I agree that there is a difference on "Spec" and "Spec" ;->
"speculative work--that is, work done for no cost" is not profitable most of the time. But doing work to a signed off set of specifications is very important. __Stephen -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [NF] Response to request for work on spec From: "Ted Roche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, August 20, 2007 8:56 am To: [email protected] It's not Fox, it's not tech, but it is related to the business of computing/consulting. We've had the discussion here a few times about how much work to do upfront for a client as part of submitting a bid for a project. While it's not specifically tech, the sample letter supplied by the AIGA hits the target in describing what the problems are with this way of working with a client: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/position-spec-work Link found via: http://www.zeldman.com/2007/08/14/dont-design-on-spec/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox @leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- text/html (html body -- converted) --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
