A sound little advice given to the world at large by Jeffery Zeldman when it comes to doing designs for specs: just don’t. There’s more to it than just that, mind you. All those freelancers out there would do well to read up.
Archive for January, 2004
Don’t give it away for free
Friday, January 30th, 2004In financial news today, gold is down today against the Simoleaan
Friday, January 30th, 2004Proving just how real online gaming is becoming, there is now an online gaming commodity market where you can barter away hard earned cash in one game for cash in another game or even some greenbacks in the real world. This takes those character auctions on eBay to another level.
A different kind of KB
Friday, January 30th, 2004Time to start counting down to the release of Kill Bill Vol. 2. Considering it was shot as one gimongous film and split into two parts, I’m expecting it to be just as good as Vol. 1 was.
You mean I braved this blizzard and I don’t even get a friggin’ t-shirt?
Wednesday, January 28th, 2004Screw global warming. It’s a lie. False alarm. It has to be, what with the was mother nature keeps dumping this snow onto the northeast. Well, at least it feels like it. For the third time this winter I had to make my homeward commute in what I would lovingly term as dreadful conditions.
The Parkway last night had been transformed into one gigantic slush puddle and five lane wide stretches were transformed into single lane roads at worst, double lane at best. The side road — barely touched by salt or plow. My usual half hour drive from the train station was closer to an hour by the time everything was said and done. But on a brighter note, those plow crews did a damn good job of clearing snow from the asphalt overnight, because the highways were remarkably snow free from my morning commute.
Still, there is some kind of greater issue at stake here. Namely this wretched winter wether that has done enough to complicate my life without the added benefit of keeping my home from work. I must be getting punished for working from home last winter (i.e. getting off easy). And to think that we’re only at the half way mark right now.
So what other nasty tricks do you have up your sleeve for us, mother nature?
Don’t forget to double check that texture
Saturday, January 24th, 2004A warning to all those graphic types: be careful to scrutinize what’s in the textures you use. Case in point: the work of one young professional for USA Weekend was accidentially submitted with a racial slur in it, which caused a bit of a furor down in the print room. I know I’ll be looking a lot more closely at what I create for clients now on after reading this.
