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Wow…where have I been?
It’s been well over a year since I did a blog update. I haven’t disappeared and I do check the site regularly. My reasons are 3 fold.
Read moreApple Get’s Mocked…Again
With Apple’s ongoing struggle with the iPhone 4 antenna issue, it was only a matter of time before the parodies started. The same group that did the parody for the iPad have now created one for the iPhone.
Read moreWhy I choose google chrome
I recently started using chrome as my default browser and I have to say that so far I am loving it. It has a much better UI than it’s competitors and a minimalist approach which makes browsing the web all about the website rather than the browser. It loads pages much quicker than all other browsers and [...]
Read moreDealing With Clients Who Want to be Designers?
One of the many frustrations that designers face is dealing with clients who want to be the customer and the creative director. They tell you exactly what they want from colour to layout in specific detail. They supply you with a colour pallet of 100 different shades of blue and green, they even send you a sample they did in Powerpoint. To some people this might seem like an organised client but to designers this is a car crash in slow motion.
Read moreTo Auction or Not To Auction
There are a lot of websites these days that let designers auction their work off online. The basic idea is that a client signs up with an auction site, posts a brief online and waits for hundreds of designers to submit their best work. The designer with the best work gets paid. You see the problem is, what about the hundreds of designers who submitted their work but didn’t get paid?
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