F*ck You. Pay Me.
Thanks to the gpcz on Hacker News, here’s a video on how to avoid such situations.
2011/03 Mike Monteiro | F*ck You. Pay Me. from San Francisco Creative Mornings on Vimeo.
Chris Likes Coding
RSSWord of mouth, according to Holman, is content. It’s not a Facebook share button or a Twitter button asking your users to tweet. Word of mouth is what happens to make people genuinely excited to tell their friends. But far too often in technology, people are afraid to talk about what they’re doing.
Holman chalks this up to modesty: “There are a lot of modest people in technology, and this is great. That’s why here aren’t as many douchebags in our industry. But overall you have to not be nervous about talking about something that you’re really excited about.”
Client: The executives have us on a very tight budget, so don’t expect your going rate. As you can see, everyone has these cheap knockoff “dɥ” brand laptops.
The client points to logo on laptop cover.
Client: Have you ever even heard of “dɥ” brand?
Me: Actually, I think that’s an upside down Hewlett Packard logo…
as spotted by Twitter user @samclarke: (via Google Maps Warns You to Not Walk Into Mordor)
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