Price tag on my chest

February 1, 2010 in Umum with Leave a Comment
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I’ve been building a website for a serious client who’s also my peer lately. It’s a bit of an awkward situation. You are putting a price tag on yourself to a friend and it feels weird. Most of us are modest fellows and tend to want to keep it cheap so we don’t scare away the client.

There is such a thing as “sticker shock” when clients look at an estimate for the first time and can easily walk away. So the trick is figuring out how badly you need the client and balancing it with how valuable you think you are. Eventually, you’ll get to the point where you charge what you charge, take it or leave it, but most university students probably aren’t quite there yet =) so I encourage you folks, don’t overvalue yourself  especially if you just started the freelancing like me.

Freelancing, I said? hmm…not exactly…but I’m kinda a little bit having the thought to start it…it’s a wild idea though but I’ll consider it as one of my 2010 resolutions…

Sri, kesalahan atau kejahatan

January 26, 2010 in Umum with Leave a Comment

Kompas Opini, Rabu, 20 Januari 2010 | 04:26 WIB  | Rhenald Kasali

Sebagai rakyat biasa, belakangan ini saya sering sakit kepala menyaksikan siaran tentang ”pengadilan”. Apalagi ”pengadilan” yang mengusik nurani. ”Pengadilan” itu mencari ”kesalahan” dan setiap menemukan kesalahan, mereka minta dicatat dan ditindaklanjuti. Yang ”bersalah” agar dihukum.

Vonis hukuman pun memiliki beragam motif. Tidak melulu untuk menimbulkan efek jera atau memberi rasa keadilan. Ada vonis yang bertujuan sekadar menjalankan tugas, menyenangkan atasan, menjalankan aspek-aspek legalistik-formal, balas dendam, dan mempermalukan orang.

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Onward…

January 21, 2010 in Umum with Leave a Comment

Voila…it’s been one helluva month with a bucket load of activities…

It’s not that I’ve run out of things to blog about, or that I’ve suddenly gone off the idea of gobbing off about anything that takes my fancy. Oh no. Some things will never change, and I’m in this for the long haul. This last month has been a tough one to say the least, and other things, real life things, have had to take priority over writing and keeping up with the www.

I have just too many thoughts going through my head and I feel like there is not quite enough time to get them all down on paper. Er, blog? Anyway. I realize I haven’t recapped our Pangandaran trip last year. I realize I haven’t memorialized my 2010 goals in this blog. Nor have I reminisced over 2009. All of the blog posts that I’ve wanted to write and publish just haven’t happened.

And for those who have no idea what I’m going on about, some brief details.

Elizabeth, my cousin, is gonna get married this Saturday and with our little help, we had successfully arranged her engagement party last week and without a doubt, we’re about to hit the ‘D’ day this weekend. As a consequence, we have to arrange many things with the vendors and the people we asked for help. Set up the time schedule, meetings, preparations and many things not to mention with the extreme weather going on for the last couple of weeks.

Good news, I’ve had my first client of the year recently. I constructed my first client questionnaire to help identify their needs and begin to work on a new website design. I asked Frenky to help me with the back-end administration while I prefer to design the front-end. Let’s see what would it be the next couple of weeks…

With all that is going on, it means that every ounce of my brain power goes toward work and by the time I get home I am left with a messy jelly-like substance that can barely form coherent thoughts, let alone sentences, let alone full on blog posts.

I don’t know if I can still catch up with the www later on but one thing for sure, I can pay off the bill :-)

Merry Christmas

December 17, 2009 in Umum with 1 Comment

Christmas is the time of giving and sharing.
It is the time of loving and forgiving
and to feel the Joy and Happiness
of being Loved & to be Loved.

May this Christmas be a Joyous one you ever had!

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