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The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - tuqqer - 11-24-2009

A must-read for all of you who deal with clients:

http://inspectelement.com/articles/the-funny-and-bizarre-world-of-client-requests/


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - Seacrest - 11-24-2009

Not funny.
Not funny at all.

That's my daily life.


Gonna go slit my wrists now.


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - Black - 11-24-2009

Most of these read like a mixture of "I don't have the people skills to tactfully guide this client in the right direction" and "I don't have the creativity to incorporate this client's wishes tastefully into my design."


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - Black - 11-24-2009

Except for the magic marker on the Macbook screen one . . .


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - Seacrest - 11-24-2009

Black wrote:
Most of these read like a mixture of "I don't have the people skills to tactfully guide this client in the right direction" and "I don't have the creativity to incorporate this client's wishes tastefully into my design."

Bite me.


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - Black - 11-24-2009

Seacrest wrote:
[quote=Black]
Most of these read like a mixture of "I don't have the people skills to tactfully guide this client in the right direction" and "I don't have the creativity to incorporate this client's wishes tastefully into my design."

Bite me.
I knew you'd like that :-)


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - jdc - 11-24-2009

theres a video for that... (oldy but a goody)

http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/newsletter.html


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - deckeda - 11-24-2009

Very funny. I think the person who wanted the transparent background and the CEO who marked up the MacBook should form a new company.


Re: The Funny and Bizarre World of Client Requests - the_poochies - 11-24-2009

This video always summed up how some computer/software companies design packages:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298&q=microsoft+ipod#