Bookkeeping for Creative Australian Dummies.
Posted 20.01.2010 @ 2.01PM
Hey Jeremy
I have been using Briefcase for the past twelve months now. An amazing piece of project management software developed right on our doorstep (Melbourne). It is now in Version 3.. Admittedly it is a little expensive--more Project Management than just billing and account reconciliation. You may already have it on your list for a future post (if so sorry!).
We have a bookkeeper (life saving) who comes once a month to reconcile accounts, briefcase exports all invoices direct to MYOB, making the quarterly BAS is a breeze.
Anybody running a small/med studio I would highly recommend this to. It churns out beautiful estimates, invoices, POs, timesheet recording and so on, check out http://www.briefcase.net.au/ for the full feature set.
Oh and nice article mate, might be time for a catchup.. haven't seen you since uni!
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Posted 16.08.2010 @ 12.29PM
Some good thoughts..
Certainly the use of photos/type/designs (in so called "mood boards") not ideas to narrow the focus and raise questions in the early stages of developing ideas has it's place for a particular breed of client and can save many many days of design. This is just a small part of the briefing stage, but it does help to get everyone to agree on what the target audience likes, dreams and so on.
From a long-term perspective, I don't believe ideas can run out...some of our roles may change though and we should adapt accordingly. We've been evolving for millions of years, it's a natural process.
In the end I am all for the value of ideas and not taking short cuts. Do what you love and leave that "competitive world of Graphic Design" to the people that download the latest version of CS when it first comes out...
The clients/businesses/organisations/ideas that you want to work with will find you.
Cheers for the thought provoking article