1. Web design is fun
2. Computers are fun
3. FrontPage (and other WYSIWYG editors) are fun

it's a big reason why they are all so popular.

Also,

It's fun to... just do it

Centuries of designing "things" shows:

1. The more planning and thought put into your design up front, the better the result.
2. The larger the project... the more important postulate 1 is.

With all the advances in computers, networking, telecommunications, software, etc... the most important design tool that you have is:

Example

In software design, there is an incredible lure to write software before thinking it out. Why?

It's fun to actually sit down and write code. It's less fun to plan the code out before working on it.

This is probably the number one mistake that software designers make.

So, the battle lines are drawn:

Planning and fun can, however, co-exist...

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