#clients

The Beta client has just been updated with the following changes: General Fixed support site requests loading some pages incorrectly Fixed activating free weekend licenses Read more

Client:  Are you the one who manages the online store? Me:  Yes, that’s me. Client:  Well, you’re going to have to fix the website. I’m trying to order some metallic varnish but every time I click the ... Read more

I designed business cards for a client. Client: You sent these design to the printers with the wrong email addresses on it! This is completely unprofessional. I have no idea why you think we’d pay you ... Read more

The Beta client has just been updated with the following changes: Steam Controller Re-enabled Cross Gate DPad mode for DPad and Button sources Fixed configuration showing incorrect controller type of ... Read more

Client: Could you please update my website’s design? I also need an easier way to add content . Me: No problem, I just need access to your old site’s FTP server and high res pictures for use on the si ... Read more

Sales are a fact of freelancing. We know, it’s a bummer. The freedom you get from freelancing comes with the price of reaching out and trying to sell yourself and your services — but that doesn& ... Read more

I designed a new product label for a client. The label featured a product logo, as well as the company logo. Brand standards suggest both logos should be white, so I set them against a dark red backgr ... Read more

Vintage illustration style is super cool right now, but then again, I don’t think it’s ever NOT been cool. We’re stoked to offer you a package of over 540 digitized vintage pen drawings that make it e ... Read more

“Where do I access bootstrap? I want to make the containers wider.” - A client who has never done web design before, just googled bootstrap, and wants to make live changes to their company’s multi-mil ... Read more

Client: Make sure I’m able to access all my site’s users passwords. Me: That’s not ethical, or a good idea. Also, the passwords are hashed and stored in a database somewhere, so we really can’t see th ... Read more

“Have faith we’re trying to do right by our writers. We are. But if our effort to compensate becomes a source of grief we may have to cancel” - via @forexposure_txt Read more

A potential client contacted me out of the blue. It was a completely inscrutable four paragraph essay describing what they wanted that ended with this question: Client: Also I forgot to ask, if I unde ... Read more

A client asked me to reinstall operating system because a last minute Windows 10 upgrade broke it. After I installed the factory OS (8.1), I gave the PC back to client. The next day client comes angry ... Read more

A client who I thought couldn’t get any worse just got a lot worse. I offered a professional opinion, and this is what he thought was an appropriate response:  Client: That’s retarded. No offense if y ... Read more