Archive for the ‘design’ tag
Pimp My Blog
U-G-L-Y, your blog ain’t got no alibi… (it’s ugly)!
Unless you enjoy being dissed by a bunch of cheerleaders, you may want to consider the usability and design of your blog. I’m no graphic designer (despite my small stint as a digital design major in my college days), but I do know how to spell ugly when I see one. Here are a couple of great blogs I follow, and the design takeaways from both.
Walk the QuickTime Line
Who doesn’t love Johnny Cash?
More importantly, who doesn’t love QuickTime?
The movie, ‘Walk the Line’ has an official website to promote their DVDs. As you enter the site, QuickTime is immediately integrated into the homepage using various clips from the movie. I enjoy this particular feature because it is visually appealing–and websites that promote media such as movies, televison shows, and concerts are best delivered with smooth, uninterrupted, and flashy streaming media rather than extremely detailed text. If I could change one feature, I would not use an unlimited loop for the background video– it’s efficient to catch the user’s initial attention, but it becomes distracting after one or two loops.
