I am very excited to have recently been approved as an Authentic Jobs affiliate member. For those of you not familiar with Authentic Jobs, in short, it is a place where web standards–savvy designers and developers seeking employment can get connected with with employers who are web standards aware. It is a tremendous resource for job seekers as well as job providers and I am very happy to be on board.

You’ve probably noticed that things look and feel a little bit different around here… don’t worry its still just us, Pocker Design that is – only NEW and IMPROVED! For nostalgia’s sake, we’ve posted a screenshot of the familiar and final Pocker Design homepage (right).

Why the change? The short answer is: to celebrate our ability to better serve our clients and have more fun doing it. The long answer is: we’ve been listening intently to what our clients have had to say. Two things we’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years are, “Do you accept online payment?” and “Can you recommend a good, reasonably priced photographer?” The answers to these questions, until today, have been “Sorry, no, not yet.” and “Sorry, no.”, respectively. (more…)