Various thoughts, speculations and rants about technology, Web design and the Internet by Dao By Design’s Ryan McLaughlin.
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, ‘Who’s on First?’ might have turned out something like this:
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT.
ABBOTT:Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO:I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO:…
Found the following comic at designer Benjamin Tollady’s blog. Hilarious.
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One of the things designers should be cautious of is “baiting” from clients. “Baiting” is when you’re parenthetically promised more work down the road in a play by the client to get cheaper pricing.
Often the “we’ll also have some additional projects for you later” line comes directly after an inquiry for a quote, and most, if not all, the time is designed to give the designer a sense that perhaps they should under-value their services in hopes that it …
The blogsphere is abuzz with Google’s recent PageRank recalculations. The “slaps” and “pats” are controversial because big blogs (Problogger.net, Engadget.com, Johnchow.com, and many many more) have seen their PR jump around more than an Asian boy band.
The reason for the heated discussion that has come out of this is that Google is “punishing” sites that sell links, under the idea that such sales of links is designed to give the buyers unearned authority …
I’ve owned several Ford cars over the years, and never had one that didn’t live up to the Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily acronyms that were creatively given to the company.
Well folks, as the title of this post displays, I’ve got another one to use now.
Ford Motor Company is launching the Ford Blue Oval Scholars, “a national Web-based initiative that will provide Ford Motor Company …
I’ve recently started using Craigslist as a source for design job leads, and largely, I think it’s a great resource. With sites specific to 450+ cities around the world, it’s easy to target certain geographical locations, and as it’s the world’s most widely known online classifieds stop, there’s often no shortage of postings to browse.
Craigslist has got to be the fugliest site ever, and at #45 on Alexa, you’ve got to admire that. It truly looks like it hasn’t …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Web 2.0 and what’s next.
Largely this was on my mind because I’ve been trying to come up with a good way to start my run as a writer here at Intelligent Drone. The other day, while elbow deep in PHP setting up a collaborative blog with a revenue sharing model, it hit me… revenue sharing is the next big thing.
Of course, it’s nothing new, but neither were forums, comments or …
Well, I guess I should start with a welcome. Welcome to the Dao By Design blog.
Now, here at its inception, I must admit that I’m not completely sure what will develop on these pages and posts. Currently my idea for this blog is to allow me an outlet for all the things I love to talk about, but really seem to annoy my friends when we’re out drinking. Namely, design, Web development, and all the countless things I …
