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#Freelance Hacks

    24-Jan-90 07:58:31
Sb: #Freelance Hacks
Fm: Tom Petaccia 76702,563
To: Bill Pulver 73240,2624
Bill – Thanks for sharing that. The only problem I had with your message is that you really should have put it as a new subject. (We're straying a bit too far, people. It's not all that difficult to create a new subject). Anyway, seeing stuff like that steams me beyond all end. And it's not uncommon. Seems like any yo-yo who can afford a laser printer (or at least PageMaker or Ventura or XPress) is automatically a "freelance designer". In the olden days, (ie, before DTPFORUM), Kathleen Tinkel, John Tomeny, Dave Saunders, myself, and a host of others had a mutual "Letting it all out" on this topic in the Aldus Forum. I don't know if it solved anything, but it was therapeutic. In addition to charging your client, I would also charge the designer/hack for consultation. -Tom-