Many of my best articles come from email questions put to me by readers.
In this case, we have someone asking what to charge for private web design training.
The email:
i’ve been a member of your newsletter for years .. BIG FAN!
i recently met a guy that owns/founded an SEO company here in New York that works from home and is VERY successful/wealthy… he asked that i teach him photoshop and flash cs3.
i have NO IDEA what to quote him.
The controversial new logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games has been released costing a massive £450,000, as this is my domain I feel I must critique the firms design choices and the governments ridiculous spending.
You may have noticed that the image above is not the original logo – simply the ingredients of 5 minutes of spare time; Adobe Illustrator, a pen tool, and a can of beer. The simple reason that I can knock up a rough design that looks similar in about 2 minutes really has to raise questions as to how a logo can cost £450,000.
