Jenna Wortham on her Underwire blog reports on the invasion of geek-speak into English and other languages. The story is drummed up by e-tailer Pixmania as a publicity stunt. Enjoy. Image from Underwire. I have no idea where the original...
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Getting it on and off the Web
Lately, comments from three Johns and a Roger have stuck in my mind... so let me share them, albeit in a garbled paraphrase. John Clarke is famous as the immortal Fred Dagg and creator of the excruciatingly funny TV series...
Tip: Avoid bad WYSIWYG buttons: text-decoration
Formatting web content: that's the new CONTENTED course I'm working on at present. And it struck me that every WYSIWYG editor has good buttons and bad buttons. Bad, bad buttons: Italic, colour text, font size, centre text and right align...
Bad bad web content costs a bundle
Jakob Nielsen spits the dummy this week, and who can blame him: Bad content, bad links, bad navigation, bad category pages... which is worst for business? In these examples, bad content takes the prize for costing the company the most...
Flowery wine-write or what?
"One of his goals when touring New Zealand was to find the perfect rosé," says Sunny. "He can't be serious," says John. "It's got to be a joke," says Liz. "Hard to tell, the writing is so... patchy," says Rachel...