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Every so often you come across something that conveys a point so well, you have to stop what you are doing and take note. So when we received this months WIRED and supplemental Geekipedia, I was very excited.
So what’s wrong with this picture?
Back in March of this year, a great period in web history came to pass. After months of having my plate piled as high as a Vegas buffet, I wanted to circle back and take a moment to reflect. At the time this started, I had a weekly radio show. We were one of the first radio stations regularly podcasting our shows. I never thought much of it: over the air waves, streaming across the web and now internet archives. I had a tape recorder, yes a tape recorder, as in compact cassette recorder, no big deal right? But then zefrank came on the scene with the show.
Example of the ever changing starting screen for the show
Sidereel is One Week Old and the numbers are rather interesting.
Not bad for a week. But the great part is that these are statistics provided by Alexa, which doesn’t even count Firefox, which represents 49% of Sidereel traffic. Check out the blog.
On a related note, Page Rank Tool is in the midst of an update. Normally it returns a consistent rank value for any given URL, unless of course, they are in the midst of an upgrade. Then you get some pretty interesting before and after rankings, as the system updates. Check it out.
Last night I got into a pretty extensive conversation with Cid about the great misnomer “Web 2.0“. The gist of the conversation was this:
The problem with the term “Web 2.0″ is that it implies the development of some new, unforeseen technology, when in actuality the developments we’ve seen in the web industry were smack-dab in the center of projected growth from inception.
The topic came up in response to direction given by a client to make something look “Web 2.0″. Now, I wouldn’t go as far to say that there aren’t particular design trends that are associated with the term “Web 2.0″, but from a designer perspective, asking for something to look “Web 2.0″ is a little like asking for something to look like a website. Thankfully, this was an aside comment for creative direction, but it illustrated a good point. Of course, if you want a Web 2.0 “how to”, this is a great place to start (always best to start with a chuckle).
If I wouldn’t go so far as to say there is a “Web 2.0″ look, I would grant that there are very dominant trends in UI and information architecture. The trend is direct, simple, clear. Not a bad set of guidelines by any means.
Lastly, but not fatally, A List Apart is conducting it’s annual web design survey.
Surprising little is known about those of us who do websites. Take a minute and take the survey. Who are we? Where do we live? And how many robots do we own? (that last one is for me. add it in the comment section when you take the survey, just for kicks)
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