(FRDK) The Blog

Hackers At It Again

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:23 +0000

I am sorry to have to say this but it looks like I may have to shut down this domain. It’s not that I want to, but for some reason there is a bunch of spot-faced, greasy hair, bug eye five-year-old fuckfaces out there who seem to have taken upon themselves to destroy my everyday. Today I discovered that these fugly SOB’s had injected my index files with spam, and I mean tons of spam , hiding under the cloak of yahoo_map.xml (which I don’t have on my domain, but that doesn’t seem to matter). It’s no longer there. I have no idea what they hope to gain from it. It’s nothing but a great waste of time. Their time, my time. And I’m getting tired of having to periodically clean up after five-year-olds with too much time on their hands, so it looks like I’m going to have to shut this domain down. I wasn’t going to “let them win”, but... No-one really cares if I fight them or not, right? Yeah. Thought so.

We’ll see what happens in the next few days, the spot-faced, greasy hair, bug eye five-year-old fuckfaces out there tend to not like being called what they are. Um, spot-faced, greasy hair, bug eye five-year-old fuckfaces . But I don’t really care anymore. Sorry if the language offends anyone. Blame the SFGHBEFYOFF’s

In Search of A New Logo

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:46:26 +0000

I have been meaning for some time to do something about my logo, due to the changes that have occurred the past year. It feels like I need a fresh look on my brand and style. The problem is that I don’t really have the time to sit down and design a new logo myself, I have too much client work to take care of (even though I naturally am a valued client of mine, that goes without saying...) So, what to do?

I posted the project on crowdSPRING , of course!

So this is an open invitation to all my designer friends: have a look at the project brief and enter your best proposal. I know the purse isn’t big, but I’m not rich, so there you go. I do value everyone’s effort though, which I hope shines through in the feedback.

Note that you need to register on crowdSPRING to enter the project, but it's quickly done and doesn’t cost anything.

Well? Go, go, go. Astonish me! ;)

Server Change

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:53 +0000

Over the weekend we had to change servers for this domain. We are now happily living at Servage , a European hosting company with many benefits. Like, being in Europe just as we are.

The end of dragons?

This change also marks the very end of my collaboration with James Wilkinson through Dzyn Lab. Unfortunately it never got off the ground in the way we hoped and anticipated, but at least we managed to part as friends. If you have done business with us previously, or were considering it, feel free to contact me . I’m certain we can work something out.

The server change has meant some issues with the email system, mostly because we’ve introduced a stricter spam filtering policy, and haven’t yet managed to add all our old contacts to the list of trusted friends. Some of you will get verification requests when you contact us, even though we’ve known each other for years, but the good news is that you only need to verify your address once. We’re sorry for any inconvenience and hope to have all this sorted quickly.

Interviewed

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:42:02 +0000

My friends at crowdSPRING wanted to do an interview with me, Of course I agreed. No press is bad press, so do press when you can. crowdSPRING is an award winning new service where design buyers and creatives come together to do real work on real projects. To find out more about how it works, visit the crowdSPRING site

Crowdsourcing At Its Best

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:04:46 +0000

Lately I’ve found myself spending way too much time over at crowdSPRING one of those uppety startups that no real person has heard about but everyone else wants to be a part of. Seriously though, it’s a great place for creative people and for people who need to have things created.

crowdSPRING is, quote, “a marketplace for creative services”. A bit like Guru or Élance then, you say? Well, yes. And, not at all. Here’s how crowdSPRING is different: at normal design marketplaces, like the aforementioned, buyers post jobs and watch creatives climb over each other to try and win the contract. Then the real job starts . The buyer can’t be guaranteed that the creative actually will come up with something useful. And at some of these marketplaces, the creative might end up toiling many hours to complete a project, only to discover that the buyer doesn’t want to pay for the work (yep, happens). At crowdSPRING however, a buyer posts his-her project (hopefully eloquently described), sets a reasonable project runtime, and sits back and watches as interested creatives submit real design proposals. Yep, real. And at the end of the project runtime, the buyer chooses the proposal that he-she likes the best. Work done (with some tweaks during runtime or after the pick, or both); the money is guaranteed upfront; buyer and awarded creative are happy. Yay!

I know this because I have already been fortunate to win more than one project. But more about that in a separate post.

crowdSPRING is an infant yet, only one month 100 days old in the eyes of the public, so naturally there are teething problems, and the community we’re trying to build over there is slow in forming. But it’s fun, it’s inspirational, it’s aggravating, it’s competitive, it’s rewarding. Hop on over and see for yourself.