Comments for Design Blogger http://designblogger.com ruminations on design and technology Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Ukrainian Skeleton Watches -Graphic Design Reveals a Fake by Dave Bricker http://designblogger.com/2008/03/27/ukrainian-skeleton-watches-graphic-design-reveals-a-fake/%/comment-page-1#comment-1906 Dave Bricker Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:39:58 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=42#comment-1906 With the caveat that I'm no expert, I can say that other than this not being a true railroad watch, I don't see anything that looks wrong. It's a small pocket watch that's been converted to a wrist watch - which is how it was often done at the time as wrist watches didn't become popular for men until WWI. The seller mentions in the description that the watch was re-cased for use as a wrist watch. It's possible that the engraving on the case that mentions Buhre watches is not genuine, but you'd have to look hard to find other examples, compare the type, etc. These movements were typically gilded rather than gold-plated but I can't tell from the photo and I don't think it would affect the value of the watch either way. Given the seller's feedback and the details of the description, my guess is that this is probably genuine. Beautiful piece, by the way. Enjoy it if you win it. P.S. My hope was that this article might protect a few people from fraud. I'm very glad you were able to find it. With the caveat that I’m no expert, I can say that other than this not being a true railroad watch, I don’t see anything that looks wrong. It’s a small pocket watch that’s been converted to a wrist watch – which is how it was often done at the time as wrist watches didn’t become popular for men until WWI. The seller mentions in the description that the watch was re-cased for use as a wrist watch. It’s possible that the engraving on the case that mentions Buhre watches is not genuine, but you’d have to look hard to find other examples, compare the type, etc. These movements were typically gilded rather than gold-plated but I can’t tell from the photo and I don’t think it would affect the value of the watch either way. Given the seller’s feedback and the details of the description, my guess is that this is probably genuine. Beautiful piece, by the way. Enjoy it if you win it.

P.S. My hope was that this article might protect a few people from fraud. I’m very glad you were able to find it.

]]> Comment on Ukrainian Skeleton Watches -Graphic Design Reveals a Fake by ed campos http://designblogger.com/2008/03/27/ukrainian-skeleton-watches-graphic-design-reveals-a-fake/%/comment-page-1#comment-1904 ed campos Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:35:11 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=42#comment-1904 Dave, I found your article extremely intresting, and I have also been warned by several Ukranian friends in the US about con artists. If you would not mind can you look at the watchon the ebay auction(360126114403). I remeber seeing a similar watch in a family member's home, but the dial is not the same. I imagine they must have handed out hundreds of watches prior to the revolution. and i thought exactly the same thing about the sellers putting together watches from parts and pieces, then slapping a new dial to make them look attractive. I bid on the watch, but had reservations, and searched several webpages, your article seemed to provide the most concise info. I would greatly appreciate your opinion. Eduardo Campos Dave,
I found your article extremely intresting, and I have also been warned by several Ukranian friends in the US about con artists. If you would not mind can you look at the watchon the ebay auction(360126114403). I remeber seeing a similar watch in a family member’s home, but the dial is not the same.
I imagine they must have handed out hundreds of watches prior to the revolution. and i thought exactly the same thing about the sellers putting together watches from parts and pieces, then slapping a new dial to make them look attractive. I bid on the watch, but had reservations, and searched several webpages, your article seemed to provide the most concise info.

I would greatly appreciate your opinion.

Eduardo Campos

]]> Comment on Web / Flash Design and Pricing Your Work by Dave Bricker http://designblogger.com/2006/02/15/web-flash-design-and-pricing-your-work/%/comment-page-1#comment-1903 Dave Bricker Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:27:20 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=7#comment-1903 Rates at the University are a different matter as I'm a salaried employee. Workshops are an entirely different matter and costs can vary considerably depending on how many people are attending and if you have any costs for facilities (e.g do you have to rent a room, etc.). There's also a matter of whether you do a lot of training and have a curriculum that you've tested, or whether you know the material as a designer but are green as a trainer. For example, an Adobe certified trainer (which I am not) comes armed with pretty well put together workbooks and exercises. I took a Macromedia course back in the days of actionscript version 1 and it was quite well-done. They ain't cheap but what they offer has been pressure-tested. Also to be considered is how long the workshop is going to be. Is this a one-hour overview or a four-hour session? It doesn't hurt to consider that training budgets have been hard-hit by the recession. As with creating a site, what you can offer is of the limited by the client's budget. A College may have a standard take-it-or-leave-it fee that they'll pay for a workshop or they may have $X in a budget. In those cases, I like to see what's there and try to offer a good value that fits their financial resources. Just to provide a middle ground with a real number, let's assume you're doing a 3-4 hour session - maybe one or maybe several - and as an independent contractor. If you can come away with $500 for the session, it makes it worth your while, competes with professional training rates that may be three times that, covers the time you spend prepping your material and also makes it worthwhile to give the students your contact info for questions, etc. As you get to bigger groups, you can offer less personal attention but you don't have to teach 100 people for $5 each. In those cases, you might negotiate a fee where you and the sponsor of the training event take a share of a per-person training cost. Happy to discuss the particulars off-line if I can be of any assistance. Rates at the University are a different matter as I’m a salaried employee. Workshops are an entirely different matter and costs can vary considerably depending on how many people are attending and if you have any costs for facilities (e.g do you have to rent a room, etc.). There’s also a matter of whether you do a lot of training and have a curriculum that you’ve tested, or whether you know the material as a designer but are green as a trainer. For example, an Adobe certified trainer (which I am not) comes armed with pretty well put together workbooks and exercises. I took a Macromedia course back in the days of actionscript version 1 and it was quite well-done. They ain’t cheap but what they offer has been pressure-tested. Also to be considered is how long the workshop is going to be. Is this a one-hour overview or a four-hour session?

