Oh, it has been crazy around here! My whole family has been sick, passing a cold back and forth between us like a hot potato. First one kid stayed home, then the next, then the third, and then back to the first again. Then Steve and I got it too. On Monday, only one person (Lena) went to school. All the rest of us were home with sore throats, runny noses, and aching heads. I think that might be a Hathaway family record: 80% of the family sick at the same time!

In the midst of all this, I did, somehow, manage to go live with a new website. This one was a first for me: a high-end beauty salon. I must confess I was a little shy at first about taking on this project, just because I am so NOT their target audience. :-) But it went completely smoothly, the salon owner was great to work with, and the result is a tidy little website that I like very much.

Query: does it make any difference if the designer herself is a member of the client’s target audience? Should it make a difference?