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Subject:Sometimes we get our validated From:Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:19:47 -0600
Two years ago I created a calendar, designed it in Quark, worked in
Photoshop to make the models skinnier than they really were (not joking)
and writing interesting tidbits about Minnesota, since the calendar was
called Minnesota Finest. The beauty of this was that I wasn't paid and
it affected my career for awhile b/c I didn't believe in myself---I mean
when you get taken for a lot of money, you wonder, at least I did, as a
consultant that I may not be as good of a judge of someone as I thought
I was.
Well, here's part of the story for those who are interested:
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