Comments on: The Business http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/ The blog of Andy Ihnatko, internationally-beloved technology pundit. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:55:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Markw http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6566 Markw Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:36:04 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6566 You mean "match color" (or "spot color"), not "process color." Process color is halftones with magenta, yellow, cyan, and black, CMYK. You mean “match color” (or “spot color”), not “process color.” Process color is halftones with magenta, yellow, cyan, and black, CMYK.

]]> By: Jay http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6395 Jay Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:29:00 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6395 You can use the second design and get 100 cards FedExed to you from CHINA for $30 (including shipping.) Last year I got a bunch of cards like this-- they have a nice little laminate type covering, are full color on BOTH sides and include rounded corners, Gratis. The company has a funky website, and I cant' remembe the name offhand...oh, but I was able to guess it on the first try, here you go: http://www.print100.com/ Totally loved their quality and had the cards in my hand within 5 days. They are so cheap I did three different card designs! You can use the second design and get 100 cards FedExed to you from CHINA for $30 (including shipping.) Last year I got a bunch of cards like this– they have a nice little laminate type covering, are full color on BOTH sides and include rounded corners, Gratis.

The company has a funky website, and I cant’ remembe the name offhand…oh, but I was able to guess it on the first try, here you go:
http://www.print100.com/

Totally loved their quality and had the cards in my hand within 5 days. They are so cheap I did three different card designs!

]]> By: Rocky http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 Rocky Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:13:40 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6348 Phonetic spelling=good, full face=bad. I like the playfulness of the first photo with you peering over the lower border, let the viewer guess if you're smiling or frowning. The key parts of your image are the hat and sideburns, let 'em make the statement. Don't worry about being too business like, you're an "Internationally known and beloved pundit" dammit, act like one... Phonetic spelling=good, full face=bad. I like the playfulness of the first photo with you peering over the lower border, let the viewer guess if you’re smiling or frowning. The key parts of your image are the hat and sideburns, let ‘em make the statement. Don’t worry about being too business like, you’re an “Internationally known and beloved pundit” dammit, act like one…

]]> By: Voodoo Bob http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6346 Voodoo Bob Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:49:27 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6346 FWIW, I like the original partial head shot better than those of your more recent efforts. I also like the phonetic spelling - especially the fact that you managed to spell your name phonetically without changing a single letter. I'm sure there are many others out there like me who tried for years to put the "k" in the first syllable of your name. I can't say that I like the new white space much; it encourages my mind to wander aimlessly. The one thing about the original design that left me puzzled was the purpose of the four-eyed Mona Lisa-esque image. "What's that all about?" I thought. I finally settled on thinking that it might have something to do with the fact that you wear sunglasses in public all the time, but I'm not at all sure of that. If that was indeed the point, I think you could have done as well with a 50% opacity shot of Ray Charles or Jack Nicholson looking over your shoulder. But overall, I like the first one best. Like I said, FWIW. FWIW, I like the original partial head shot better than those of your more recent efforts. I also like the phonetic spelling – especially the fact that you managed to spell your name phonetically without changing a single letter. I’m sure there are many others out there like me who tried for years to put the “k” in the first syllable of your name. I can’t say that I like the new white space much; it encourages my mind to wander aimlessly.

The one thing about the original design that left me puzzled was the purpose of the four-eyed Mona Lisa-esque image. “What’s that all about?” I thought. I finally settled on thinking that it might have something to do with the fact that you wear sunglasses in public all the time, but I’m not at all sure of that. If that was indeed the point, I think you could have done as well with a 50% opacity shot of Ray Charles or Jack Nicholson looking over your shoulder.

But overall, I like the first one best. Like I said, FWIW.

]]> By: Tim harness http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6343 Tim harness Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:23:53 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6343 Unique and memorable, but could you perhaps find a picture that doesn't suggest "Samurai Blues Brother"? Unique and memorable, but could you perhaps find a picture that doesn’t suggest “Samurai Blues Brother”?

]]> By: Mike Gunn http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6341 Mike Gunn Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:36:59 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6341 Your Malboro Man take does nothing for me. With the colors and font used, you need a Communist Star on your hat! Your Malboro Man take does nothing for me. With the colors and font used, you need a Communist Star on your hat!

]]> By: A. Nonymous http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6335 A. Nonymous Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:14:19 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6335 Sorry for the ambiguity. Giant, building-sized banners should be made of the second redesign only. (much, much smaller) Banners of the first redesign should be hung above IhnatCorp's MacWorld booth next January. Sorry for the ambiguity. Giant, building-sized banners should be made of the second redesign only. (much, much smaller) Banners of the first redesign should be hung above IhnatCorp’s MacWorld booth next January.

]]> By: A. Nonymous http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6334 A. Nonymous Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:08:30 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6334 I like the first redesign. Clean, simple, and straightforward. Instead of vinyl stickers, I think you should go all the way and have giant banners made instead. You can drape them from buildings along the Mayday parade route in Moscow. "Remember children, Comrade Ihnatko implores you to study hard so that you may defend glorious Soviet worker's paradise from the invading Yankee imperialist dogs!" I like the first redesign. Clean, simple, and straightforward. Instead of vinyl stickers, I think you should go all the way and have giant banners made instead. You can drape them from buildings along the Mayday parade route in Moscow. “Remember children, Comrade Ihnatko implores you to study hard so that you may defend glorious Soviet worker’s paradise from the invading Yankee imperialist dogs!”

]]> By: Geo B http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 Geo B Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:57:21 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6333 I like both - but for those of us that don't speak proper phonetic pronunciation how about the more conventional guide - in-NAT-ko - oh wait, how DO you pronounce it? ;-) I like both – but for those of us that don’t speak proper phonetic pronunciation how about the more conventional guide –
in-NAT-ko – oh wait, how DO you pronounce it? ;-)

]]> By: Donn http://ihnatko.com/2008/03/30/the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-6332 Donn Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:54:23 +0000 http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/03/30/the-business/#comment-6332 "...I’ll have left the business entirely and the problem will have solved itself." What a wonderfully (Douglas) Adams-ian way to think about it. “…I’ll have left the business entirely and the problem will have solved itself.”

What a wonderfully (Douglas) Adams-ian way to think about it.

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