A Picture Share!.
Originally uploaded by christopherl.
Jakob's new toy…
just testing…
Posted in Image Generation | 
No Comments » | September 18th, 2005
The fifth day of waiting for help.
Originally uploaded by Tampen.
Coping with twins, New Orleans convention centre, Saturday 3rd September 2005
I just figured out (after many tweaks and bad posts) how to use flickr to post public images to this blog. I plan to exploit this service to the fullest extent for your aesthetic viewing pleasure (I know I’ve been a little texty lately).
And to begin with, I need to start with a Hurricane Katrina photo. Because the impact on these people’s quality of life is the most devastating of all effects. This is a woman with twins at the Convention Centre on her fifth day of waiting for help. You can see it all in her eyes. Thank you, Tampen.
I look forward to offering more images from talented photographers in the days to come.
Tech Note: If you’re also a b2evolution blogger and trying to make flickr work for you, the solution is here, with numerous tweaks (strip the layout of all formatting elements, and then slowly add them back one at a time). Comment if you need specific solutions. The Additional Secret: when flickr says “Your blog posting has failed,” check your blog anyway. It may have actually worked.
Posted in Personal | No Comments » | September 18th, 2005
This one goes out to all the recent graduates trying to make it as freelancers and independent artists. Do not undercut industry pricing (or at least, what your services are worth in relation to the general industry). I speak from experience and cold, hard pain. You hurt the industry and you hurt yourself. Bitterness with yourself and your client are the immediate result of being underpaid. The latest Newsweek story…
“I could get an art student to do it for $35 and a six-pack.” I remember the first time a prospective client said that to try to intimidate me into accepting dramatically reduced fees for Website design services. I was newly self-employed and hungry for work, so I conceded. I delivered a great Web site, but I hated my client for making me work for so little—and myself for not knowing how to get what I deserved.Read On…
(Thanks for the post, Don Giannatti)More Resources:
Posted in Business | 4 Comments » | September 16th, 2005