Bob Sutton brings us the ACHE test. See if your clients are certifiable assholes (and if they are, DUMP THEM).

The latest Manual was posted on the main BAP site today–it’s about e-promos. If you’re on my list, you already got it in January.

The next Manual will be emailed to the list in early March.

I’ve finally added an iPhone to my toolbelt. I was going to hold off for the next generation, but my old cell was dying too rapidly and I needed the data capabilities anyway, so I got one.

They are as cool as advertised. It’s all I can do not to sit in a corner and play with it. I even made my first iTunes-based ringtone last evening. And there are loads of helpful webapps I still have to explore and little tricks to learn (like answering by clicking the mic on the earbud cord).

But that’s not what this post is about.

This post is about how popular iPhones are with your targets. They are extremely popular. If one of your targets doesn’t have an iPhone, s/he probably has a Blackberry or the like instead and even if s/he has one of those other devices, an iPhone may still be in the future. And these people are using these tools (iPhones and other devices) more and more to check their email and to look at websites…including photographer’s websites. I’m currently running a small photo buyer survey and the numbers are backing up this point so far.

How does your site look on an iPhone or Blackberry? And how well does it work on one? If you don’t know the answer to these questions, you’d better find out. Buyers are busy people and they will indeed, for example, look at a site on their iPhone while they’re waiting for a set to be ready on another shoot, in hopes of finding a photographer for their next project. If yours doesn’t work here’s what they’ll be thinking: Next!