Philalbe
Mar 21, 03:46 AM
Thankfully I cut my ties with that person very quickly and ensure all of my work was NEVER used by them. It was when I was much greener so it was a good thing to learn and enable me to set some very good boundaries
1) Never work with a friend of a friend.
2) Never work for free.
3) Never work for a start up business UNLESS it has a larger group behind it (Public/private equity group, blue chip client with a new business, etc.. is ok).
4) Never do work for a religious organisation (seriously not a good idea). Or for that matter a union...
5) If you lie with dogs you'll get flees. Never work on a project you wouldn't want other clients seeing as a client of yours on your Portfolio.
6) Never work with a company where they can't speak your native language... Cheque time comes and "miso soli me no undastandy".
7) Be choosy about who you want to work with. Talented designers will always find work while talentless designers wont.
I found in experience if you price yourself a certain way you tend to loose the "bottom feeding clients" as I like to call them. It also means the people who take up the service generally understand the price positioning thus have an idea of intrinsic value assigned to it.
Here's a links I've found rather amusing/helpful:
10 Client Personalities (http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/graphic-designers-client-personalities/)
Bad Clients and How to Avoid Them (http://freelancefolder.com/bad-clients-and-how-to-avoid-them/)
I also forgot about this gem of a client
To that last email about the site being developed on a Mac: WOW!...just WOW! I don't know what's worse; their ignorance of how websites work or the fact they confidently expected you to create a second site, free of charge:confused:
Thank you for all the advice and links. That bad client was a wake up call for me. I'm going to start gathering all the pricing and other info I can to help protect myself.
1) Never work with a friend of a friend.
2) Never work for free.
3) Never work for a start up business UNLESS it has a larger group behind it (Public/private equity group, blue chip client with a new business, etc.. is ok).
4) Never do work for a religious organisation (seriously not a good idea). Or for that matter a union...
5) If you lie with dogs you'll get flees. Never work on a project you wouldn't want other clients seeing as a client of yours on your Portfolio.
6) Never work with a company where they can't speak your native language... Cheque time comes and "miso soli me no undastandy".
7) Be choosy about who you want to work with. Talented designers will always find work while talentless designers wont.
I found in experience if you price yourself a certain way you tend to loose the "bottom feeding clients" as I like to call them. It also means the people who take up the service generally understand the price positioning thus have an idea of intrinsic value assigned to it.
Here's a links I've found rather amusing/helpful:
10 Client Personalities (http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/graphic-designers-client-personalities/)
Bad Clients and How to Avoid Them (http://freelancefolder.com/bad-clients-and-how-to-avoid-them/)
I also forgot about this gem of a client
To that last email about the site being developed on a Mac: WOW!...just WOW! I don't know what's worse; their ignorance of how websites work or the fact they confidently expected you to create a second site, free of charge:confused:
Thank you for all the advice and links. That bad client was a wake up call for me. I'm going to start gathering all the pricing and other info I can to help protect myself.
MacAndrew92
Mar 30, 06:08 PM
Hello, I got a mac mini running 10.5.8. When I boot the computer the file sharing between mac and widows works, 10 minutes later the sharing stops working, and I need to restart the computer to get it working again
How can I solve this?
Thnks
How can I solve this?
Thnks
MisterMe
May 6, 10:12 PM
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How can I get these icons to be correct?Add them to the OpenOffice.org application bundle.
How can I get these icons to be correct?Add them to the OpenOffice.org application bundle.
gauchogolfer
Sep 27, 02:50 AM
Overly aggressive? I'm currently forwarding all my .Mac mail through Gmail because I got sick of so much junk mail -- 20 messages per day, usually more -- getting through from .Mac to my inbox. I actually thought they didn't have any spam filters at all.
I have the opposite problem. I get much more spam through to my inbox on my gmail account than I do with .mac . As always, YMMV.
I have the opposite problem. I get much more spam through to my inbox on my gmail account than I do with .mac . As always, YMMV.
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partyBoy
Sep 3, 01:27 AM
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louis Fashion
Apr 13, 12:06 PM
They could be moving to once a year release for AT&T and Verizon, pushing AT&T's release to January.
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poems for my oyfriend
love poems for your oyfriend
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love poems for your oyfriend
Poems - Get Your Boyfriend
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love poems for your oyfriend.
love poems for your oyfriend.
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love poems for your oyfriend.
poems for your oyfriend.
