Archive for January, 2011


We are a software vendor selling a single product – InsFocus BI. The product is a business intelligence suite targeted mainly at

Total Prize: $1138

We’re a start-up that provides business application services for small and medium sized organizations over the web. Ofisim.com

Total Prize: $838

We are an Australian swimwear and outdoor activity clothing manufacturer called Solarsuit. We have been operating since 1990.

Total Prize: $519

Design a Web2.0 Style Awards Site

We operate a small news site relating to smart grid, smart meters and smart energy. We are looking to recognise the companies

Total Prize: $519

Beamto.us Aggregates. The only website in the World that aggregates all electronic music. We use the best back & front end

Total Prize: $400

99designs: One of our databases is running slowly, investigating! ^lox

99designs: The latest $1076 prize for web page design goes to… iWorkMedia! Congratulations! http://99d.me/g/2a383

Completely Absurd

Client [talking about a fancy image border]: “I really don’t like it. We have a lot of work to do on this one. This looks too much like tagliatelle. It’s really really wrong. I want it to be more like spagetti. It is very important.”

Me: “Alright, we’ll give it another try.”

[After a small round of feedback with really minor almost unnoticeable revisions]

Client [crying over the phone]: “No. No. First you show me a whipped cream cake and now you want me to agree with this pumpkin pie? I don’t want pumpkin pie. I want cake! I want it back the way it was, but please pay attention this time: spa-ghe-tti.”




"So, who did you vote for?"

“So, who did you vote for?”




“Could you make these inner-tubers look more upscale? You know, glamify them a bit.”




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