Corporate Takeovers

Microsoft’s attempted takeover of Yahoo has been all over the news recently with the most current development being reported by the New York Times that Microsoft’s newest plan involve on attempting to nominate a new board of directors that would vote in favor of a Microsoft take over. This seems like an [...]

Color

Color is a designers best and worst friend; it is so easy to think that adding color makes something all the better but if done improperly can really ruin the aesthetics. Many times even talented artists will decide to leave their works in plain black and white or Gray scale. Some artists may simply prefer [...]

The Three Most Important Elements of Web Design

There are three things that I believe essential to good web design. The most important thing to consider while designing a website is aesthetics. To be taken seriously a website needs to present a professional and appropriate tone. A websites appearance will often dictate whether an individual sticks around the website or leaves after [...]

Clearcast Digital Media Podcast and How to Make Old Media New Again

Clearcast Digital Media brought up a multitude of topics in their podcast on ‘new media’ and how the online model is changing the game for many companies. The podcast began with a good explanation of how the old model incorporates an interruption business model, effectively disengaging the user by interjecting commercials for [...]

Net Neutrailty Continued

Network Neutrality is an issue that is particularly important to me, which is why I decided to do a follow up on my previous post starting with a leaked memo and accompanying story that can be found over at ArsTechnica. The basics of the story is that Time Warner under a new proposed system would [...]

Hypertext and the Future

Hypertext is vital to how the average user interacts with the web today; it creates connections, which as we all know is what the internet is about. But I have to admit, hypertext seems pretty archaic as to the potential of what hypertext could be. What if hypertext didn’t merely link you to one particular [...]