It doesn’t hurt to consider that training budgets have been hard-hit by the recession. As with creating a site, what you can offer is of the limited by the client’s budget. A College may have a standard take-it-or-leave-it fee that they’ll pay for a workshop or they may have $X in a budget. In those cases, I like to see what’s there and try to offer a good value that fits their financial resources.

Just to provide a middle ground with a real number, let’s assume you’re doing a 3-4 hour session – maybe one or maybe several – and as an independent contractor. If you can come away with $500 for the session, it makes it worth your while, competes with professional training rates that may be three times that, covers the time you spend prepping your material and also makes it worthwhile to give the students your contact info for questions, etc. As you get to bigger groups, you can offer less personal attention but you don’t have to teach 100 people for $5 each. In those cases, you might negotiate a fee where you and the sponsor of the training event take a share of a per-person training cost.

Happy to discuss the particulars off-line if I can be of any assistance.

]]> Comment on PALO! by Dave Bricker http://designblogger.com/2008/10/14/palo/%/comment-page-1#comment-1902 Dave Bricker Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:06:39 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=73#comment-1902 I use SoundPlayer Pro from http://www.flashloaded.com It's easy to skin and I've modified it in a dozen different ways. Has a nice actionscript API so you can tie it into other parts of your site. I use SoundPlayer Pro from http://www.flashloaded.com It’s easy to skin and I’ve modified it in a dozen different ways. Has a nice actionscript API so you can tie it into other parts of your site.

]]> Comment on Web / Flash Design and Pricing Your Work by wfcmiami http://designblogger.com/2006/02/15/web-flash-design-and-pricing-your-work/%/comment-page-1#comment-1901 wfcmiami Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:48:20 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=7#comment-1901 QUESTION ... Professor DB ... WFCMIAMI is Mario J. Ayerbe (I AM IN YOUR THURSDAY CLASS) - I was offered to teach a workshop at KEISER college and wanted to know how much would you normally charge to teach the class ? The class is on FLASH and how to build a website in FLASH. -mario QUESTION … Professor DB … WFCMIAMI is Mario J. Ayerbe (I AM IN YOUR THURSDAY CLASS) – I was offered to teach a workshop at KEISER college and wanted to know how much would you normally charge to teach the class ? The class is on FLASH and how to build a website in FLASH.

-mario

]]> Comment on PALO! by wfcmiami http://designblogger.com/2008/10/14/palo/%/comment-page-1#comment-1900 wfcmiami Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:42:18 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=73#comment-1900 Professor DB, Great website ... I love the dragging and it has a great scrapbook look... I love it. The streaming player is great ... I am in the process of creating one for a radio station ... do u have any tips on what extensions are best used in a streaming player created in flash ? Professor DB,

Great website … I love the dragging and it has a great scrapbook look… I love it. The streaming player is great … I am in the process of creating one for a radio station … do u have any tips on what extensions are best used in a streaming player created in flash ?

]]> Comment on No Such Thing as Bad Publicity – Promoting a Website by Dave Bricker http://designblogger.com/2006/02/13/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity-promoting-a-website/%/comment-page-1#comment-25 Dave Bricker Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:14:49 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=5#comment-25 Home made with Fireworks and some scanned textures - Just modified the header graphic and left the rest pretty much alone. Thanks! Home made with Fireworks and some scanned textures – Just modified the header graphic and left the rest pretty much alone. Thanks!

]]> Comment on No Such Thing as Bad Publicity – Promoting a Website by Jessica M. http://designblogger.com/2006/02/13/no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity-promoting-a-website/%/comment-page-1#comment-24 Jessica M. Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:56:44 +0000 http://designblogger.com/?p=5#comment-24 <strong>Jessica M....</strong> I'm sorry for little off-topic, but I want to ask you about design of this site. Did you make this template yourself or got from any templates website? Looks pretty cool for me :)... Jessica M….

I’m sorry for little off-topic, but I want to ask you about design of this site. Did you make this template yourself or got from any templates website? Looks pretty cool for me :) …

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