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Category: Blatherings

The “Cost” or “Quality” Conundrum

At 16toads, we often receive referrals from other small business owners who have a colleague in dire need of a web site or a “fix” [read: repair]. Often times, the individual who was referred has already gone the through the web design process with another company.

Posted by 16toads on 06/05 at 07:11 AM in Blatherings • (6) CommentsPermalink

Absolut Ignorance

A current Absolut ad running in Mexico has managed to elicit cheers from Mexicans and (who would have guessed) condemnation from people in el Norte.

The billboard and press campaign, created by advertising agency Teran\TBWA, is a colorful map depicting what

Posted by 16toads on 04/09 at 08:13 AM in Industry NewsBlatherings • (2) CommentsPermalink

DRM-Free Music with AmazonMP3

I recently ran headlong into the wall that is Apple iTunes DRM (also known as FairPlay). What is DRM? The short explanation, for those of you who need it, is that DRM is Apple iTunes' method of protecting music from being "shared" or "pirated". The argumentative

Posted by 16toads on 04/08 at 03:52 PM in Industry NewsBlatherings • (2) CommentsPermalink

Streamline your business and work flow

Over the years, we have done a ridiculous amount of experimentation with software packages in an effort to streamline our business and our processes. Here is a not-so-quick run-down of the software we have come to rely on in our daily business and work

Posted by 16toads on 03/06 at 09:44 AM in Blatherings • (16) CommentsPermalink

Knowing when to walk away - Part One

You’ve been selected as designer for the perfect job, but now it’s time to negotiate the contract ...

What do you do as a creative professional when the job that you have worked hard to land starts to slip from your grasp? You've done your research, you have the experience, you know what it takes to get the job done, and you know your rights and what standard

Posted by 16toads on 02/12 at 03:24 PM in Blatherings • (0) CommentsPermalink

Knowing when to walk away - Part Two

When negotiations get rough, step back, calm down, and ask yourself a series of questions about:

1. Preparing an airtight proposal
How much room for negotiation have you left for yourself in your proposal? Did you leave room to explore alternate means of structuring the contract? How many hours will you have to set aside to get the project done? How will

Posted by 16toads on 02/12 at 03:22 PM in Blatherings • (1) CommentsPermalink

The “trickle-down” theory of ethics

How a ruinous corporate culture has taught entrepreneurs and businessmen to eschew ethics in pursuit of the almighty dollar and its impact on the creative industry.

The past six years of the Bush administration have changed the way business is done. We have watched as scandal after scandal has blasted open the doors of greed and shown us entrepreneurs how businesses are run. We have watched the trickle-down theory of “getting

Posted by 16toads on 02/09 at 03:58 PM in Blatherings • (2) CommentsPermalink
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