His web design work is fairly nice: http://www.streetread.com/about http://www.tweako.com/ Not that this means much to his argument, but still interesting...

i didnt mean anything bad by it at all. i feel having design skills on top of development is huge. especially since im sure there will be plenty more apps down the line - design costs can add up quickly. plus if you do the design yourself you can constantly change it when you want which i find to be really important.

spending a few days looking over simple css and photoshop tutorials can go a long way. most web graphics dont require much photoshoping - just basic techniques.

thanks for the compliments. tweako is hidious - it was an overnight design. streetread is nice but check out the homepage to get the real effect.