June 2008
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Anil Dash on "How to price your services" →
An oldie but goodie from Movable Type VP, Anil Dash, on how freelancers and consultants should discuss pricing with clients:
Slap the client in face.
Tell the client your hourly rate.
If the person looked more shocked, horrified, offended, hurt, saddened, or wounded by the slap in the face, then you are still pricing yourself too low.
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My Guilty Pleasure Blog: Copenhagen Cycle Chic →
Beautiful Copenhageners just leisurely riding their bikes to work and around town. What’s not to like?
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Animal Tales
Dalmation 1: Hey, look, the truck’s stopping.
Dalmation 2: Did they take us to the park this time?
Dalmation 1: No—it’s a fire. Another horrible fire.
Dalmation 2: What the hell is wrong with these people?
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“Just because somebody’s pretty doesn’t mean they’re not a geek...”
– “Date doctor” David Wygan in the Seattle Times (via macbekin)
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Things that make Men proud of themselves
There are a lot of things that us men do that are just plain awesome. We are without doubt cool as fuck, and it’s things like these that reinforce this in our own heads.
HAVING A THIN BIT OF WOOD - in the shed, solely to stir paint with. If you don’t have one of these, get one asap. And some paint to stir. The piece of wood must always have paint to about halfway up it from the last time you...
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“Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it.”
– Mark Cuban
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The Big Picture @ The Boston Globe →
Since it debuted in May, the Big Picture photo blog at the Boston Globe (boston.com) has continually impressed me with the news in photo essay form. Today I made it my homepage. It features one news highlight a day with 10-18 large, high-res photos culled from AP, Getty Images, and other big image houses. Highly recommended daily reading!
