Archive for September, 2006

Initial Disclaimer – yes I am vane. I was doing a search for my name, to see where I apear in the rankings for a fairly common name (page 2 – woohoo!) however the results come out looking pretty strange. There are two inital catagories, including one that has a sublink labeled “See results for [...]

What is google doing? Strange SERP’s

I have read lots of bloggers eagerly awaiting the next round of submissions to the 9rules network. Seems bloggers feel that this might be their chance to be slingshot into blogging stardom. While I do plan on submitting, I am not sweating over it much. Those who are trying to “improve” their blogging content will [...]

9rules network submission round 5

A post by ptvGuy about the Illusion of Accelerated dial, and some conversation from last night’s Refresh Detroit meeting had me thinking about how clients (and some graphic designers) view the web vs how the web really is.
I think it is no secret that many people almost consider a “web design” like a brochure or [...]

Design optimizing for visuals or for content?

I doubt I will be the last one to complain about parking in Ann Arbor – but it really is a piss poor situation. While Ann Arbor’s city council is making decisions that will make downtown Ann Arbor grow in terms of business, and housing, they are doing little to solve the parking issues at [...]

Ann Arbor Parking? Oxymoron?

Yup, I scrapped my previous design for a super clean “whitespace” design. I still have a lot of tweaking to do, but I like how it came out overall. My main goal was readability, since I am using this blog more to talk about issues and post articles than showcase my design abilities or ideas.
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New Design, Revolution not Evolution…