Above is a screenshot from CSS Beauty. I visit this site often for news and inspiration. It has great industry related information and ideas wrapped in a clean sharp design but built into a surprisingly unorthodox layout. Here’s the same screenshot, with the relevant content highlighted. That is only about 10% of the visible page; [...]
I like the idea of promotion at the storefront to increase awareness and visibility, such as the food court stands at the mall that have an employee offering free samples. That is smart promotion. What KB Toys did this morning was not smart. They placed an employee in a SpongeBob suit at the front of [...]
I never watch TV in real time anymore, that’s why I have TiVo. And if TiVo glitches and forgets to record a show, as it did with Prison Break this week, now, thanks to cross-media syndication, I can just go online. Prison Break is on Fox, who syndicates on MySpace. I was concerned I would [...]
The Baseball writer’s did right by giving the MVP to Ryan Howard. Howard had better numbers than anyone else in the game last year. Plus, as Ryan Howard streaked so did the fightin’ Phils. His tear through the second half of the season directly correlates with the Phillies playoff push. Albert Pujols made it a [...]
We would like to thank the Philadelphia Eagles for participating in the 2006 NFL season. You are welcome to pick up your “We weren’t already losing games we should have won, now we can hide behind this injury” tee-shirts as you leave the stadium. This could be so much worse. If the Eagles were 8-1, [...]
Back in 1994 everyone knew that Mac was making the superior computer, but they took their eyes off what was important, like distribution, and were unable to meet demand. The company took a significant hit from that setback that took years and many iHardwares to come back from. In retrospect, you still need to scratch [...]
One of the best AJAXian features I have seen is on the Google (or is it Yahoo) change password page. When you type in your intended password, it displays beside the input a color coded bar that will critique your creativity. This tool will read your password as you enter it and hand down judgment [...]
Being in the midst of wedding planning and house-hunting, both here in the DC area, the world often feels very expensive. The Global Rich List, which I was sent a few times today, is a great reminder that there are plenty of people in the world (90-some percent) that have it harder than I, and [...]
This is Robleto.com 5.0, the fifth major overhaul of my website all about me. Each previous redesign updated the look and feel of the site, and improved the code underneath. This latest addresses goes even deeper, addressing the purpose of the site and how to handle outdated content. Previously, Robleto.com delved into numerous personal topics [...]
If you are in the industry, you know about Web 2.0, but you may ask yourself, “Am I really applying the practices of this new movement. Sure I make a bottom reflection to my logos and write titles really really really big, but could I be doing something more?” Yes you can. Have you included [...]
