The scary thing is, this makes sense.
The scariest pricing idea ever. That works. | The Freelancery
I can tell you this: the ‘pay what you want’ idea can be suprisingly anddumbfoundingly profitable.
Better still, I can guarantee you that it will shake up your thinking about fees and pricing. It will un-stick some old notions. And heaven knows we need that; most of us are way too myopic, constipated and chickenshit about fees.
As an added bonus, you will most likely do the best work of your life, and deliver obscenely wonderful service to your clients at the same time. (Mainly because you’ll be too scared not to.)
first drew the 221B Baker Street illustration in pen and ink in 1995. At that time I read the entire collection of sixty Sherlock Holmes stories twice in a row, back to back, and took notes of every detail I could find of the Baker Street flat which began to take shape in my imagination.
via 221b Baker Street.
Sherlock Holmes fans rejoice. I may even buy his Zazzle stuff…
Good stuff on separating the less important from the essential.
Imagine this for a moment: you have no administrative tasks, only the core work that you love doing. Your day has been cleared for creating, building, doing high-impact projects. Isn’t it lovely?
link: Frictionless Work: How to Clear Your Life of Non-Essential Tasks | Zen Habits
If no one bought first gen products there would be no 2nd gen products
Apple seems to be creating the niche with the Ipad
No snappy responses yet to the other points.
The arguments against immediate adoption of the iPad can be broken down into the following general categories:
You’ll get burned buying a first generation Apple product
The iPad is another closed system
The iPad doesn’t have an obvious niche
The iPad is all hype and no substance
As you review these points, you see that while there is a bit of emotion infused in them, there is also some reason.
via Apple iPad Reviews: A Differing Opinion | Touch Reviews.
This is pretty rich. Pun intended. Good observation by Andy Levy on Twitter about Will Ferrell’s video for moveon.org
Man who made $20 million for BEWITCHED thinks health insurance execs are overpaid.
http://pol.moveon.org/insurance_execs/
If they are failing, aren’t they already “nonprofit?” They are failing because no one wants them. If I don’t want to pay for them directly why would I want to pay for them via the U.S. Government?
The president said he is “happy to look at” bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses.
Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
