The #1 Problem in Web Design
The world of web design is actually a gigantic game of telephone.
There are two messages involved in every web design project. One is the desired message, the message that the site owners want to deliver to their audience. This message probably has something to do with the value of participating, of using that tool or service to make your life better in some way.
The other is the actual message, the one that actually gets delivered. This message is usually some form of the desired message, but often has a lot of ambiguity and uncertainty thrown in. In the worst cases it is actually not the desired message at all but an unintended communication that means something completely different.
The number one problem on the Web today is a mismatch between the desired message and the actual message being delivered.
Remember the game of telephone, the one where you sit in a circle and whisper a message to the person beside you? That person then tells the person beside them, and once you get all the way around the circle you compare messages. Rarely are the messages the same. In many cases it is funny what we end up with. After all, it’s just a game.
But on the Web it isn’t so innocent…
The Importance of Design in Business
Introduction
Most of the debates on the importance of design in business are usually focused on how aesthetics affect a business’s bottom line. Whether it’s Facebook vs Myspace or Microsoft vs Apple, the argument is a lot like the infamous invisibility vs flight hypothetical. With absolutely no data, it can be argued on several levels and, […]
Javascript developers commonly need to find out the position of an element in relation to other elements. For example, if there is a list of elements that need to be reordered, the position of the element being reordered needs to be found and updated. It turns out there are quite a few ways to go […]
The decline of traditional media: the Sun for 20pence
For the last couple of weeks .. I notice in central London - people offering to sell you the sun newspaper for 20p.
They make a sad sight.
They try hard. Yet I see no one actually buying it.
Because .. just down the road is another vendor giving out a free newspaper ..
Is this the state of things to come?
Only a few years ago, post dot com, traditional media seemed invincible - now I see a graphic illustration of its potential demise ..