Almost all of the catastrophes I have had the most trouble to manage materialized on Fridays. Usually at 4:45. The previous Friday, we reviewed the pagination, cover content, and set the catalog size at 200 pages. So last Friday morning, I have an email…
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And to complete the Tech Fail Trifecta… My faithful Canon printer started to funk out last night. It began to print thin pale streaks in nice neat precise 3mm stripes. UH oh. After the many cycles of cleaning and test prints, and then a 40 min ride with Canon’s tech support, pretty much convinced me the print head was probably hosed. And a replacement head costs near the cost of replacing the same class printer. So will take a shot at trying to fix it N1NJ4 style before I stick a crowbar in the wallet.
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I admit I was crazy enough to take on a project that rapidly morphed from a PowerPoint slideshow… to a Hi-Def Video project. Should have just said “NO”… past my tech-level. But I went and built the damn thing, and now faced with the technical problem of somehow burning a HD — presumably Blu-Ray — DVD that the client’s HD DVD gear can actually read to toss up on their honking huge 1080i Lobby Plasma Screen. Read the cautionary tale.
One of the requests that I often get from clients is that they want to know how to do simple revisions and update their web site content for themselves. Of course they are concerned in this difficult economy about paying my fair, but non-trivial designer’s rate for what might be a trivial update or minor correction. Or you might just want more control of your own content.
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For creative pros, the market for Print Designers and Publishing Art Directors has certainly contracted. I’ve been hearing the comment more and more, “why do I need you expensive artsy prima-donnas when I can do this myself in Word?”
So just when, exactly, do you need to hire a Design Professional? Quite simply, when you want to look better than that…
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