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Slate posted an article (which I didn’t finish reading) about how few people finish reading an article online before “bouncing” (leaving without reading anything) or heading off to comment before they are finished. They are making three assumptions I’d like to call out: * They assume their articles are worth finishing * They assume that […]
It’s coming. I have some renewed energy and incentive to finally get this site in shape. In case you haven’t been playing along, this Summer, I undertook the reconstruction of my Web site live and in public. Well, I underestimated the impact on life that a third child would have and so lost steam. But […]
In Chapter 2 of Erin Kissane‘s new book, “The Elements of Content Strategy” she gives a dead-on illustration: > In effective museum and gallery installations, visitors are usually invited to spend time being with art – or artifacts or other content. Curators and exhibition designers understand that people require certain things to have concentrated experiences: […]
Gawker media has released the beta of their new redesign complete overhaul of the blog concept. It represents a significant shift. They posted about their rational on Lifehacker. The internet, television and magazines are merging; and the optimal strategy will assemble the best from each medium. Overall, I love the beta. I love its simplicity, […]
On March 22nd AlbertMohler.com unveiled a redesign that was a massive push forward in terms of aesthetics and (according to the organization) technology usage. I wanted to get the designer’s take on the redesign and so, after some digging (via Twitter) to find David Yeiser, I asked and he agreed to answer six questions about […]
Fair warning: I am about to cross (topical) streams here for a moment and speak to my Christian brothers and sisters. I spoke on Sunday night at the 2010 NRB Convention about Desiring God’s policy of “Making it Free”: Giving all of our content away online for free, without requiring registration. One common question was […]
At the panel discussion I participated in at the NRB Convention, I was asked to explain why Desiring God pulled out broadcasting its radio program to distribute content via the Internet. The debate is still (three years later!) a hot one, and one that was made before my time. So I’ll point you to DG’s […]
You might have seen that I’ve been playing around with Tumblr at omni.mattheerema.com – using it to compile most of my different soc.net and blog feeds into one location. Not sure how useful it is, but it’s fun to play with. Tumblr has some great posting tools too. Maybe someday I’ll switch to it as […]
So I must have missed this one, but age old Web design resource WebMonkey.com has relaunched. It is completely revamped and is gorgeous. One of the coolest things I’ve seen so far is that all of the tutorials are managed by MediaWiki and are completely globally editable! No more out-datedness! Nice work. Hoping to see […]
Well, it’s not news anymore, but we re-launched Engadget (and all the sub-Engadgets) and packaged a few other of our sites into a juggernaut Tech-blog network. I am physically and emotionally exhausted from it all. I could write a book on the process, I may attempt snippets of it on this blog. Sorry I didn’t […]
This morning I was surfing through Weblog Tools Collection WordPress Plugins Category and found some very cool plugins that I will probably implement on future projects. – BarunSingh’s Barunio Admin, and Custom Admin Menu – Event Calendar is now at version 3.1, somehow I missed that. It’s looking good now. – WordPress PDA Version Plugin. […]
Just found a handy little wordpress plugin: Upcoming Events, v0.1, can take various iCal and other feeds and display them on your WordPress blog.