February 12, 2009
Dear customer – We don’t have the font you want. We don’t even have something close to it. I cannot magic it out of thin air, and there is no freeware clone floating on teh interwebs. You really will have to send it to us if you want us to use it. Your very important [...]
January 29, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity, Grumbles
I understand that you’re a struggling artist with a (very cool) niche webcomic. You’re just trying to get by, and many people have told you that the more eyeballs you can get to your site, the more attractive it will be to advertisers, and the more money you can make by selling ads on the [...]
January 29, 2009
by Julie • About Creativity, Grumbles
I get that some artists want to have “artsy” websites. Usually this is confined to multimedia offerings of various quality, but sometimes you get an artist (or possibly the artist’s web designer) who decides they want to “think outside the box”. Or possibly re-invent the wheel. They think to themselves, “Every website scrolls vertically. But [...]
January 28, 2009
by Julie • Work
Dear customer – When we say the showroom is open by appointment only that’s what we mean. You do not get to just drop by and expect us to “fit you in”, and it doesn’t matter *how* far you drove. (We’re not David’s Bridal) No, letting you wander around the warehouse on your own is [...]
January 22, 2009
by Julie • Grumbles
You’re a recently graduated graphic design student. You’re not working for a company, but you have a $3,000 budget to commission custom packaging for your portfolio. Can I trade with you? (Though srsly, from what you were spec’ing out, 3 grand probably won’t cut it.)