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love poems for ur oyfriend
love poems for your oyfriend
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Love Poems For Your Boyfriend
love poems for your oyfriend
poems Post your oyfriend,
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BeamWalker
Sep 5, 06:06 PM
How can I get the time and the weather on my screen like that??? Thanks!
It is done with the program Geektool. Have a look here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9077447&postcount=1618).
It is done with the program Geektool. Have a look here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=9077447&postcount=1618).
lewis82
Aug 10, 07:37 PM
The old days.
My own experience of OS 8/9 resembles more to this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/MacOs_Syserror.png
My own experience of OS 8/9 resembles more to this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/MacOs_Syserror.png
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andrewsd
Mar 2, 02:44 PM
I am excited.. ....... :(
jessica.
Mar 27, 03:48 PM
Edit: As an "armchair lawyer," I would probably just sue for restitution. For the other armchair lawyers: Yes, restitution is a cause of action.
On what grounds would the buyer be eligible for restitution if the buyer receives a full refund? You tell me how the buyer, after receiving said refund, is damaged past the initial and temporary loss of funds from being slightly unaware.
On what grounds would the buyer be eligible for restitution if the buyer receives a full refund? You tell me how the buyer, after receiving said refund, is damaged past the initial and temporary loss of funds from being slightly unaware.
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gr8whtd0pe
Feb 15, 08:09 PM
anyone know where i can get this wallpaper?
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/01/iphone-vzw-hands-dsc0554-rm-eng.jpg
well the one on the right is a default one... :rolleyes:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/01/iphone-vzw-hands-dsc0554-rm-eng.jpg
well the one on the right is a default one... :rolleyes:
txr0ckabilly
Apr 7, 12:49 PM
Some of the customer reviews on the iTunes download page for this app are saying that it's native resolution is for iPhone, not the iPad. If true, #soLame
works full screen on mine and looks good.
works full screen on mine and looks good.
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true777
May 2, 09:56 PM
In addition to giving blood and/or platelets I encourage everyone to register as a stem cell donor. Nowadays stem cell donation is quick and virtually painless, and you can save the life of a desperately ill person whose illness can be eradicated with just a few vials of your life-saving stem cells.
http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Join_Now/join_now.html
Stem cell donors are urgently needed, there is a huge shortage and long wait lists from patients who are dying. I have a complex blood plasma cancer and might need a stem cell donor at some point in the future to save my life. Please register, it only takes a few minutes. The chance you will ever actually be needed as a donor is small (you'd have to be a perfect match on many blood criteria), and if you are contacted you can still refuse, so you are not committing to anything just by signing up.
http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/Join_Now/join_now.html
Stem cell donors are urgently needed, there is a huge shortage and long wait lists from patients who are dying. I have a complex blood plasma cancer and might need a stem cell donor at some point in the future to save my life. Please register, it only takes a few minutes. The chance you will ever actually be needed as a donor is small (you'd have to be a perfect match on many blood criteria), and if you are contacted you can still refuse, so you are not committing to anything just by signing up.
caspian
Mar 23, 10:44 AM
Wasn't it Jean-Marie Hullot who created Xcode and Interface Builder?
A coworker tells me Bertrand wrote Interface Builder as part of his thesis before being hired at NeXT - imagine where Mac and iOS development would be today without him!
A coworker tells me Bertrand wrote Interface Builder as part of his thesis before being hired at NeXT - imagine where Mac and iOS development would be today without him!
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Abyssgh0st
Dec 26, 11:38 AM
I got..
$750 cash
$175 in gift cards
2 Polos
2 OU Hoodies
4 OU Shirts
3 OU Blankets
An OU Ornament
A 2lb Rice Krispie Treat..
Harry Potter Hogwarts Scarf
Harry Potter Replica Snitch
Some cool stuff from the Container Store
TV-B-Gone
And random stuff from 5 different stockings
$750 cash
$175 in gift cards
2 Polos
2 OU Hoodies
4 OU Shirts
3 OU Blankets
An OU Ornament
A 2lb Rice Krispie Treat..
Harry Potter Hogwarts Scarf
Harry Potter Replica Snitch
Some cool stuff from the Container Store
TV-B-Gone
And random stuff from 5 different stockings
TwoSocEmBoppers
Dec 25, 02:09 PM
Let's see. This year brought the following. Sorry for the rather large pics...doing this via iPad.
