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Compared to What?

… is probably one of the most important questions there is. “Compared to what?” is the question that should be answered everytime it is about data, be it presented in graphs, in newspapers, on websites, or when just talked about. Yet it is rarely answered, rarely asked, …

¶ July 3, 2008, filed under Marketing, Design, Politics.

2007 Retrospective, 2008 Outlook

Now that 2007 is gone it’s time for a quick personal recap and 2008 prognosis: The last year has been an interesting one that included professional change along with a relocation from Berlin to Bremen, gave birth to the Second Edition of my German CSS book, meant membership …

¶ January 2, 2008, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

HTML Graffiti

Picture of the day: True love for HTML.

¶ October 3, 2007, filed under Web Development, Marketing.

10 Steps to Create a High-Quality Website

A valuable offer of information does not fall from the sky and it is impossible to gather it in a few easy clicks. No. What you need are goals, content, structure, design, programming and maintenance. What you need is expertise – constantly …

¶ May 10, 2007, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Definition of the Dark Side: MySpace

We certainly focused on the “Dark Side” once but didn’t define it yet. Here it is: MySpace. Why? Because multiplying unprofessionalism with popularity lets MySpace score the most points …

¶ March 18, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

3 x Web 2.0: What You Should Know About the Current Web

“Web 2.0”, that’s apparently the buzzword of the technology-related part of the fresh millennium. Here are three important contributions and ideas around it, in case you didn’t know. Tim O’Reilly: What is Web 2.0? The O’Reilly Media founder coined the term “Web 2.0” in 2005 and tried to …

¶ February 10, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Important Lesson from “The World’s Highest Website”

In October, I launched the infamous CSS “experiment” The World’s Highest Website, which won almost two million visitors until now. I do not want to talk about sense or nonsense, intentions, processes, technical issues, whatever concerning the site now, but one other important thing, namely design …

¶ January 6, 2007, filed under Web Development, Marketing, Design.