Alec East

More vanity.

While rumaging through my sites analytics on a sunday evening, I found a bunch of traffic comeing from Digital Art Magazine.  When I went to find out why, I was chuffed to discover a handful of articles that I contributed to over the past few years.

I’m often asked to add my opinion to articles and I’m rarely short of one. The problem is that I often forget what I said and to whom so, if you find me credited somewhere, please let me know….

In the interest of vanity, I’ve included a few quotes for each article linked but, if the quote gets your interest, please click through and read the full articles on Digital Arts Magazine, they are interesting informative, honest.

From a discussion about small design businesses making the big move from  on bedroom operation to a proper CREATIVE SPACE

“You have to do is make a list of all business outgoings – utility bills, hardware and software, rent, rates, decent Internet connections and Web-hosting costs, accountant’s charges, stationery, media such as CDs and DVDs, and everything else you can think of. Add it up until you know how much you will spend over a specific period. Then divide it so you get a day rate of outgoings. That’s how much you have to earn before you can buy yourself a beer.” read more

Another article was opinions on that most elusive notion to pin-down:  how to BE MORE CREATIVE. This snippet was my response asked what the best thing about about a carrer in design was…

“The look on my daughter’s face when I tell her I make pretty pictures for a living,” read more

Digital Arts magazine cover a broad range fof topics, and even included an article about managing client’s expectations, entitled CUDDLING UP TO CLIENTS

“Controlling a meeting can be more about shutting-up and listening or asking questions of the client than it is about talking non-stop about your bold new concept.” read more