- Cash
- Gift cards (Best buy, iTunes)
- TomTom
- Clothes
- Rome Garage Rocker snowboard
http://www.kingofsnow.co.uk/images/rome-garage-rock-522.jpg
- Union DLX bindings
http://images.usoutdoorstore.com/usoutdoorstore/products/full/union-dlx-binding.jpg
- ThirtyTwo Lashed boots
http://www.tallingtonlakesproshop.com/images/_lib/thirty-two-lashed-fast-track-2011-snowboard-boot-12000478-0-1290101934000.jpg
- And a trip to Mammoth to break them all in :D
http://www.snow-forecast.com/pistemaps/Mammoth-Mountain_pistemap.jpg
- Cash
- Gift cards (Best buy, iTunes)
- TomTom
- Clothes
- Rome Garage Rocker snowboard
http://www.kingofsnow.co.uk/images/rome-garage-rock-522.jpg
- Union DLX bindings
http://images.usoutdoorstore.com/usoutdoorstore/products/full/union-dlx-binding.jpg
- ThirtyTwo Lashed boots
http://www.tallingtonlakesproshop.com/images/_lib/thirty-two-lashed-fast-track-2011-snowboard-boot-12000478-0-1290101934000.jpg
- And a trip to Mammoth to break them all in :D
http://www.snow-forecast.com/pistemaps/Mammoth-Mountain_pistemap.jpg
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iMJustAGuy
Feb 1, 12:06 PM
Both monitors are on a rotation of HD nature wallpapers like these ones. =)
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8586/screenshot20110201at102.jpg
LIIINNNNKKKK!!!!? Badass wallpaper, man.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8586/screenshot20110201at102.jpg
LIIINNNNKKKK!!!!? Badass wallpaper, man.
SevenInchScrew
Apr 7, 02:40 PM
Bristol Fighter, yaeh!
You can have it up to 1000 bhp and still take it down the shops. If I can get one before middle age it'll be in orange, otherwise I'll have it in grey (a la Porsche Sport Classic)
Side profile isn't the best, but other than that, it's a pretty sweet looking piece. The front, in particular, is quite nice.
You can have it up to 1000 bhp and still take it down the shops. If I can get one before middle age it'll be in orange, otherwise I'll have it in grey (a la Porsche Sport Classic)
Side profile isn't the best, but other than that, it's a pretty sweet looking piece. The front, in particular, is quite nice.
alphaone
Feb 13, 01:04 AM
Weird question, why is F@H showing up as a user level process? I remember it used to show up as a nice process when I ran it last years ago. It's set to idle level in the setup of course and I never noticed till now because it seems to be behaving as a nice process but it's not showing up as one.
AndrewR23
Mar 26, 10:35 PM
I've been on a seller on eBay since 2000, and this is 100% a scam. Ive seen this before and it has happened to my buddy. He did get his money back and everything was resolved.
100% a scam.
100% a scam.
rockinrocker
Nov 26, 06:20 PM
You'd think they would try and have it out in time for X-mas....
Jeffers87
Jul 11, 03:33 AM
Just got back from the store, with new 16GB iPhone in hand.
Managed to get the second phone from the store.
Thanks to all the guys there with me this morning, was actually a really fun experiece.
Managed to get the second phone from the store.
Thanks to all the guys there with me this morning, was actually a really fun experiece.
jazz9
Feb 2, 07:30 AM
Mine for the month.
I got it from interfacelift fairly recently so it should be on, or near, the front page.
Found link if anyone wants it- http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2450/raein.html
I got it from interfacelift fairly recently so it should be on, or near, the front page.
Found link if anyone wants it- http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2450/raein.html
likemyorbs
May 5, 10:42 AM
That doesn't make it right. Retribution, revenge, anger, fear etc are not good emotions. Try to overcome these basic desires.
I overheard someone on the bus say something like this-
"So Bin Laden committed an awful crime, no denying that. But in response the US imprisoned people without trial for years in Gitmo, tortured some of them for information, then shot Bin Laden when he was unarmed. They both seem pretty bad to me."
I can see where this view comes from. Many times I've heard Americans complain that Europeans "look down their noses at them" and "maybe they would understand when planes fly into some of their buildings". However, when the US response to a disaster is detention and torture what do you expect? The US has lost the moral high ground, and these human rights violations only serve to encourage more people to fight against the US.
