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The only reason I have a job

by Bill on June 9, 2010

I know a bit about a lot of things but I can’t really claim to be an expert on any level except in the area of stringing words together. Although I have had positions that involved technical work (audio engineer, radio ad producer, a degree of coding for web sites), I’ve only managed to keep [...]

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Joni and Bob; poets and thieves

by Bill on May 2, 2010

“Why am I always the one who must be the thief?” – Bob Dylan – A recent internet dust-up about Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan provided a certain amount of insight into people, the web and art, but the insights aren’t what many people believe. The insights were two and neither terribly remarkable: 1) most [...]

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Metaphors and similes like bling for words

by Bill on April 20, 2010

We use metaphors and similes every day. The web is built on them. The web itself is a metaphor. Well, it began as a metaphor. Given the meanings of web, I suppose it is an actual web. So I guess it isn’t a metaphor. As you can see, thinking about metaphors and similes can muddle [...]

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Quotes are signage

by Bill on April 9, 2010

The internet is full of epigrams, aphorisms and quotes. I used a few in my post yesterday. You see them every day in tweets and status updates. They’re all over the place. Why is that? What are they for? They’re signage. That’s the simple answer. They’re wayfinding information. As with anything, excess turns them into [...]

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Web sites and vertical vs. horizontal

by Bill on April 2, 2010

I came across a discussion on LinkedIn where the question was asked, “Why do we still design web sites that are vertical?” In the responses, I saw some examples of pages that were horizontal — you scrolled left to right. The question went on to muse about how our monitors are more landscape oriented and [...]

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Content is not content

by Bill on March 25, 2010

In business and especially marketing, we continually see references to content. Does anyone know what that is? I don’t think so. It’s spoken of as if it’s a tangible quantity, something measureable, a thing you can stock the shelves with. In the case of the Internet, it would be shelves on the web and social [...]

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Gender, technology and generalizations

by Bill on March 24, 2010

When talking about genders we inevitably employ broad and loose generalizations. We know there are differences (the obvious biological ones). We think there are differences in thought because it often seems that way though we’re never quite sure because sexuality and relationships often cloud the issue. In the case of a subject like “women and [...]

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