You know who Ken Evoy is, right? Of course you don’t. I didn’t either. Basically, Ken is the online equivalent of one of those “make money from home” guys you see on TV — the infomercial guys with offers that sound too good to be true. He offers a service called Site Build It, which …
Category Archive: Business and politics
Repository for rants and general observations about, well, business and politics.
Jun
08
Dear designers: Maybe you aren’t worth as much as you think.
For years, designers have decried spec work and contests as being bad for business. Why, they say, should they work for free? Why should they design a logo for a client who may flat-out dismiss the work and never pay a penny? Why should they waste their time entering logo design contests, competing against 100 …
Mar
08
What the heck is wrong with HP?
HP has finally gotten on my last nerve. I’m absolutely fed up. And, frankly, I’m surprised I’m not hearing more of an uproar from the Internets. I’ve had quite a few HP products over the years — mostly printers and desktop machines. A year ago I decided on an HP laptop. Though I really like …
May
24
Drive-by traffic (the blog post SEO guys don’t want you to read)
In real estate, location is everything, right? Put your business on the right street and you could make a killing. Put it in a dumpy neighborhood and you could be closed in six months. The Internet’s not all that much different. I’ve been in the Internet business a long time. Longer than Facebook. Longer even …
May
14
How Adobe should have responded to Apple
Adobe has finally come out with its official response to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ now-famous Thoughts on Flash blog post. In reading it, one gets the sense the Adobe is very angry, but fears defending itself. Instead of the milquetoast response, Adobe should have gone point by point to counterattack Jobs’ claims. Since Adobe won’t, …