It times of difficulty many governments bend the rules, and it is how the courts and the public respond that matters. In the UK we detained some people, but they started a court case and won. We had a report of MI6 feeding questions to Moroccan security forces to get them to get information out of someone. However, MI6 was tripping over itself to say they don't condone torture and the courts constantly ruled more information on the subject should be released.
Detention without trial and torture are the methods used by dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, and the world will always look down on the US government so long as they are used.
Guess the world will just have to look down on us then. The US actually has a pair of balls, and we do what we need to do, unlike Europe who's militaries are a joke. Shooting bin laden while he was unarmed?? Seriously?? Who gives a crap? That's like being against shooting hitler while he was unarmed. Of course your solution would be to put him in jail for the rest of his life, but that doesn't fly here. Again, we are not europe and never will be, thankfully. You guys could look your noses down at us, but don't forget who's going to be there protecting your asses when you get into a war with an arab country (and that is possible, remember they don't like you either, and you're an easier target than us). I'm sorry, but their needs to be at least one nation that does what we do, and i'm glad we do it.
Still too squeamish to call it torture? The fundamental difference between terrorist organizations and authoritarian regimes on the one hand, and the civilized world on the other, is the latter's unwillingness to have recourse to violence. Policies of torture are unbecoming of a nation of people who purport to uphold the US constitution, regardless of the extreme methods adopted by our enemies. Once we sink to their level, we lose all our moral superiority and become victims of our own hate and fear as much as victims of the machinations of our opponents.
Nope, not too squeamish just going by the thread title. It's torture, there you happy? Again, we are not europe. So europe doesn't torture and where has that gotten them? They still get attacked by terrorists, even sweden, go figure. Moral superiority or not, safety of our nation and other western nations is more important. If torture is needed to get that information and save thousands of lives, then we should do it. Someone has to do the dirty work, and it's always us. But that's ok, that's how it's always been and it's why we're such a proud nation.
I overheard someone on the bus say something like this-
"So Bin Laden committed an awful crime, no denying that. But in response the US imprisoned people without trial for years in Gitmo, tortured some of them for information, then shot Bin Laden when he was unarmed. They both seem pretty bad to me."
I can see where this view comes from. Many times I've heard Americans complain that Europeans "look down their noses at them" and "maybe they would understand when planes fly into some of their buildings". However, when the US response to a disaster is detention and torture what do you expect? The US has lost the moral high ground, and these human rights violations only serve to encourage more people to fight against the US.
It times of difficulty many governments bend the rules, and it is how the courts and the public respond that matters. In the UK we detained some people, but they started a court case and won. We had a report of MI6 feeding questions to Moroccan security forces to get them to get information out of someone. However, MI6 was tripping over itself to say they don't condone torture and the courts constantly ruled more information on the subject should be released.
Detention without trial and torture are the methods used by dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, and the world will always look down on the US government so long as they are used.
Guess the world will just have to look down on us then. The US actually has a pair of balls, and we do what we need to do, unlike Europe who's militaries are a joke. Shooting bin laden while he was unarmed?? Seriously?? Who gives a crap? That's like being against shooting hitler while he was unarmed. Of course your solution would be to put him in jail for the rest of his life, but that doesn't fly here. Again, we are not europe and never will be, thankfully. You guys could look your noses down at us, but don't forget who's going to be there protecting your asses when you get into a war with an arab country (and that is possible, remember they don't like you either, and you're an easier target than us). I'm sorry, but their needs to be at least one nation that does what we do, and i'm glad we do it.
Still too squeamish to call it torture? The fundamental difference between terrorist organizations and authoritarian regimes on the one hand, and the civilized world on the other, is the latter's unwillingness to have recourse to violence. Policies of torture are unbecoming of a nation of people who purport to uphold the US constitution, regardless of the extreme methods adopted by our enemies. Once we sink to their level, we lose all our moral superiority and become victims of our own hate and fear as much as victims of the machinations of our opponents.
Nope, not too squeamish just going by the thread title. It's torture, there you happy? Again, we are not europe. So europe doesn't torture and where has that gotten them? They still get attacked by terrorists, even sweden, go figure. Moral superiority or not, safety of our nation and other western nations is more important. If torture is needed to get that information and save thousands of lives, then we should do it. Someone has to do the dirty work, and it's always us. But that's ok, that's how it's always been and it's why we're such a proud nation.