This is my archive

Financial Identity Schizophrenia

Last week we took a look at how 2 financial institutions are managing their brands in the face of deregulation. Deregulation, on the face of… Read More

ROI in UI

Mike Padilla from Digital Web Magazine wrote a great (and courageous) article on the compromises that we often make as UI designers. In “… Read More

Old Media Deathwatch: Worst. Week. Ever.

The Associated Press reports that the week of July 4th was the worst ever for broadcast television. ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox averaged just… Read More

“Crowdsourced” Software & Businesses

Cambrian House is a really cool/fascinating experiment in “crowdsourcing” software and business ideas. Basically folks register and submit their ideas for… Read More

That broken phone isn’t really broken

A new survey of 15,000 “faulty” wireless devices returned to UK provider WDSGlobal found that 63 percent of them weren’t broken… Read More

Don’t Change Your Logo (Pt. II) – Unless It’s Broken

I’m all for redesigns. I’m all for keeping things fresh and updated. And I’m all for designing things with shelf life and some timelessness so… Read More

Lowest Common Denominator Typography

Once again, this past week I was faced with yet another web design project where a decision was made to switch the body text back… Read More

Susan Thompson Buffett’s Five Principles

Several weeks back, I wrote about Bill Gates and his decision to step to the side at Microsoft and to focus his attention on… Read More

Old Media Deathwatch: One in Four Teens Can’t Name Broadcast Networks

If you doubt that old media is on the way out, this recent story in AdAge (Google cache link) should change your mind pretty quickly. Read More

In Their Brilliance, Wal-Mart Forgot One Thing: The Consumer

Wal-Mart has made oodles of dollars by applying some smart and consistent strategies to their operation. They have made significant investments to their infrastructure,… Read More