Cairns Web Design http://rscreative.com.au Cairns Web Design and Development Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Me: Do you have specific colours you would like used in the design?Client: Magenta.Me: Do you have… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0do-you-have-specific-colours-you-would-like-used-in-the-designclient-magenta-me%c2%a0do-you-have/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0do-you-have-specific-colours-you-would-like-used-in-the-designclient-magenta-me%c2%a0do-you-have/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0do-you-have-specific-colours-you-would-like-used-in-the-designclient-magenta-me%c2%a0do-you-have/

Me: Do you have specific colours you would like used in the design?

Client: Magenta.

Me: Do you have specific colours you would like us to avoid using in the design?

Client: Bright Pink.


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0do-you-have-specific-colours-you-would-like-used-in-the-designclient-magenta-me%c2%a0do-you-have/feed/ 0 Client: I did this document in MS Word. I need you to scan the document, convert it to a PDF, and… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-did-this-document-in-ms-word-i-need-you-to-scan-the-document-convert-it-to-a-pdf-and/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-did-this-document-in-ms-word-i-need-you-to-scan-the-document-convert-it-to-a-pdf-and/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-did-this-document-in-ms-word-i-need-you-to-scan-the-document-convert-it-to-a-pdf-and/ Client: I did this document in MS Word. I need you to scan the document, convert it to a PDF, and then email it back to me.

He then handed me an 18-page document.


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-did-this-document-in-ms-word-i-need-you-to-scan-the-document-convert-it-to-a-pdf-and/feed/ 0 Me: Okay, let’s see if I can troubleshoot the problem. What internet browser are you… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0okay-let%e2%80%99s-see-if-i-can-troubleshoot-the-problem-what-internet-browser-are-you/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0okay-let%e2%80%99s-see-if-i-can-troubleshoot-the-problem-what-internet-browser-are-you/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0okay-let%e2%80%99s-see-if-i-can-troubleshoot-the-problem-what-internet-browser-are-you/

Me: Okay, let’s see if I can troubleshoot the problem. What internet browser are you using?

Client: Dell.

Me: No, what do you use to get on the internet?

Client: Oh! Google. 

Me: Do you have the internet up right now?

Client: Yes!

Me: On your internet page in the upper left hand corner, is there an “e” with a swoosh around it?

Client: Yup! That’s Google.


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0okay-let%e2%80%99s-see-if-i-can-troubleshoot-the-problem-what-internet-browser-are-you/feed/ 0 Client: Can we have a logo that says we’re an official London 2012 Olympic Games sponsor on… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-can-we-have-a-logo-that-says-we%e2%80%99re-an-official-london-2012-olympic-games-sponsor-on/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-can-we-have-a-logo-that-says-we%e2%80%99re-an-official-london-2012-olympic-games-sponsor-on/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-can-we-have-a-logo-that-says-we%e2%80%99re-an-official-london-2012-olympic-games-sponsor-on/ Client: Can we have a logo that says we’re an official London 2012 Olympic Games sponsor on our website?

Me: Are you an official sponsor of the London Olympics?

Client: No.

Me: Then no.


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-can-we-have-a-logo-that-says-we%e2%80%99re-an-official-london-2012-olympic-games-sponsor-on/feed/ 0 "I don’t like the fact that you sent me a contract; it makes me feel bound to pay you." http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/i-don%e2%80%99t-like-the-fact-that-you-sent-me-a-contract-it-makes-me-feel-bound-to-pay-you/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/i-don%e2%80%99t-like-the-fact-that-you-sent-me-a-contract-it-makes-me-feel-bound-to-pay-you/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/i-don%e2%80%99t-like-the-fact-that-you-sent-me-a-contract-it-makes-me-feel-bound-to-pay-you/ “I don’t like the fact that you sent me a contract; it makes me feel bound to pay you.”


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/i-don%e2%80%99t-like-the-fact-that-you-sent-me-a-contract-it-makes-me-feel-bound-to-pay-you/feed/ 0 Client: We need some kind of epic music. Put the Star Wars theme in there. People will know… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-we-need-some-kind-of-epic-music-put-the-star-wars-theme-in-there-people-will-know/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-we-need-some-kind-of-epic-music-put-the-star-wars-theme-in-there-people-will-know/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-we-need-some-kind-of-epic-music-put-the-star-wars-theme-in-there-people-will-know/ Client: We need some kind of epic music. Put the Star Wars theme in there. People will know that.

Me: Uhh, you can’t do that due to copyright.

Client: Indiana Jones it is then.


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client-we-need-some-kind-of-epic-music-put-the-star-wars-theme-in-there-people-will-know/feed/ 0 "Here is the logo I drew. Ignore the yellow striped paper, it was the only scrap paper I had laying…" http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/here-is-the-logo-i-drew-ignore-the-yellow-striped-paper-it-was-the-only-scrap-paper-i-had-laying/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/here-is-the-logo-i-drew-ignore-the-yellow-striped-paper-it-was-the-only-scrap-paper-i-had-laying/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:48 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/here-is-the-logo-i-drew-ignore-the-yellow-striped-paper-it-was-the-only-scrap-paper-i-had-laying/ “Here is the logo I drew. Ignore the yellow striped paper, it was the only scrap paper I had laying around…. the stripes aren’t supposed to be part of the logo.”

– The first of three e-mails explaining that the logo didn’t have to be yellow, striped, or drawn with a ballpoint pen. 


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/here-is-the-logo-i-drew-ignore-the-yellow-striped-paper-it-was-the-only-scrap-paper-i-had-laying/feed/ 0 Client: I received an email from you inviting me to a shared folder on Dropbox. What should I do… http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-received-an-email-from-you-inviting-me-to-a-shared-folder-on-dropbox-what-should-i-do/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-received-an-email-from-you-inviting-me-to-a-shared-folder-on-dropbox-what-should-i-do/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:47 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/client%c2%a0i-received-an-email-from-you-inviting-me-to-a-shared-folder-on-dropbox-what-should-i-do/

Client: I received an email from you inviting me to a shared folder on Dropbox. What should I do with it?

Me: Read it.


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– Sent via e-mail


]]> http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/what%e2%80%99s-your-email-address/feed/ 0 Me: Would you like it to be done the A way or the B way? Client: Yes. http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0would-you-like-it-to-be-done-the-a-way-or-the-b-wayclient%c2%a0yes/ http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0would-you-like-it-to-be-done-the-a-way-or-the-b-wayclient%c2%a0yes/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:47 +0000 admin http://rscreative.com.au/2012/02/me%c2%a0would-you-like-it-to-be-done-the-a-way-or-the-b-wayclient%c2%a0yes/

Me: Would you like it to be done the A way or the B way?

Client: Yes.


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