The last weeks I still have been busy with minor bugfixing and the Syndicat site.
The bugfixing was very educational because I had to dig pretty deep in the Zend Framework to solve the problems. Which helped a lot in making the somewhat abstract structure more tangible. In fact, I started to love the framework so much I decided to start using it for the Testdorp website.
Together with Wim Wepster and Maikel Kersbergen we worked on the Syndicat website. It was (and is) a fun project because design (Wim & Maikel) and development (me) are working very close. Obviously the changes aren’t world-shocking but we all get to experiment a bit while sniffing around in other areas.
For example: I never was a real pixelperfectionist. Usually when an element was a couple of pixels off I just left it there. Thinking it wasn’t that bad. But now I’m starting to pay more and more attention to pixelperfectness and typography because of Wim. He spots those details so quickly I started to realize the importance of those details. And that those details make a difference between a good product and a great product. Now, instead of seeing it as an annoying problem, I see it as a challenge not to make it look good, but great!