Archive for November, 2007

Hardworking Idiots are Dangerous

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

I recently read Creating Hardworking Idiots.
At first blush you might be inclined to accuse the author of oversimplifying what happens in a business organization, but note that he does not blame the people themselves- just the system. We are products of our environment, after all.
The dumbing down of organizations isn’t caused by poor educational standards [...]

Sidenote

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

If you noticed any broken parts of the new design, sorry about that. I added a few widgets that broke the design. Anyway, it should all be fixed now, so thanks for your patience.

My Two Cents on the A List Apart 2007 Web Design Survey

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

I admit I read all 82 pages in a single sitting. I generally have no taste for statistics or graphs, but today was different. The 2007 Web Design Survey by A List Apart has been released. It was sparked from the debate that women are not being fairly represented at web conferences, and so [...]

Thursday Finds

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

The Angus Auxiliary web site went live last Friday. I will be testing Drupal and skinning it (sorry, ‘theming’ it) with a few of our simplest designs to get a better grasp of their use of CSS and templating. Of the few CMSs I have researched, Drupal appears to offer the most power with the [...]