zarinmedia photo blog

My Thoughts:

Looks like its been a few months since my last blog entry. As I have found out, its very tough to run a newmedia company, and actively contribute to two blogs!

Two blogs you ask? Yes, since April 2004 I have been keeping to what amounts to a photo-blog at my flickr account. Starting with occasional posts, and now updated a few times weekly.

Think of this post as an off topic promotion for my personal photo-creative side which has been steadily picking up steam over the past 2 years!

Links:

Here are a few links that map my progress in the digital photography universe:

Most recent posts to my photoblog can be viewed at:
http://www.zarinmedia.org/

The archive photos can be viewed at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zarinmedia/show

My last photo gallery exhibition at Praxis gallery:



http://praxisart.net/exhibitions/89_pho06/index.html

I am thinking of migrating this blog into a multi-category blog, to feature posts in both photography and richmedia production, however at the moment, I am stretched thin with my resources, and will continue posting to the two blogs as separate entities.

Season’s Greetings!

Link: http://www.zarinmedia.com/xmas/2005

Description: Season's greetings and best wishes from Zarinmedia.com to you.

Thoughts on pitching

Link: http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/emkt_strat/

Description: An article that makes some interesting observations in relation to business pitches.

My Thoughts: This article got me thinking about my own reactions to the less than ‘best’ practices surrounding the business of our industry.

To take it one step further, I would say, that almost all ‘pitch’ based business situations that I have seen in the past Seven years, have not resulted in the best possible match of supplier/product and client.

Even though a popular expectation from prospects, the expectation of being pitched ideas before they are paid for is very much a flawed one. (clients large or small)

One approach to protecting your business might be to highly qualifying your studio’s business development and sales efforts/resources vs. revenue history with a particular prospective client. However such an approach tends to result in a seemingly aggressive and uninviting business stance towards new business, resulting negatively on your new business acquisition.

Although yearly I save huge amounts of resources in minimizing my companies involvement in such practices, I certainly pay the price through potential loss of business. (I am never sure if it’s a real loss, as it could be argued that such a business one can do without)

Have you run into any other ideas on how to manage the issue? Feel free to email me (address at side of page) with any ideas or thoughts relating to this topic and I’ll post your comments to this blog…

Steve's Links

Description: A multitalented associate of mine (Steve Toth) recently brought the following links to my attention. Thanks Steve.

Link 1: http://www.neave.com/

Steve's Thoughts: "he's made some really great stuff including something he calls 'flash earth', which from what I gather is google earth in flash"

Link 2: http://www.magneticn.co.uk/

Steve's Thoughts: "also, the company he works for does some really great stuff... I spent a couple hours checking everything out, its pretty amazing..."

Link 3: http://www.housingmaps.com/

Steve's Thoughts: "the guy combined google maps with craigslist... it shows you the location of every listing, its a pretty neat idea."

Link 4: http://www.itconversations.com/

Steve's Thoughts: "he talks about how when humans have an abundance of choice, it makes them less satisfied with the choices they make. he also talks about 'telecommuting' and how basically when you work freelance every moment is a choice to work... "

link 5: http://www.icompositions.com/
artists/rataplan/


Steve's Thoughts: "lastly here is some of my music, I pieced together an album (numbered 1-14) this past few weeks. I am actually looking for a singer to play some gigs with, if you know anyone don't hesitate to send them the link."

Color in Motion

Link: http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/

Description: An animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism.

My Thoughts: This easy to digest animated, interactive piece is a great fun primer on the psychology of color.