Archive for November, 2009

Just part of growing up.

In his article, “How to Create Your Best Layouts” (October issue of .Net Magazine), Eliot Jay Stocks hints that the growing presence of art direction in web design is a sign of maturation for the online community.  Stocks explains, “If there’s one area in web design I find exciting right now, it’s the concept of [...]

Moving Time…

Interesting article from Eric Enge, a contributing writer at SearchEngineLand.com, about the impact major site changes can have on traffic or rankings.  Mainly concerned with domain changes and structural or URL changes, Enge introduces “Trust” as a factor often not considered by decision-makers.  Enge writes, “Any time there is a domain change it may be [...]

BanComicSans.com

Comic Sans from Sam and Anita on Vimeo.
I’m not sure of the production date, but the authors of BanComicSans.com created the 8-minute propaganda piece.   For a description of what great typography should be, skip ahead to 3:30 — Does El Professoro hit the nail on the head or what!?!? He’s on to something, but [...]

CNN.com (re)Birth Announcement Update

So, since my CNN.com re-do post, there’s been lots of feedback from readers expressing their utter dislike for the redesigned site. Not having thoroughly dug thru the site, I haven’t been able to offer a strong opinion either way. I can certainly appreciate the discomfort someone may feel when landing at an unfamiliar [...]

Save the Bonobos

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Recently, as part of the Today show’s “Today’s Entrepreneur” segment, correspondant, Tiki Barber, visited with the 19 employees/owners of Bonobos, a manufacturer and marketer of men’s apparel.  Named after the endagered ape of the Congo, the company was launched in 2007 by Brian Spaly [...]