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<p>Here's my <a href="http://luisroca.com" target="new">portfolio</a></p>
<p>If it's decided to go ahead with a redesign — again, I'll do it. If you want someone else — certainly no hard feelings. Either way I would like to see this happen. :)</p>
<p>I am certainly biased about this. I've spent my entire career (art school and professional) working toward improving perception, functionality and organization through graphic design. This site <em>HAS</em> a design and the design says something to everyone that visits.<br /><br />
To me it said: <br />
<strong><em>"There are some hardcore old-school programmers that probably know a lot about Perl."</em></strong>
That's good.<br /><br />
But it also said <br />
<strong><em>"We are sticking with what we know and are comfortable using and wont change no matter what."</em></strong> Not as good.</p>
<p>Those are not exactly correct (especially the second) — I don't actually think the site's made up of a bunch of grumpy old men who can code circles around those young PHP whipper-snappers. This site, in terms of content and interaction, is anything but that. It just doesn't look that way when you first visit.</p>
<p>My intention is NOT to offend anyone — remember I use and love this site too. I would love it if others did as well. I know designers that unfortunately wouldn't look past the site's appearance and would look elsewhere when researching developers for their interactive projects. I know other designers that would give the site a shot just because of it's <em>retro coolness</em>. I know it's wrong and unfair but it's true. Neither of those are positives for the site.</p>
<p>But hey what do I know. I put a premium on design and yet here I am a year later because at the end of the day I wanted to learn and meet good people who shared an interest in Perl.</p>
<p><strong>P.S.</strong> I actually like grumpy old men and aspire to be one someday soon. I also REALLY enjoy seeing those said grumpy old men coding circles around PHP/Ruby/Python whipper-snappers. ESPECIALLY if they call them <em>"Whipper-Snappers"</em> while they're mopping the floor with them. No offense was intended. :-)</p>
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