Remember my article about Clients Who Play Designer? Well, just today Tom showed me this awesome post from SEOmoz about How to Ruin a Web Design.
Anyways, it’s great reading and good laugh material around the office. We’ve gone ahead and printed a copy and placed it next to our whiteboard.
The other day, I accompanied Andrew to the Apple Store where he purchased a new wireless keyboard. I’ve been to the Apple Store numerous times, and that in itself was not unusual. What was new and unusual was how they handled the sales receipt. Andrew was asked whether he would like a paper receipt or…
It’s terribly difficult to come up with good names for your products, don’t you think? I find myself lacking inspiration. And then companies come up with names like Mint, Basecamp, Backpack, Flock, and so forth. Then I find myself thinking how terrible it would be if you had chosen any of these product names: Katrina,…
The 2003 Brand of the Year (worldwide) is Google. In the US and Canada the brands most popular are (in order): Apple Target Google Starbucks Krispy Kreme JetBlue Nike Pixar Coca-Cola eBay
Can you define what makes someone a “great” designer? It can’t possibly be design style. More and more I fail to see the creativity in Web 2.0. All of the designs look the same with their gradient backgrounds and big shiny buttons. Yet their are some popular designers who design with this one style. I…
Google just announced that they’ve moved Google Earth out of beta and also just released the Mac version. Way to go, Google.
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