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Amazing how simple this should be. If you don't find the $1000 prize worth it, don't participate. Likewise, don't tell someone who does see the $1000 prize wort

by hkuo 16y ago

Amazing how simple this should be. If you don't find the $1000 prize worth it, don't participate. Likewise, don't tell someone who does see the $1000 prize worth it that he or she shouldn't participate. Market forces. Instead of seeing this as a sign of the times, they just complain. They don't seem to be able to understand that the world is a continually changing landscape. Nothing stays the same forever.

OpieCunningham 16y ago
The $1000 prize is not worth it. It's not worth it for an established designer nor a fledgling designer. The time spent on the chance of being selected is far better spent doing one of two things: working on your portfolio presentation or approaching prospective clients. The fact is, designers are regularly under appreciated and their work is misunderstood. These types of projects only amplify that under appreciation and misunderstanding, while placing their work in the hands of a potentially unscrupulous individual with no contract in place. A comment in the linked article states it plainly: if Kawasaki wished to encourage new, undiscovered designers he could easily have used his large network to identify and review portfolios. That would be either the honest method or the non-naive method of finding the designer that met his criteria. So really the question is, should I assume Kawasaki was naive?
- hkuo 16y ago
  By any chance, do you know of the podcast The Totally Rad Show? One of the main aspects of the show is asking fans to submit fan artwork utilizing the TRS logo, with the "prize" being that they will use it in their opening segment's backdrop. Essentially, their "prize" is zero dollars plus fame and recognition. Tell me the essential difference between what they do and what Guy Kawasaki has offered. No one is up in arms over what the guys at TRS are doing. They're in fact offering less than what Guy Kawasaki is offering. Much much less. I'm not hurting financially by any means, though I have been wanting to create something for TRS just for fun and the possibility that they'll use it in their show. Likewise, I might actually submit something for Guy's book as well. So I pose a simple question to you? Who are you to tell me that I shouldn't?

by hkuo 16y ago

OpieCunningham 16y ago

The $1000 prize is not worth it. It's not worth it for an established designer nor a fledgling designer. The time spent on the chance of being selected is far better spent doing one of two things: working on your portfolio presentation or approaching prospective clients. The fact is, designers are regularly under appreciated and their work is misunderstood. These types of projects only amplify that under appreciation and misunderstanding, while placing their work in the hands of a potentially unscrupulous individual with no contract in place. A comment in the linked article states it plainly: if Kawasaki wished to encourage new, undiscovered designers he could easily have used his large network to identify and review portfolios. That would be either the honest method or the non-naive method of finding the designer that met his criteria. So really the question is, should I assume Kawasaki was naive?

hkuo 16y ago
By any chance, do you know of the podcast The Totally Rad Show? One of the main aspects of the show is asking fans to submit fan artwork utilizing the TRS logo, with the "prize" being that they will use it in their opening segment's backdrop. Essentially, their "prize" is zero dollars plus fame and recognition. Tell me the essential difference between what they do and what Guy Kawasaki has offered. No one is up in arms over what the guys at TRS are doing. They're in fact offering less than what Guy Kawasaki is offering. Much much less. I'm not hurting financially by any means, though I have been wanting to create something for TRS just for fun and the possibility that they'll use it in their show. Likewise, I might actually submit something for Guy's book as well. So I pose a simple question to you? Who are you to tell me that I shouldn't?