Tired of the laptop burning your leg or hurting your hands when you type? The Laptop Desk Ensemble is the solution to a more ergonomic and comfortable setting. The Laptop Desk version 2.0 is a lightweight tray that’s roughly 21 inches long and 11 inches wide for holding the laptop or even handheld device keyboard. … Read more
Ilise Benun, author of Designing Websites for Every Audience, has been talking about “What does the silence mean?” in her Quick Online Marketing Tips newsletter. This is an issue I have grappled with many times especially since I rely on email as a primary means of communication rather than the phone because of my hearing … Read more
Seth Godin – Are blogs backwards? He makes the following statements: a. a lot more blogs should be posted in chronological order, like books. If you’re trying to chronicle something, it makes a lot of sense to start at the beginning, as long as you provide regular readers an easy way to just read the … Read more
That guy is hot! That guy is cool! Hot and cool are opposites, yet they mean the same thing when talking about that guy. My Polish grandmother is going to polish her silverware. Amazing what a difference a capital P makes. The knight rides at night in the rain and gets pneumonia. Here we go … Read more
This excellent article addresses the Top 10 Usability Blunders of the Big Players. My comments: 1. No search function – Though a site should be designed so that a visitor doesn’t have to resort to search, it should have a search function available. There is always someone looking for that lesser obvious something. 2. Massive … Read more
How’s this for irony? I watched The Shipping News a couple of days ago before reading this book. One of my favorite parts of the movie was the main character learning how to write strong headlines. Instead of the dull “Horizon Fills with Dark Clouds,” his co-worker suggested, “Imminent Storm Threatens Village.” The main character, … Read more
We encounter politics in our lives daily, and it’s not just the kind we see in Washington, DC. It’s handling delicate situations in just the right way with the right words and the right actions to avoid making it worse or more uncomfortable. It can be a simple case of the harried volunteer who can’t … Read more
Lots of fun happening over at Mike Davidson’s place. Mike who? He’s just the guy who manages a little site called ESPN. He shares his opinion on validation and many follow with their own in the comments. Amazingly enough, no spam in the comments. Dave of Mezzoblue responds with his perspective. Too simple? Maybe. Maybe … Read more
Draw your customers in with a handful of powerful copy. No, no, you don’t have to go to college to make it happen nor do you have to buy a doorstopper-sized book, which gets dusty before you muster the strength to crack it open. Are you like me? A kid in a candy store when … Read more
I’m obviously a stickler for grammar and enjoy finding grammatical errors, typos, and other funny goofs with the English language as evidenced in the Gotchas (new design coming) and the series I’ve written for Webreference. Imagine my excitement when hearing about this runaway bestseller in which the author takes a “zero-tolerance approach to punctuation.” It … Read more