July 2008
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“Old marketing is about spending money to cover up operational problems that also cost you money. New marketing is about changing your operations to make more money by doing things which people talk about for you. Doesn’t take brain surgery to figure out which makes more sense….”
—from the head of zeus jones
the 10 commandments of web design
1. Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
2. Thou shalt not hide content.
3. Thou shalt not clutter.
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
5. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels.
6. Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
7. Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
8. Thou shalt be social.
9. Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
10. Thou shalt make content king.
from businessweek via swissmiss
“everyone loves to solve complicated problems in clever ways. but sometimes the best solution turns out to be the most obvious one. you have to be pretty smart to know that the best answer to a problem might actually be kind of stupid.”
—open
