Posts about ‘business’

Crowdspring. Throw Your Design Away.

Jun. 4, 2008 in business, design, web too oh!

Haven’t heard of crowdspring yet? They call themselves a “Global marketplace for logo design, business card design, graphic design and website design”. It works like this: if you need a logo for your startup you post a brief on the site,…

Shameless

Mar. 6, 2008 in business, design, net life


While having a smoke this morning, colleague Gregory Jacob reminded me of the subject of design “theft”, which I wrote about back in 2006. Back then, the discussion showed that there are many varying opinions of where inspiration stops and theft starts.…

Turning Trust Around

Jan. 25, 2008 in business, marketing

“I don’t believe you. Not only that, I believe you less than I did last year. To put it more clearly, I trust you less and less every year.” That’s what 2,565 consumers told the entire corporate world in October 2007.

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The “i” Means it’s Mine, Right?

Oct. 9, 2007 in business, tools

Next month I’ll be in New York for the Future of Web Design, and what does a geek who’s on the wrong side of the pond (when it comes to gadgets) think when he thinks “New York”? Well, I’m a…

Getting Great People

Apr. 14, 2007 in business

The agency’s doing well, which means we’ve got more than enough to do, and not quite enough talented people to do it. The talk around town is everyone needs more talent, and there isn’t enough to go around. As an…