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By Vegasbab, September 7, 2009 3:03 pm

I love the infamous quote by Marilyn Monroe:

I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

I make a lot of mistakes. And even before 2006, I was out of control. It’s one of the reasons I came to Vegas – in the most reckless city in the world, I could do whatever I wanted. And, I’d either survive, or I wouldn’t. At the time of my decision, I didn’t care either way.

My closest friends? They weathered the storm of me at my worst. They hung on until the storm abated. Sometimes, I wish others could weather the storms as well. I’m always saddened by the damage they cause.

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By Vegasbab, September 6, 2009 9:07 pm

Sometimes, when you bottle things up those things fester until everything hurts and everything is questioned. I hope this ends soon.

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By Vegasbab, September 5, 2009 9:31 pm

My favorite links I tweeted from the week prior:

1. Twitter’s Impact on Airline Bookings
2. Dubai Hotel Challenges Twitter Followers to a Trasure Hunt
3. Top Twitter Cities <– Philly and Vegas outranking Miami are a bit of a surprise to me
4. Awesome Profiler <– and creepy too
5. Finally, Texts From Last Night provides a “Best Of” <– They launched an iPhone app. I’m obsessed. They’re hysterical. Even more so than FML’s iPhone app
6. Prepare to waste your day with the Kaleidoscope drawer
7. From the WTF category, the Pole Dancing Doll. And yes, it’s for kids
8. Google Patents its Homepage

A story told through QR codes that is constantly changing:

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By Vegasbab, September 2, 2009 8:04 pm

Apparently, today marks the 40th birthday of the Internet. Hehe… ’69 was it’s birth year. Maybe that’s why Porn is so popular

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By Vegasbab, September 1, 2009 10:28 pm

Once again, CP+B has the agency world flustered with their call to crowd source a logo.

Personally, all I have to say is, “Waaaaaaahhhhh, Waaaaahhhhh, Waaaaahhhh.” There’s so many good arguments here, but I’ll just focus on the main one – spec work vs. no spec work.

From a Client’s perspective? You refuse to do spec work? That’s cool. In turn, I refuse to sign a contract with you. I’ll take the BDA that DID do spec work that I LIKED and fit well with my brand. I’m choosing them because I TRUST that in the short time they had, they already start to get my brand. The on-board process will be easier. I (hopefully) won’t have to babysit so much. And most importantly, the final process will be significantly shorter.

From a Freelancer’s perspective? Hell yea! I started freelancing when I was 14. I busted my ass, turned out spec work on a daily basis and offered to undercut any price in return for additional work, recommendations and “real” work to put in my portfolio. And you know what I got for all my spec work? I got the front page of the Miami Herald. I got a FULL TIME job as a designer. Oh yea, and I had a ton of fun getting the opportunity to design some pretty cool ads and launch some kick ass products.

So, get over it. Do the spec work. Personally, I think you’ll go further and receive more opportunities.