Houz used to be a great design resource. They even wanted us to upload images and tell stories. We even got badges for good work. Then the badges became more and more scarce, the sales calls more frequent. There was less and less reward for adding content to their site and more demand for “upgrades”.Continue reading “So long, Houz2. It was fun.”
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Support your local microbusiness!
Maybe you heard about a campaign to promote local small businesses by shopping on a certain day? Their vendor list is extensive, including cars, hardware, sushi, guns, bicycles, pizza, dental services, cameras, lingerie, jewelry, liquor and other stuff (no landscape architects though). What do these companies have in common? Credit cards. It seems this “smallContinue reading “Support your local microbusiness!”
Un-green ad campaign
I found this on the porch. It contains cardboard, plastic foam and one lousy video DVD containing about one minute of promotional video for an unknown product made by an unnamed company. Its raw materials were harvested or pumped out of the ground, processed using water and energy, formed using more energy, prettied up withContinue reading “Un-green ad campaign”