MG Siegler nails it:
"No matter what you think of HP’s big moves this past week, their step away from the PC world speaks volumes. They’re not doing it because they’re batshit crazy. They’re doing it because sales are declining and the margins suck. They’re doing it because they can’t beat Apple."
"It’s not a good sign for an industry when the leader of that industry quits and walks away. No amount of spin can change that."
Apple needs some competition.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
The worst sites in the world.
Slate tries to answer the question, "why are restaurant web sites so bad?"
"… I haven't ever seen an explanation for why this industry's online presence is so singularly bruising. The rest of the Web long ago did away with auto-playing music, Flash buttons and menus, and elaborate intro pages, but restaurant sites seem stuck in 1999."
"Say you're a designer and you've got to demo a site you've spent two months creating," Bohan explains. "Your client is someone in their 50s who runs a restaurant but is not very in tune with technology. What's going to impress them more: Something with music and moving images, something that looks very fancy to someone who doesn't know about optimizing the Web for consumer use, or if you show them a bare-bones site that just lists all the information? I bet it would be the former—they would think it's great and money well spent."
I've often asked myself this very question. Restaurant sites (and to a similar extent, band sites) are a morass of shoddy design, poor load times, and clunky navigation. Some of these sites are absolutely beautiful to look at but a complete failure as a functional web site. What many restaurant owners don't seem to realize is that their web site is often the front door to their business. Superdoop's philosophy, the simplest solution is often the best solution, might be a good foundation to build your front door upon.
"Say you're a designer and you've got to demo a site you've spent two months creating," Bohan explains. "Your client is someone in their 50s who runs a restaurant but is not very in tune with technology. What's going to impress them more: Something with music and moving images, something that looks very fancy to someone who doesn't know about optimizing the Web for consumer use, or if you show them a bare-bones site that just lists all the information? I bet it would be the former—they would think it's great and money well spent."
I've often asked myself this very question. Restaurant sites (and to a similar extent, band sites) are a morass of shoddy design, poor load times, and clunky navigation. Some of these sites are absolutely beautiful to look at but a complete failure as a functional web site. What many restaurant owners don't seem to realize is that their web site is often the front door to their business. Superdoop's philosophy, the simplest solution is often the best solution, might be a good foundation to build your front door upon.
Friday, August 12, 2011
You Will.
Prescient AT&T ads from 1993. Narrated by Tom Selleck, directed by David Fincher.
One question; where's my stinkin' jetpack?!
One question; where's my stinkin' jetpack?!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Buying Stocks.
A great post by Ron Delany about doing the basics to get the US economy back on track.
"I just bought some shares in an index fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000, which means I just bought shares in the 5000 largest American companies. I did this because I wished to take substantive action immediately upon learning of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US credit. Standard & Poor’s, and to a lesser degree, Fitch and Moody’s bear much responsibility for the global recession from which we are trying to extricate ourselves. They maintained AAA ratings for companies run by abject criminals who knowingly, consciously, and systematically lied to US citizens and citizens of the world at large. Thus, they are culpable in the collapse of many banks (my own included) and their actions, among other things, drove thousands of families from their homes. As such, their opinion is worthless to me and it should be worthless to you."
"I just bought some shares in an index fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000, which means I just bought shares in the 5000 largest American companies. I did this because I wished to take substantive action immediately upon learning of Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US credit. Standard & Poor’s, and to a lesser degree, Fitch and Moody’s bear much responsibility for the global recession from which we are trying to extricate ourselves. They maintained AAA ratings for companies run by abject criminals who knowingly, consciously, and systematically lied to US citizens and citizens of the world at large. Thus, they are culpable in the collapse of many banks (my own included) and their actions, among other things, drove thousands of families from their homes. As such, their opinion is worthless to me and it should be worthless to you."
Sunday, August 7, 2011
404 Fun.
A 404 error is the page of a web site one is automatically directed to when the web server can't find the requested link. Normally these are just generic, auto-generated pages but sometimes webmasters have a little fun with them. The fellows over at Nosh have spent a lot of time on theirs. Maybe a bit self-aggrandizing but still fun nonetheless.
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