Monthly Archives: June 2009

Published on June 24, 2009 / / 8 Valued Comments

Logo Design Love: SpecWatch on Design Contests

Do you twitter? If you don’t have a twitter account, then you are missing out on the latest spec happening in the design industry. Logo Design Love: It’s interesting to see the recent appearance of Spec Watch, a venture that … Continue reading →

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Published on June 22, 2009 / / 9 Valued Comments

NO!SPEC’s Quote of the Century…

Paul Rand paraphrased by Steve Jobs I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve the problem … Continue reading →

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Published on June 21, 2009 / / 6 Valued Comments

Crowdsink on Twitter: CrowdSpring, Do What’s Right!

CrowdSpring sinks to even lower lows… This weekend, while Jay and I were busy updating no-spec.com, twitter continued to be all aflutter over the latest from CrowdSpring: CrowdSpring, Do What’s Right! Background: Seems a CrowdSpring designer ripped off the work … Continue reading →

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Published on June 16, 2009 / / 4 Valued Comments

Translators Against Crowdsourcing

LinkedIn annoys professional translators Seems designers are not the only ones upset over being asked to work for free. LinkedIn – the professional networking site with 41 million members where ‘relationships matter‘ – has today managed to mightily annoy professional … Continue reading →

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Published on June 2, 2009 / / Comments Off

AIGA & NO!SPEC: It’s all About Education

The spec watch is finally over Back in February we had the Forbes Says Designers are Snooty fiasco. During it all, we received this good news: Debbie Millman has now been asked by AIGA to ‘chair a task force in … Continue reading →

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