k10k begging for $$$ ...

I wouldnt mind this if anyones interested :D
http://www.wacom.com/popup/18sx_info.cfm

But anyways... why the hell would a design "company" as well know as k10k be asking people like me to give them money??? im sure they make a hell of a lot more money then i do, so theres no way they are seeing any of my money unless i get something in return... like that a wacom :D

After looking at the site, I cannot figure what it is they do. The site is a big wad of nothing. I can't imagine anyone getting money from that.

K10K is not a design agency. It's just 3 guys (Michael Schmidt, Toke Nygaard, and Per (the programmer)). They don't get paid to do the site. They are sponsored by Media Temple for the hosting, Apple for the TiBooks (I guess they don't want to fix the broken one) and another company for something else that I don't remember.

The site is basically a design 'zine, and has a feature every week by an outside artist. The "feature" is on the left column of the front page of the site. Everything else is an offshoot of that thing. The news box is probably the most popular thing there now though. The rest of the site was added when they relaunched the site a couple of months ago.

There is a thing where you can show people what your computer desktop looks like... a thing where the k10k guys post their photos... a thing where people can post design jobs and projects requesting help... An event listing for design related stuff... etc.

They have always used the site as their own personal research thing. The apartment thing is a good example. They do that kind of thing a lot. But the begging thing is a new low.

They both have had really good jobs at very big web design agencies. It's silly for them to beg.

As for the design of the site, I kinda like it myself. Though it would be nice to see them do something different for once.

Originally posted by deker
They both have had really good jobs at very big web design agencies. It's silly for them to beg.

Ahhh... I knew it. I guess their coke habits are too much even for their own large salaries. ;)

Originally posted by deker
They are sponsored by Media Temple for the hosting, Apple for the TiBooks (I guess they don't want to fix the broken one) and another company for something else that I don't remember.

Apple for the iBooks. Crap I don't even get a free upgrade for Photoshop. I had to go out and actually buy it ;) What the hell am I doing wrong...

Thank God (big G) for (mt). There is no way in hell I could ever afford to pay for hosting this site. Unless I could get 200meg of storage and around 40-60 gig of bandwidth a month for around $25. Not going to happen...

I'm LUCKY to make $50 a month from this site from the banner ads. That's why I'm whoring out the vbskins site. Figure a few sold a month will beat the $50 ;(

I'm po. Can't even afford my $1500 watch

I will click a few banners later for your watch.

I don't know if they still work for those design agencies, as I haven't been keeping up with the site. Toke used to work for Oven Digital though. Which is a huge firm over there in europe somewhere. But from what I gather from their pictures and the stuff they post, they do live pretty "extravagant" lifestyles. A lot like rock stars actually. They just have a web site that they can post on to beg...

http://www.zeldman.com/

Zeldman doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it... But I guess all these design rock stars have to stick together or something....

"Update: Thanks for all your donations, folks - wow. We're only about $400 short of having the money we need ..."

That's ****ed up! What a way to abuse your visitors! I'm officially boycotting that site!

My comments on DEKER's reply...

Sorry i though that they were a design agency, like a frelance design or something, but i guess i was wrong... but most people that have skill and tallents like they have im sure dont have that much trouble finding clients if they looked hard enough..... but o well :D