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  • January 7, 2008 in Product Reviews

    Web Browser Review: Flock 1.0 "The Social Browser"

    I've been a fan of the Flock browser for quite awhile now. But when version 1.0 was release on November 5th, I put off the upgrade. I've never been good about paying attention to upgrade dialog boxes. Last week I finally dove in. I have to say that my expectations have been exceeded. In case you've never used Flock, it's a fairly new browser based on Mozilla's browser technology...

  • January 4, 2008 in Friday Blog Clips

    5 for Friday | The Week's Best Blogs (1/4/08 Edition)

    I'm limiting the 2008 prediction articles this week to one (a humorous bit from Dot Sauce). The daily influx of these articles is waning so I had to throw one more in before they disappear altogether. I have to point to Web Worker Daily for the most interesting article this week. Their "6 Secrets to Running a Virtual Company" is a fascinating look at a company that's pioneering a better way to do business.

  • January 2, 2008 in Web Design Culture

    The Law of Evolution: Silencing Dissension by Redefining Science

    Clive Thompson contributed an article entitled A War of Words to the November 2007 issue of Wired Magazine. The tag line on the article was "Science will triumph only when theory becomes law". The gist of the article was that the theory of evolution has become so overwhelmingly confirmed by scientific evidence that it should now be referred to as the "law of evolution". This move, in his opinion, will finally suppress all the dissidents by placing them in a position where they will "sound insane" for questioning a proven scientific law. I take issue with Clive's proposal, and I could write a whole book about why. But for now I will try to give a quick overview and hit the high points.

  • December 31, 2007 in Business & Process

    Selling Website Design: How to Overcome the 3 Most Ignorant Objections

    Selling web design for the past seven years has given me the opportunity to hear every objection imaginable. Some are practical--"The price is too high". Some are emotional--"We don't want to hurt our other designer's feelings". But they all add up to a big NO. The strategy I've developed through this process, however, is not designed to turn every NO into a YES. When I make it my goal, instead, to turn every ignorant NO into a YES, I win on every level. Some people just don't like my style and letting them go is the best thing I can do. But if I leave a meeting rejected because I was unable to articulate the workings of my industry, there's a problem.

  • December 28, 2007 in Friday Blog Clips

    5 for Friday | The Week's Best Blogs (12/28/07 edition)

    This week boasts a surprising number of great blog articles despite an expected lull over the Christmas holiday. Several of my favorite bloggers took the whole week off but a few never skipped a beat. In the next few days we will be barraged with "best of 2007" TV shows and magazine articles so I thought it appropriate to include at least one such blog post in my list--thanks to Read/Write Web for providing it. Oh, and of course, the final Five for Friday of 2007 wouldn't be complete without a list of new year's resolutions--thanks to Blogging Tips for that one.

  • December 25, 2007 in Mirificam Press News

    A Merry Christmas From Bits O' NewMedia

    If you're reading this the day it was posted, you're probably stealing precious time from your friends and family--you should be ashamed of yourself. What? Hypocrite? Where? My family and I wanted to wish everyone a quick merry Christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful time visiting family and eating way too much food. I'd also like to say how thankful I am for Christ, the God-man, being born into this world and giving us such a wonderful and fulfilling hope.

  • December 21, 2007 in Friday Blog Clips

    5 for Friday | The Week's Best Blogs (12/21/07 Edition)

    Apparently this is the week for articles with "2008" in the title. With so many floating around I decided to pick just two to go on the 5 for Friday list--and they're good ones. I'd also like to welcome Dustin Brewer to the list this week. His list of Digg-like social networks for designers is a great one. I'm going to be taking it easy next we so I'll be posting a quick Christmas message and then I'll see everyone back here again next week for 5 for Friday. Now, here are this week five best blog articles.

  • December 19, 2007 in Web Design Culture

    When Good Clients Ask You to Do Bad Things | 4 Tips for Weathering the Storm

    Bad clients are easy to come by. Just lower your prices enough and you'll have a whole school of them swimming around waiting to bite the hook. Good clients, on the other hand, are much more elusive. They seem to materialize out of thin air--usually by some complicated word-of-mouth train. And once you catch one, they stick with you. They listen to what you say and they keep coming back for more. You may find one of these clients a year--maybe not even that often. After a few years of doing business, you find that that little collection of good clients is the fire behind your passion for web design. You want to do everything you can to keep them with you. That's where the problem occurs.

  • December 17, 2007 in Web Design Culture

    Dear Yahoo! / Digg, What Were You Thinking?

    About a week ago, I was browsing Digg when suddenly I felt as if I had stepped into a time warp. I half expected my flat screen monitor to shrink and morph into fish-eyed CRT in front of my eyes. There on the home page was a giant banner made up to look like a Windows error dialog box. It was blinking red with a familiar X icon in the left-hand corner and it read "You are the 1,000th visitor: Congratulations you won!". I call this advertising "punch the monkey" advertising in honor of a flash ad that circulated a few years ago. You still see it around on cheesy sites but Digg knows better. So what could be worse than a site in the Alexa top 200 claiming that you are the 1,000th visitor? How about the Alexa #1?

  • December 14, 2007 in Friday Blog Clips

    Five for Friday | The Week's Best Blogs (12/14/07 Edition)

    Every week I spend hours reading and commenting on new media and design blogs. I run across so much good information that it's impossible to write one post for each great article I discover. So I've decided it's time to start making a weekly list of my favorite blog posts. Every Friday, I'll be publishing my "Five for Friday"--five exceptional articles posted by web design and new media bloggers during the preceding week.

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