MIT Media Lab Note

Found a pretty cool ‘hack’ to help stop those pesky advertisements we see running rampid at web sites (ahem brainfuel, jk)…of course, we WANT you to click them here aye 😉 Anyways, if you find they are more a distraction than useful information, may I suggest: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/adblock …yet another reason to use it, customizable CSS….

Over Christmas I was introduced to Moleskin notebooks. Specifically the pocket notebooks. I did some research and found the Moleskin web site and really liked this story board notebook. Each page has preprinted boxes almost exactly the shape of a web site. This could be a really good book for sketching page layouts. What kind…

Just because you went to high school with Steven Spielberg doesn’t mean you’ll be a great animator yourself. You have to create your own stuff. Not just ride on the supposed aura of a master filmmaker.

Does a good domain name make or break a site? Does a good domain lend credibility that might otherwise be lacking? Would Amazon.com be more successful with Books.com? Would Cooking.com be more successful if it were named Williams-Sonoma? Will Business.com ever recoup the cost they paid for their name?

Peterme brings up a great topic: information design in the US Government… especially for our national park systems. He shows examples and provides some insight into how the maps and information hand outs are created.

Moon Valley Nursery This site has a nice Arizona tree guide. Good way to make your site sticky.