Clearly you're a jackass

I've been accosted today for a mistake my boss made of which I knew nothing about. But, she is not here, so it's my fault and my responsibility. Honestly, it’s not a big deal and it took all of five minutes to fix, but I don't much like getting phone calls from partners who talk down to me and give me attitude for something I had nothing to do with. I get it, you are paid much more than I am to do a much more important job - that doesn't make me your servant. No respect I tell ya, no respect.

Thus I have come to a conclusion: I could never do this for a living. Secondary conclusion: I need to find a job doing something I like before my will to live is sucked away and I become complacent enough to work here for another year (or worse, the rest of my life).

On another note, I nerded out about this morning's Metro wrap. Often times, the metro sells the front and back of both the first and last page of their paper to advertisers (FYI: this is known in media lingo as a "wrap"). This morning, the paper did some shameless self-promotion in which they filled the four pages with a variety of designs for a "remake our masthead" competition. I've scanned it in for your amusement, which unfortunately means it's b&w only, but I think it's still pretty neat. EDIT: Thanks to Alex over at Zurich Media (who happened to stumble upon the entry), we now have these lovely jpegs - now in color!

I'd like to take a moment to point out that a girl from Texas Creative was doing the hand typography thing two years ago. And when she did it, it related back to the product (it was for the Body Shop and she used all part of the human body, not just hands). In short, the winner here is not, in my opinion, all that special or relevant. Having said that, I'm not sure which I would pick for the winner. Maybe the 7th one on the second page, thrid column. I like their simplicity. A lot of them I find too busy or overly complicated for a masthead (read: the last one in the same coloumn). Anyway, I thought it was interesting....