When designing a logo, you need to make sure you’re not working in a “bubble” and you get input from others. Although this logo looks fairly innocent and well-intentioned with an adult protecting/hugging a child it looks more like molesting. The web is full of logos with good intentions like this one – most too [...]
The web is full of these funny “Web 2.0″ rebrands of famous brands. The Web 2.0 look is known for its bright colors, reflections, and misspellings.
You’ve probably heard this one before, but I have to ask, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.”
I don’t condone killing & eating elephants; it is a great analogy to tackling an enormous project like a company rebrand or website redesign. Many times, our websites get stalled because our clients gets [...]
I couldn’t pass up sharing this great cartoon showing the different view points of a business, especially large corporations. I think you’ll enjoy it.
Although it happens less and less, I’m occasionally asked about using Flash on a website. I had an extensive conversation when I spoke at the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference a few weeks ago and then working with our creative director last week, I found the perfect example of why not to use Flash. Although I [...]
Only Google would celebrate Gideon Sundback, the inventor of the modern ‘zipper.’ Today, Google had users unzip their page to see search results for Gideon Sundback. Well done, Google.
So the past few months, I’ve seen my wife spends hours & hours on Pinterest looking for everything from interesting recipes, creative ways to do her hair for a wedding she stood in, to crafts and even a rain gutter garden which we recently completed. I’ve been curious to how businesses could use Pinterest and [...]
We always love to show ways companies differentiate themselves, especially in commodity-like industries, where low prices run rampant and generally customer service is an after thought.
To many people, an airline is an airline and it is all about cost and schedules. You have to see this company that differentiates and has a sense of humor [...]
April 12, 2012 – 11:15 am
I hope I’m not giving away the farm here, but it’s always good to share your knowledge, right? If you’ve seen me present Websites That Work like at SMPS SRC 2011 (Southern Regional Conference) in Houston, Texas than you probably have this handout. You can also download it from our Resources section if you want [...]
I had to share this because it is eerie how true it is and it makes me feel old (which I shouldn’t).
