Monthly Archives: August 2009
The morning after Gnomedex
Gnomedex 9 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center was everything it was cracked up to be and well worth the $300 price tag for two days. (Yes, you should register to attend next year.) Some of the best minds at … Continue reading
Filed under Online Work/Life
Fake FAQs
Marketers have borrowed the FAQ format from instructional websites in the hopes of giving complex, confusing, and discouraging information about their products the appearance of user friendliness. Continue reading
Filed under Marketing Communications, Web Content
When the saint comes marching in
Englishman offended by the municipal authorities’ decision to “dumb down” his street’s name (from “St. John’s Close” to “St. Johns Close”) he returned his local street signs to the proper singular possessive — using paint and a paint brush. Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Creativity
At you DT the latest wordage?
A shress can be worn with pants or, if you’re daring, bare legged. Continue reading
Filed under Communication
SEO: How far do you need to go?
I talked last week with a web designer who wanted to help his clients get SEO services — either by providing them himself or by connecting them to good SEO analysis companies. His problem? Many of the small business “brochure” … Continue reading
Filed under SEO, Web Design
