It's an ugly thing when a designer snaps and has finally had enough of a Very Bad Client.... Oh, how I've so wanted to send emails like that, with these charts: David Thorne, you're my new design god.
lowballing
With them, I could have a conversation about why good design was important; what design could do for their business; and what they should be looking for in a designer, even if they didn't hire me.... Enough firms have been burned badly by the lowballing designers -- who tend to cut corners, do slipshod work, and often don't support their work once the project's over -- that they're beginning to understand that you really do get what you pay for.
Read Morenerd-in-chief
(Which I'm not doing particularly well at today -- turns out that if you mess up the proportions of yew and wormwood in incense, it aggravates your lungs something fierce.... Xbox 360 gave me the Red Ring of Death; my DVD player has decided to suddenly stop playing back discs; and my old iPod will not mount, play back music, or turn on. I suspect some strange electronic conspiracy.
Read Moreworking with bad clients
This morning, I realized that I've been using Photoshop since version 2.5, when it didn't even have layers.... Perhaps it's that 16 years of hard work and experience with clients that makes me laugh until I cry when I watch these videos about working with clients .
Read Moresecrets of tech support
From Randall at xkcd.com : I swear by all that's holy, I'm going to print out copies of this and start handing them out to my family, friends, and coworkers.