CMYK Community Board forum closes (… bummer …)
The CMYK Community Board is taking an indefinite break. Our user-to-user forum succumbed to the realities of life in cyberspace. In plain english, that means that the snotty, sun-deprived subculture of social misfits known as hackers and spammers have made life less wonderful for those of us who have good intentions.
The fact is that for every one legitimate user who registered for the forum, there were 300+ illegitimate spambot registrations. The administrative overhead required to winnow out the junk was more than I was able to deal with. After all, I got into this business to take pictures, not to manage misguided teenagers.
The CMYK 2.0 movement is by definition collaborative; communication between users is the key to success. Sadly, we all lose here because the user-to-user forum format is, by it’s very nature, collaborative. But the spirit of the movement will transcend the spit-in-the-eye that is spam. I’ll be keeping the blog going, alive and up-to-date with the latest news and adventures from the field of CMYK and color in general.
Perhaps sometime in the future, when the CMYK 2.0 movement grows from a one-man operation into a fully-staffed multi-national corporation, we may try to revive the forum. But for now, just go out and shoot more pictures, design more stuff, and print beautiful color.
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About this site
CMYK 2.0 is a community site I maintain to support my book CMYK 2.0: A Cooperative Workflow for Photographers, Designers, and Printers.
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About me
Creating photographs for corporate and advertising clients is my day job. Check out the website. If you're an art director, creative director, or designer, shoot me an email when your next project comes up. We'll make some beautiful images together; the CMYK expertise is cheerfully delivered free-of-charge.
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CMYK 2.0 Community Board
The CMYK Community Board is on extended hiatus. Read this to learn more.
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Let's talk about CMYK
Does your organization represent photographers, designers, or printers? Or, for that matter, prepress jocks, production managers, or digital assistants?
I'm available to give presentations and lead workshops on how to move from just-don't-know to two-point-oh.
Drop me an email to arrange a visit.