RSS Usability

Last night, I added a pop-up bubble to the RSS link at the top of this page (see
question mark icon). I based this on Jeffrey Veen’s posting from yesterday, “The Usability of
Subscribing to Feeds”. The pop-up bubble is still a work in progress but it
should help the average user get started. Please feel free to [...]

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RSS Metrics

Rok Hrastnik over at

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Natural Design

Last week, I discovered the work of William McDonough as I was searching the
web. For those of you unfamiliar with who Mr. McDonough is, he designs
environmentally friendly buildings. This may sound similar to the thousands of
other designers and architects that claim to do the same but McDonough takes a
very different approach.
McDonough’s approach to design is [...]

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Natural Design

Last week, I discovered the work of William McDonough as I was searching the
web. For those of you unfamiliar with who Mr. McDonough is, he designs
environmentally friendly buildings. This may sound similar to the thousands of
other designers and architects that claim to do the same but McDonough takes a
very different approach.
McDonough’s approach to design is [...]

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RSS Advertising

Pheedo has posted its “Best Practices for RSS
Advertising”. This is based on their experiences and metrics so it’s definitly
worth reading.

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Mass Media Taking a Hit

The New York Post had an

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RSS not an Email Replacement?

MarketingSherpa released an article
on Friday discussing RSS and how it is not an email replacement.
I agree that right now RSS should not replace your email campaigns. However,
RSS over the next few years will surpass email by providing higher conversion
rates and open rates. Marketers should supplement their current email
campaigns with measurable RSS campaigns. Once RSS is [...]

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Font Sizes and Line Height

I’m not sure why it took me so long to start designing with larger font sizes and
varying line heights but now that I do it, I’m not going back.
Now, judging by how many sites continue to use small fonts and the standard line
spacing, it looks like we have a long way to go [...]

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Social Networks

How long will it be before we can type a friend or family members name into
Google and have their location displayed on Google Maps?
Today, Google acquired Dodgeball.com, a social networking
service which allows you to tell your friends where you are through text
messaging. It will be facinating to watch this segment over the next few [...]

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thingamy

Hugh at gaping
void caught my attention with this cartoon. It’s a great summary of today’s
business world. What’s even more intriguing about this blog entry is the link to his
collaborator, Sig’s, software project
“thingamy”. It’s difficult to tell how far along this project is but version 2 is in
early beta.
So many companies are caught up in processes [...]

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