December 2011
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November 2011
14 posts
“In one experiment, five young mothers were observed interacting with a 6 month...”
– Experiment detailed in my sociology textbook to detail the early impression of gender roles. (via emaconly)
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October 2011
2 posts
Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street: Why? →
hotchicksofoccupywallstreet:
A lot of fantastic media has been created about the “Occupy” movement. I was watching one video in particular and commented to a friend, “Wow, seeing all those super smart hot chicks at the protest makes me want to be there.” He replied, “Hmmm… Yeah, let’s go with that.” We instantly went to…
September 2011
6 posts
6 Ways Brands Can Earn More Exposure on Tumblr →
Shane Snow is co-founder of Contently.com, an “agile publishing” platform for brands and freelance journalists. With 29 million blogs (more than WordPress at last count), and at least as many millions of posts every day, Tumblr is a force of nature in the Internet ecosystem that cannot be …
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March 2011
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November 2010
2 posts
Save Newsweek.com: A Defense of Newsweek.com →
I can’t believe that Newsweek.com got by on only 18 stuff. You guys at Newsweek.com did great work - I couldn’t tell from the quality that there was so much turmoil and insufficient resources. It’s pretty sad it got merge with a lesser being - I visit Newsweek.com almost daily , and the Daily Beast? I can’t even remember the last time I went to the site!
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October 2010
3 posts
“I want it to roar like lion. Like a digital lion.. Actually, let’s add a lion...”
– Client sells home insurance. (via clientsfromhell)
CHANEL prices are increasing again.... →
Unfortunately they are increasing prices because they can - people still buy them in spite of the ridiculous prices and demand for them. They also want to control the demand and supply and one way of doing it is to increase the price so that it will still be seen as a luxury, exclusive product even though every other girl at the cocktail party is carrying one. it cost about $1,000 20 years...
August 2010
3 posts
July 2010
2 posts
Check check check and check!
clientsfromhell:
We are currently looking to add some great stories to our upcoming book! If you would like to potentially get a story published, please send in you terrifying/hilarious stories about clients:
Making innapropriate or awkward advances
Throwing temper tantrums
Who have lashed out at you in public
Who have offended you with racist/homophobic/sexist remarks
I had clients who...
March 2010
21 posts
Dominique Browning - What I Lost When I Lost My... →
Anyone who’s lost their long term job that their lives had revolved around can understand this story.
I’m going through the same thing. When your job /career defines you and consumes your every waking hour; suddenly having nothing to do and having the day stretch endlessly and empty of any goals or target is a huge adjustment and shock. I spiraled into depression, slept all the ...
Clients From Hell: Client: “I heard you are the... →
Client: “I heard you are the one that can help me with anything.”
Me: “Thank you, how may be of service?”
Client: “I have this site an Indian team built for me, but i doesn’t work. I need you to fix it for me ASAP.”
Me: “That’s quite a lot of work. I can do it, but it will take [amount of…
My First Posterous Post
Another micro-blogging site. Another new thing to try. Makes you wonder how people survive without all these outlets before the advent of blogging, internet, texting and all. Now we are privy to how much or how little one has to say Posted via email from bellaella’s posterous | Comment »
“The video looks great! Now upload it to youtube and make it go viral.
Yea, I...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
clientsfromhell:
Classic client answer to any question involving two options:
“Well, let’s try it both ways and see how it looks.”
Can't give you logo or brand guidelines..
Hahahah! Yes, I’ve had clients who said the same thing! Stupid..
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I need you to design me an internal company newsletter”
Me: “I’ll need the logo, brand guidelines, any relevant graphics and text.”
Client: “You’re not licensed to use them”
Clients from Hell
Reading the entries in Clients from Hell reminds me of the many many years I’ve spent in advertising dealing with similar clients - idiotic, unethical, assholish, stupid and just plain mean and nasrt.
And it seems many in this lousy economy are using it as an excuse not to pay or abuse their employees.
I’ve meet too many of these mean bastards who are stupid to boot , Sadly, these...
Unethical idiotic clients
I had this same exact situation with a BIG client, worst of all, it was a government client! They had this TV commercial from another country which they wanted us to duplicate EXACTLY and when I pointed out that there’s copyright issues involved, the client told me it’s OK, do it or else…
I suggested many solutions - including writing in and asking for permission from the...
“Wait, you’re working on other projects? For the money I’m paying, you should be...”
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Clients From Hell: Client: “We will no longer be... →
Client: “We will no longer be needing your services, you took too long.”
Me: “[after several timely rounds of revisions] I’m sorry, perhaps I don’t understand, but isn’t the timeline not complete for another two months?”
Client: “All we have received so far are proofs and concepts. We hired…