Comments on: Is Tim Ferriss acting like an asshole?

By: Do You Schedule Your Hate? « I Hate Tim Ferriss!

Do You Schedule Your Hate? « I Hate Tim Ferriss! — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:38:34 +0000

[...] drive for “life hacking” suddenly stuck in neutral? Maybe he realizes the error of his ways? I doubt it! Him and Kevin Rose are probably drinking wine and discussing the many [...]

By: A Designer in Support of Design Contests | Igniting Startups - nPost

A Designer in Support of Design Contests | Igniting Startups - nPost — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:42:57 +0000

[...] think that’s AWESOME. But like real estate, there are casualties. And, like real estate, there is anger. But to me, “transactional design” (the kind of design that can take a few hours to net a good [...]

By: (Micro-)Outsourcing Everything · 2Shanghai

(Micro-)Outsourcing Everything · 2Shanghai — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:52:34 +0000

[...] is have many contests with guaranteed prizes to do design work. Such non-guaranteed payment has raised the ire of some designers but it does eliminate the barriers to entry and pay-for-results. An individual [...]

By: Chris Yakimov

Chris Yakimov — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:38:51 +0000

Awesome. Designers should NOT be working for free.
Thanks for nailing the thought down hard.

By: Kelly Nelson

Kelly Nelson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:46:25 +0000

Here where I live this practice has become epidemic. The local "cool" French bakery,located in my largely artistic neighborhood, hosted a contest for the privilege of selling their merchandise with your design plastered all over their shit. My routine response has been quiet disapproval to these contests has now been replaced with public disdain. I've been met with much the same response as Tim's. The 'ole, "great exposure" response has my mind flashing with images of Dick Cheney and seeing a rather menacing shade of red. The motivation is pure and simple.... greed and no true appreciation for work. I've begun asking these businesses for spec work (e.g. cook me a specific custom cake at which point I'll eat and decide if I want to use your recipe so I can sell it myself.)

By: The best design articles of 2009

The best design articles of 2009 — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:01:26 +0000

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By: Spec-Work: Exploitation or Good Practice?

Spec-Work: Exploitation or Good Practice? — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:02:18 +0000

[...] Karjaluoto at his graphic design and branding blog, Ideas on Ideas wrote a post regarding Tim Ferris’ relaunch of his book, The Four Hour Work Week. In particular, he speaks [...]

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:15:26 +0000

No, I didn't do the same thing when Guy wrote his book, but it's not like I wouldn't have.

It's just that (contrary to what one might believe) there's actually more to my day than just writing articles about spec-work.

By: Choc

Choc — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:25:47 +0000

I'm fine if you want to rant on Tim Ferriss for sponsoring this context. It is your perogative. But did you post the same rant when Guy Kawasaki did the same thing for his book entrepreneurism, The Art of the Start?

I think this idea comes up in the entrepreneur genre. You may not want to enter the contest, but you may end up getting paid to adapt someone's submitted design. Is it so bad that you might help a new designer launch their career or, heaven forbid, actually use your technical skill to make a rookie designer's work printable?

By: Stephen A.

Stephen A. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:24:14 +0000

Tim's not an asshole, per se, he just wants to drive wages for ALL professions down as close to ZERO as possible, that's all. And if that means outsourcing every single job in America to slave-wage nations, then by golly, that's what we'll have to do - according to Tim. If that's what qualifies as "evil" then yeah, he's acting like an asshole, but just like the rest of corporate America.