Comments on: Crowdsourcing and 99designs http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/ Because everyone is entitled to my opinion Sun, 11 May 2008 23:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: heeyo http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-78926 heeyo Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:49:00 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-78926 Happy to work with you mate. Hopefully next time i'll be the winner! :P enjoy your design Happy to work with you mate. Hopefully next time i’ll be the winner! :P

enjoy your design

]]> By: Thomas Gray http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-78933 Thomas Gray Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:58:46 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-78933 Quite a cool idea. I might use that for a logo I have coming up that I need to be designed.. But I like your final choice of header. Works well with the site. Go dean :P Quite a cool idea. I might use that for a logo I have coming up that I need to be designed..

But I like your final choice of header.

Works well with the site.

Go dean :P

]]> By: jt http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79011 jt Thu, 01 May 2008 12:21:28 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79011 I think regular use of "crowd" ideas could be very disheartening to many. The reasons for this view is the efforts of many are discarded, i.e. wasted. The price for your success (in this instance) is paid for by the many losers, much like a lottery. Good for the instigator, not the players. jt. I think regular use of “crowd” ideas could
be very disheartening to many.
The reasons for this view is the efforts of
many are discarded, i.e. wasted. The price
for your success (in this instance) is paid
for by the many losers, much like a lottery.
Good for the instigator, not the players.
jt.

]]> By: Paul Annesley http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79012 Paul Annesley Thu, 01 May 2008 12:32:50 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79012 Great to hear you enjoyed the contest. Congratulations to bvivant - I think that's about the best blog header I've ever seen! Great to hear you enjoyed the contest.

Congratulations to bvivant - I think that’s about the best blog header I’ve ever seen!

]]> By: Doc Jakson http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79014 Doc Jakson Thu, 01 May 2008 13:08:36 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79014 It looks great Dean...not my number 1 choice but it fits the bill... all the best, Doc It looks great Dean…not my number 1 choice but it fits the bill…

all the best,
Doc

]]> By: Dean Hunt http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79024 Dean Hunt Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:38 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79024 JT - I appreciate your point, and in no way am I a spokesmen for 99designs... but I can safely say that none of the designers had guns to their heads. So they entered into it wilfully. I also have been told that many of the designers used to do this sort of thing as a hobby, and now they have a chance of getting paid and making a name for themselves. That said, yes, I am glad I am on this side of the fence. Also, I have been contacted by the 99designs owner, and am trying to arrange an interview, so we can put these questions to him directly. Dean JT - I appreciate your point, and in no way am I a spokesmen for 99designs… but I can safely say that none of the designers had guns to their heads. So they entered into it wilfully.

I also have been told that many of the designers used to do this sort of thing as a hobby, and now they have a chance of getting paid and making a name for themselves.

That said, yes, I am glad I am on this side of the fence.

Also, I have been contacted by the 99designs owner, and am trying to arrange an interview, so we can put these questions to him directly.

Dean

]]> By: Chris http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79025 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 14:03:42 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79025 Thaks for sharing. I am in the process of deciding to change the look of my site and was not sure the direction I wanted to go. I LOVE the idea of getting a "crowd" to create different options for me to decide on. I will be using this service very soon! Chris P.S. I love the new header! Thaks for sharing. I am in the process of deciding to change the look of my site and was not sure the direction I wanted to go. I LOVE the idea of getting a “crowd” to create different options for me to decide on. I will be using this service very soon!

Chris

P.S. I love the new header!

]]> By: piggly wiggly http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79027 piggly wiggly Thu, 01 May 2008 14:13:01 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79027 us bunnies at big marketing are very happy with the design. we typically just mount humans to show them we are the boss bunny but if killing a few helps..... piggly wiggly wabbit us bunnies at big marketing are very happy with the design. we typically just mount humans to show them we are the boss bunny but if killing a few helps…..

piggly wiggly wabbit

]]> By: Kevin I http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79049 Kevin I Thu, 01 May 2008 16:43:59 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79049 Killer bunnies! Not bad. I like the idea of crowd sourcing, more choice, very cool. But whilst? Upsie daisy! We typically use while these days. Just messin' with ya! Nice experiment - good luck with the great new logo. Killer bunnies! Not bad. I like the idea of crowd sourcing, more choice, very cool.

But whilst? Upsie daisy! We typically use while these days.

Just messin’ with ya!

Nice experiment - good luck with the great new logo.

]]> By: heeyo http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79065 heeyo Thu, 01 May 2008 19:29:25 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79065 @ jt yeah it sucks if you lose, but I feel it provides me with some experience :) @ jt
yeah it sucks if you lose, but I feel it provides me with some experience :)

]]> By: sandy http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79074 sandy Thu, 01 May 2008 20:12:36 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79074 Who came out with this great idea of crowd sourcing? I wish we knew about this when we needed a logo, not that I don't like ours now. This idea is fantastic for the consumers, not sure about the designers though. Who came out with this great idea of crowd sourcing? I wish we knew about this when we needed a logo, not that I don’t like ours now. This idea is fantastic for the consumers, not sure about the designers though.

]]> By: Virpi http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79171 Virpi Fri, 02 May 2008 07:37:22 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79171 Congrats for giving this special type of outsourcing a fantastic name – “crowdsourcing” ! I got to know about this type of project bidding from Armand Morin. He demonstrated it with a logo design project on stage here in Singapore. For the bidder it’s an excellent way to get in contact with a designer who delivers designs best for the bidder’s (or his audience’s) taste, and not get stuck with a designer that has difficulties to understand the characteristics of the project. Cheers, Virpi PS. About your new header graphics – I hope that you are content with it. I didn’t vote for it because the “bleeding corpses” in it make me feel nausea… Congrats for giving this special type of outsourcing a fantastic name – “crowdsourcing” !

I got to know about this type of project bidding from Armand Morin. He demonstrated it with a logo design project on stage here in Singapore. For the bidder it’s an excellent way to get in contact with a designer who delivers designs best for the bidder’s (or his audience’s) taste, and not get stuck with a designer that has difficulties to understand the characteristics of the project.

Cheers,
Virpi

PS. About your new header graphics – I hope that you are content with it. I didn’t vote for it because the “bleeding corpses” in it make me feel nausea…

]]> By: Jase http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79515 Jase Sun, 04 May 2008 04:20:04 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79515 Great design, too bad i was traveling a lot and did not get a chance to vote on it, but i like that one, it looks just right for your site. Jase, Great design, too bad i was traveling a lot and did not get a chance to vote on it, but i like that one, it looks just right for your site.

Jase,

]]> By: Suzanne http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79618 Suzanne Sun, 04 May 2008 21:14:13 +0000 http://deanhunt.com/crowdsourcing-and-99designs/#comment-79618 As a graphic designer, I resent the word contest when asking that designers work for free so that you can choose a design you like. The proper way to hire a service provider is to research portfolios, choose a designer and then actually pay them to work for you. This "crowdsourcing" or "contest" is simply a fancy name for freeloaders looking for free work from designers. As a graphic designer, I resent the word contest when asking that designers work for free so that you can choose a design you like. The proper way to hire a service provider is to research portfolios, choose a designer and then actually pay them to work for you. This “crowdsourcing” or “contest” is simply a fancy name for freeloaders looking for free work from designers.

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