Comments on: George Parker: Will Work for Fu*k All!

By: Brian Barker

Brian Barker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:43:07 +0000

Peerhaps it is time for Esperanto speakers to charge a translation charge.

The language seems to be going forward though….

See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670.

A glimpse of Esperanto can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

By: George Parker

George Parker — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:24:04 +0000

I guess it’s like breaking into “Show Biz” The hardest part is getting the first gig… Then you will become an overnight sensation, do drugs, get hot chicks, ride in limos and destroy hotel rooms… Then you wake up and go back to flipping hamburgers while pounding out your blog!
Cheers/George

By: Joe Mescher

Joe Mescher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:26:29 +0000

Continuing with the concept of Free…

Let’s take up LinkedIn on their offer, with no payment save for free access to all their corporate facilities on-demand.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:38:06 +0000

Or, TED that asks to translate talks and adds subtitles to those…

What motivates people though?

By: Floyd Hayes

Floyd Hayes — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:00 +0000

It’s like clients saying, “hey, we don’t have any money for the creative work but we just want some top line ideas. Don’t spend ages on it.”

What does that mean?

There is no such thing as “just” a top line idea. A a good can take 10 seconds or 10 weeks to develop. It’s the “spark” the “creation” which is where the value lies.

” Just” an idea can transform their business and make a load more money for them at the end of the day. Why should we as creative people in the ad/marketing/sales biz work for free?

Sorry, a bit off topic but I feel better now :)