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01.19
Designing for Yourself: Know When to Quit
I used to have two roommates, Laura and Denise. When Laura was thirsty, she asked Denise to make her an ice water. Not out of laziness. Rather, she claimed when Denise made ice water, it tasted better.
12.15
DBJ: “We’re number three! We’re number three!”
Every year, the Dallas Business Journal puts out its coveted “Annual Book of Lists,” which determines the largest companies in its space based on local fee income of the preceding year.
11.09
“The internet is under new management. Yours.”
In the 50s, advertising was impressive and convincing. Everyone drank the Kool-Aid.
Today, advertising has transformed. People don’t just believe what is put in front of them anymore. We are a cynical, distrusting people. It makes those of us in the integrated marketing communications field work harder and better.
10.11
The DSVC September Meeting—Blown Away by Ian Coyle
I had the great pleasure of seeing/hearing Ian Coyle speak for the Dallas Society of Visual Communications' (DSVC) September Meeting. I was not familiar with Ian prior to the meeting, and was absolutely blown away with him afterwards! He is so down-to-earth, insightful, creative and inspiring.
08.17
“Those People Don’t Visit My Web Site” and Other Unforgivable Internet Assumptions
It’s easy to understand why the casual observer would make certain assumptions about what is and is not acceptable when it comes to Web development standards. “Arrested Development” only made it three seasons. “According to Jim” made it to syndication. That doesn’t mean “According to Jim” is a funnier show.
08.12
It’s official: PR makes advertising its bee-yatch
Advertising Age recently published its findings and waxed melancholy about the state of advertising in the second half of 2009. To summarize, take this as a warning-slash-really-bad-pep-rally for the industry:
06.26
Pushing Forward
One of the tenets of our "Interactive" culture at HCK2 is staying current with the latest trends. Even if these trends have no immediate benefit to our clients, we do our best to make sure nothing slips past us.
06.16
Microformats Are Big News
Just last week, Google announced that they are adding support for microformats to their crawler. Not only was this a great validation for proponents of Web standards, but it gives us a sneak peek into the future of search engines.
06.03
In Defense of Designers
I recently stumbled on a Web site openly promoting the concept of stealing Web designs. This site, which isn't going to be named, asks the question "Why originate when you can emulate?" and goes on to say "Don't hire an ordinary Web designer you can afford. Borrow the ideas of great Web designers you could never afford."
Jaw. On. Floor.
05.28
Fonts on the Web... Finally?
The topic of fonts and typography on the web still comes up a lot, so I wanted to address it from a technical perspective.
