The world’s ugliest websites
More, please.
http://www.nikibrown.com/designoblog/2009/03/03/the-worlds-ugliest-websites/
I could add quite a bit to the list, maybe some day I will compile my own.
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Remember New Coke? I was a tad young but I do remember the stirring that it caused when the Coca-Cola company decided to “update” their coke flavor over two decades ago and the fact that it didn’t take them long to re-introduce Coke Classic. It was a bad move on Coke’s part to take their century old recipe and change it up on the fly. Consumer’s weren’t happy.
I mention New Coke just in the fact that it’s the last time I’ve seen the public create such an outcry as to get the company to notice and revert back to their trusted roots.
Until now.
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Social networking?
I get the computer equivalent of a funny look when “Internet people” find out I don’t have a Facebook or Myspace account. In fact, I get quite a few funny looks when I mention it to live people as well.
There are many reasons why I have chosen not to sign up for an account to either one. Tonight I will submit reason #4638 to my list of why I don’t plan on staking claim to a piece of Myspace real estate:
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Bad Usability Calendar 2009
Part of my job as a purveyor of awesome for my clients is to help them treat their clients nicely through good usability in their products. The following .PDF shows some examples of just the opposite.
Bad Usability Calendar 2009 (3.5MB)
TED2009 motion graphics intro
I am thoroughly enjoying motion graphics and videos like this recently. Add it to my ‘if I had 6 months to learn and a client willing to spend thousands on it,’ list of things to do.
http://www.trollback.com/plus/16/TED.html
It’s been a heavy dose of design this week. You’re either really lucky or I need to look at different websites next week.
(via Joshua)