Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Image efficiencies

I needed to store a large quantities of images so took the following measurements:

FormatTimeSize
Sample
bmp0.7156701769526
gif4.184417501931

jpg2.50781122252


png10.90944267295


ppm0.6485401769488(Blogger prevented upload)
tiff1.0112161769600(Blogger prevented upload)

Gif is the clear loser - it takes a long time to process but still looks terrible.
For space use jpeg, speed ppm.

Google's new WebP format looks promising.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Feedback

I was concerned about what blind spots I might have with the way I run my business. For example I am Australian and Australian's are usually very informal, even in a professional setting - was my communication with international clients too informal?

To try and address these concerns I developed a feedback survey with Google Docs, which I have been (politely) requesting my clients to complete at the end of a job. The results have been helpful, and it also seems to have impressed clients that I wanted their feedback. Wish I had thought of this earlier!