New Media Fallout

The pay what you want pricing scheme

eric — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:42:29 +0000

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.)

Art - 221b Baker Street

eric — Sun, 09 May 2010 00:36:17 +0000

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…

Great little video converter for iphone etc

eric — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:07:53 +0000

Miro Video Converter - Free! Convert any video to MP4, OGG Theora, iPhone, Android, iPod, and more, based on FFMPEG.

I like this little app. Very simple. Very straightforward, gets the job done.

Advanced Twitter tips

eric — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:07:24 +0000

Advanced Twitter Tips - butterscotch

Cutting the fat out of productivity - Zenhabits

eric — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:02:13 +0000

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

Extreme Yoga: Can that be good for you? | elephant journal

eric — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:44:07 +0000

Good for me? Don’t know. Good to look at? Deciding….

Extreme Yoga: Can that be good for you? | elephant journal.

Apple iPad Reviews: A Differing Opinion

eric — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:23:16 +0000

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.

5 Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find Star Employees

eric — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:09:10 +0000

5 Tips for Using LinkedIn to Find Star Employees. From Mashable.

Andy Levy: Man who made $20 million for Bewitched calls health insurance execs overpaid

eric — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:43:04 +0000

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/

Obama open to not letting failing newspapers fail

eric — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:55:54 +0000

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