Lotus from the Mud
The Lotus from the Mud site immediately impressed us. Clean lines and whitespace, professional, and really great looking — a really sophisticated, artistic site. Smiling from this initial impression, we dug deeper and were both delighted and saddened by what we found. Like most sites we grade, the turn-ons were countered by some turn-offs. We didn’t find anything that couldn’t be fixed with ease, indicating this site has a good foundation on which the developer can work from.
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It’s almost hard to believe we’ve been at this for two years but we have. We officially threw open the doors on January 1st, 2006 so the arithmetic fools us not. We have been surprised by the level of difficulty involved with this project. From the queuing of submissions, to the actual grading, to the correspondence after the fact. Trying to be fair and consistent, trying not to let first impressions influence us overly so, trying to be thorough… the work isn’t easy, and it all adds up pretty quick. We can easily spend hours dealing with one site. We think it’s a good cause, though, so we will press on.
