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Re: How to self-educate if you lack a formal design education

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Post by notbitter » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 9:12 AM UTC

davidw wrote: post #12

revorad wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're clearly not greedy enough. Here's the UK link with my affiliate ID :-P : Papaerback - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Will... Kindle - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Designers-Design-Book-3rd-ebook/...

+1 I do not fathom the people who have been downvoting my comment. By all means, if you find someone on this site who submits nothing but link spam, downvote and flag them. Otherwise, why get your knickers in a knot about me getting a pittance for recommending a book I happened to like?

Why would you sacrifice your objectivity for what you admit is a pittance?

Re: How to self-educate if you lack a formal design education

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Post by davidw » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 4:40 PM UTC

notbitter wrote: post #41

davidw wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+1 I do not fathom the people who have been downvoting my comment. By all means, if you find someone on this site who submits nothing but link spam, downvote and flag them. Otherwise, why get your knickers in a knot about me getting a pittance for recommending a book I happened to like?

Why would you sacrifice your objectivity for what you admit is a pittance?

I'm not sacrificing my objectivity. I wouldn't post a link to something merely for the money. But since I'm posting a link to something I feel is worthwhile, I might as well put some money in the stash for more Kindle books.

Re: How to self-educate if you lack a formal design education

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Post by wnight » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 9:38 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #12

revorad wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're clearly not greedy enough. Here's the UK link with my affiliate ID :-P : Papaerback - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Will... Kindle - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Designers-Design-Book-3rd-ebook/...

+1 I do not fathom the people who have been downvoting my comment. By all means, if you find someone on this site who submits nothing but link spam, downvote and flag them. Otherwise, why get your knickers in a knot about me getting a pittance for recommending a book I happened to like?

Probably because so many people are reasonable until there's seventeen cents towards their wishlist on the table and then they'll shill for anything to get it.

An Amazon link doesn't save as much time as it would have in the 90s and the message looks spammier for it.