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Month March 2006

"MS Frontpage Menu. Select Build > Community > Non-Designed > Ugly > Cash Cow"

It had to be said. And Greg Storey (Airbag Industries) said it well: I’m tired of this nonsense that suggests a “non-designed” site will be more successful because people are sensitive to using applications that aren’t under the thumb of the man. Or maybe I missed the part of human evolution where people are extremely [...]

Is your building up to code?

In the article quoted before on anti-marketing design, Scoble has tangent: It’s amazing how few corporate types get that the quality and engineering thought behind your HTML matters more than whether your site is pretty or not. Another way to put it: if your building is beautiful but not up to code, you’re going to [...]

Ugly Design Wins?

Robert Scoble posted some thoughts on what he calls “anti-marketing design.” Scoble contends that ugly designs make better websites: more sticky, better brands, more fun, and more revenue. He cites Google, Craig’s List, and MySpace as ugly successes.I disagree with Scoble that ugliness drives the success of these sites (which is an idea he reinforces [...]

Advertising Can Adapt

Many people in the television industry have been worried about TiVo enabling users to fast-forward past ads.KFC’s most recent TV spot contains a single frame that displays a code to get a free sandwich. To find it, you’ll have to use your TiVo watch the ad in slow motion.Great way to turn a threat into [...]