Or maybe the title should be “Hey, I made that?!”. So, I know I’m supposed to be mad, but a website totally poached some of my old work from a former employer. I’m not mad, I’m actually amused and a little honored.
I worked as a “Interactive Web Designer” for a company that sold Microsoft Exchange a while back and created all sorts of fun flash animations. I was proud of how many of them turned out, and now I know others feel the same! In fact, my former employee still uses almost all the flash animations I created for them except the ones where the content became out-of-date.
I was hands on with most of the site, pretty much owning certain sections. One section I built is the “What is Microsoft Exchange?”. Each page has it’s own animated explanation, simplified for the layman. Here, check them out:
Anyways, I’m sure if I was actively involved emotionally and creatively, I would be irritated that someone would just outright steal my work. But I’m not at all, is that bad?
It doesn’t really matter, the new site will get a cease and desist letter any day and it will all be removed. But I guess I will have to add the new company to my list of freelance projects.
Special thanks goes out to Jason Fleitz for passing this on to me. I thought he was sending me a joke because the companies name is something I like to say after a good joke. For this instance, we’ll call them Heyo!
“Just when I thought you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this… and totally redeem yourself!”
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