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The last time I wrote about Photoshop on the new MacBook Pro I was vilified. This time I’ll probably be vilified again for saying the following sentence:
CNET just reviewed the MacBook Pro’s performance when running a variety of applications on both Mac OS X and Windows XP, and although the article was geared more towards Windows benchmarks on the Mac, they had this graph which caused me to do a double take:
[Read more…] about Photoshop On MacBook Pro: What Slow Really Means
After writing the previous entry, I emailed with designer Naina Redhu who is based in India and faces both similar and very different pressures from her clients, simply because of the way clients think about “sending work to India.” Even though a project in India will probably be cheaper than in the United States, companies and clients don’t treat Indian design professionals with the respect they deserve which is terribly frustrating.
Naina wrote a new entry which took my article point by point and compared it to her situation in India and where the similarities and differences are. It’s definitely a must-read for anyone in the design industry in America, Europe, India, or anywhere else.
Guys, this is the real deal here. My boy Paul Bragiel just sent me this press release and since it says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE it is my responsibility to my 6 Business Logs readers to IMMEDIATELY RELEASE it by quoting from it liberally.
San Francisco, Calif. – April 1, 2006 – Meetro, the world leader in Instant Messaging software announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire Friendster, one of many social software sites for keeping in touch with friends and hooking up with new people.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“We’re excited to be acquiring Friendster because we can leverage their web 2.0 technology,” said Paul Bragiel, CEO of Meetro. “This acquisition gives Meetro another brand name in its warchest, similar to Infogrames purchasing Atari a few years back.”
Friendster will provide Meetro users the ability to see who’s looked at their profile to encourage a greater number of ‘random hookups’ without the need for alcohol. Leveraging Meetro’s location-based technology will allow users to see other members in ‘real-life’ and avoid a common photo profile pitfall known as “the angles.â€
[Read more…] about Meetro Purchases Friendster For $17,000 CDN And A Hand Job
It is a fantastic time to be a designer.
I have never seen the design-for-hire industry so saturated with work in my entire life. Almost every single of one of my designer friends (who either are partnered with a few other people, or do all freelance work) are completely and hopelessly booked up with client work. I’m extraordinarily busy, they’re all extraordinarily busy, and this means that who holds the power in the design consulting world has shifted. The shoe’s on the other foot now.
When Paul and I are both up at 4:30am talking on IM, you know that something crazy is bound to happen. We decided to have a little fun since it’s humpday and all, so enjoy our 9rules Dance Contest. 🙂