In writing about redesigning the TechCrunch footer I came across many great examples of creative and useful footer design.
So I thought it was about time I created my own showcase of web site footer designs.
Posted in: Tools & Resources | Web Design | 4 Comments
I've been a reader of TechCrunch for some time. Although I mainly read it via RSS, I occasionally visit the site — either to post a comment or view something that's not displaying properly in my RSS reader.
I'm always interested to check out the design of popular, content rich sites like this, to see what they are doing to make the full range of their content available to their readers.
Posted in: Web Design | 15 Comments
In his article Press releases: spin and propaganda, Gerry McGovern recently railed against the practice of posting press releases on web sites, asking the question:
…why do so many organizations still publish press releases prominently on their websites?
I agree in principle that putting press releases on a web site does not serve the purpose for which they were originally intended. That is, providing information to journalists for them to write stories about you (although with the advent of the social media release this might be changing).
Posted in: Web General | Writing for the Web | 2 Comments
Jacob Nielsen recently posted an Alertbox simply titled Four Bad Designs.
While I don't disagree with his observations and his conclusions, I also felt that perhaps it was a little unfair to single out these sites in particular for his scathing remarks:
Following is a modest harvest of design stupidities I've recently encountered.
Ouch!
Posted in: Web Design | 21 Comments
Want to come and work for a leading computer game developer and publisher? I'm looking for an interaction designer web producer and a web production specialist to join the web team at NCsoft here in Austin.
Posted in: Real Life | 2 Comments
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