offhand who knows anything about it that can help me. Lester gave me an address of some friends who do web design, but I never heard back from them, or some other people I'm acquainted with.
So, dunno, may have to flat out tell him, I can do the web stuff, but the Flash I'm gonna need time to learn, and I'll even do it on my own, but if he wants someone who can do it now, he'll have to go with someone else.
Anyway, I don't want this to sound completely negative, I mean, I've learned a lot of stuff through this, gotten a little bit of experience and whatnot. Maybe not my foot in the door, but perhaps a finger or two. Dunno what kind of reference he'd give me (or even if I should ever put him down as one) but still, it's something.
So, anyhow, I just needed to ramble a bit, thanks for reading.