As you might know by checking out my Web Design Gallery, I designed NASCAR driver Carl Edwards' website. In addition to designing the site I manage/update content for him frequently. That is what separates the company I work with (mc3studios)...we don't just do static sites and let them sit. We create multi-media sites that are constantly being updated.
I digress though...the point of this post is to talk about managing content and being thorough and precise with what you update. Recently, while doing title slides for some videos that we were putting up on Carl's site, I misspelled the name of one of his sponsors (which I won't name for fear of pissing them and/or Carl off further). That is a HUGE no-no! These sponsors pay him ridiculous amounts of money each year to represent their product...and mis-representing them in such a way as I did rightfully pisses them off greatly.
After a week of sweating out the fear of the worst case scenario, I finally heard back that there was going to be only minor repercussions. Basically, Carl got off easy and, in effect, so did I. Without going into details, I am basically on thin ice now.
Honestly though, part of me is glad this happened. I learned a valuable lesson from the whole ordeal: Be precise, take your time, and check over everything. There are too many times where I am under much pressure to do a great job at something in a very short period of time. Many of the things I have to do are to be completed in a few minutes...but they actually should take me an hour or so. So, I rush. And that's how I made this mistake. But from this lesson, I learned that people can wait. If they need something updated or added to their site...they probably want it to be perfect...which will take me a few more minutes.
From now on, the bottom line is: Slow down and don't F-up.
