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April 2008
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Good Design = Concept + Visual Appeal
Okay, I'm going to amend a post I made a couple days ago on "Understanding Typeface Meaning." In this post, I said that I felt that learning art history (as far as design goes) would only separate myself from the average person as I design more. I also said that I've seen some artwork that's supposed to be really historically important conceptually and I don't get it because I don't like the visual appeal.
Web 2.0 Ridiculousness
So what's the deal with these web 2.0 names? All the good, reasonable ones were taken so it seems we've resorted to making up words. Hulu, Joost, Gabbr, Ookles, Zoho...
The Pitfalls of Site Re-Launching Alone
Last week I launched a revamp of my site, OneUpMe.com which I spent most of the previous weekend re-coding. I don't have a team of developers and designers to make sure everything goes according to plan, and as such I've noticed a few things over the last week as the site debuted that should be noted: