I am seeing a disturbing trend in web design blogs: the belief that the fold is an obsolete concept. While Paddy Donnelly creates a graphically compelling story line it is ultimately flawed. You cannot presume that you have compelling content; the vast majority of content isn't inherently engaging. I'm going to be blunt. If you believe that the fold doesn't exist you are a lazy designer. Lazy in that you are not following up ...
Yesterday I attended a lunch presentation on Social Media one of the speakers, Kevin Urie of Social Media Club Seattle, said something that rubs me the wrong way. "I don't follow people [on Twitter] that don't have an @-reply on the first page of their account. Twitter isn't supposed to be a broadcast medium." (For those that don't know you use the @ symbol and the persons username to indicate you are responding to someone. So, ...
Planned obsolescence has made many people rich. Computers, cars, and television in particular are things that we all happily update on a regular basis. We just know that something better is coming out; it is only a matter of time. The same for the Internet. New design styles (a move from shiny to grunge), new services (a move from Facebook to Twitter), or new goals (making house payments to finding a member of AIG and ...
As some of you have noticed. We added quite a few posts this week. They are all of my legacy content from 100 Dollar. We felt this site would be better if it had more for you to read. This also creates a more comprehensive view of Internet by including SEO and other forms of web marketing. I also want to thank everyone who attended the Entercom lunch-- it was a good time and covered a ...
