Blog
07.01
8 Facebook-based Movies I'd Prefer Over "Mafia Wars"
The "Arrested Development" movie never got made. That still stings. Now, rumor has it the wells of originality responsible for today's box office offerings are vomiting salt into that nearly healed wound by contemplating a movie based on the "Mafia Wars" Facebook game.
06.11
Oh, and about the BP website...
...it gets a 70/100 on Google's Page Speed tool and an 83 using YSlow, Yahoo's performance utility, with 12 external Javascript scripts that could be combined into one, eight external stylesheets that could be combined into one, and 36 external background images that could be combined with CSS sprites.
06.09
The Dark Age of Web Fonts... Sort of Almost Kinda Nearly Starting to End, Maybe
Starts and stops and workarounds and hacks. Remember when the first generation iPhone came out, big, round, heavy, slow, limited in features that other phones had but everyone knew it was the future? Sure, it didn't support MMS. But hey, you could jailbreak your phone, void your warranty and add a new strange thing called an "app" that did support it.
06.08
Let's party with dead people. Meh... it isn't as morbid as you think
Well, we haven't been asked to plan an event or create a website for one yet, but it looks like we may have a new entertainment venue on our hands: cemeteries.
06.07
An Arizona Whitewash Reminds Us Casual Racism is Alive and Well
Oh, Arizona. You are just like that bitter old granny in the corner at my family reunion. Dry as a dustpan, in love with John McCain and still furious that minority races have the nerve to exist.
06.04
Yes, I was right, but why do I feel horrible about it?
Last night, out of morbid curiosity, I visited the website of a former employer. There's no way I'll reveal what ad agency this was, but I will let you know it was probably among the worst career experiences I've had. There was something about the atmosphere and philosophy that never felt quite right.
06.03
Is Bad Design Good Design? A Frightening Realization About Our Acclimation to Crap
Debra Messing as Grace Adler said it best when she blurted, "I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone. And all the people are pigs. And I'm the pretty one, but everyone thinks I'm ugly because they're all pigs and they think pigs are pretty."
06.02
Safety Last
One of favorite clients (oh c'mon, we love you all just the same... most of you) has just seen their new website go live.
05.11
On SEO and the Specious Voodoo Therein
Yesterday, one of our favorite current clients solicited our opinions on some information given to them by an SEO company. I'll spill the beans right now on our position—we believe most SEO companies are selling a noxious potion of self-doubt, wives' tales and snake oil.
03.23
"Is Pepsi okay?" No. No, it isn't. Ever.
I drink Diet Dr. Pepper. If Diet Dr. Pepper isn't available at a restaurant, I order Diet Coke. Neither are as good as regular Dr. Pepper, I know, but I have to watch my girlish figure.
