November 2009 Archives

Is there another industry with such a wide disconnect between client and professional as web and digital design? These professionals seem to have client horror stories so bizarre, so out of touch and so hilarious that we love to swap stories of unrealistic requests, ridiculous comments and terrifying payment negotiations.

If the mark of a good product is being able to demonstrate its effectiveness, Mortein's long running Louie the Fly campaign is an interesting twist!

Louie the Fly has been popping up in their television commercials now for over fifty years.

Apparently, I'm a potential wife-beater. I didn't know that, never having beaten my lovely wife and never having inflicted violence against women in any shape or form. But according to a campaign underway today, men should swear never to inflict violence on women. Otherwise, I guess the implication is, we would.

A few more of my recent articles and contributions to Nett Magazine are now freely available online for those of you yet to pick up a copy. I haven't updated this blog with Nett articles for a while, so it's time to remind you all why I am so proud to be involved with it.

Misinformation has been a problem ever since language was invented. The moment we had words, we were telling each other that the sun was a god, the world was flat and that fire was one of only four elements.

But as mankind has evolved in our knowledge and also our ability to reason, misinformation has continued to keep pace.

Strobe lights and headaches don't mix.

Stomach bugs and beer don't mix.

But taking the night off and still receiving a pay packet don't mix either.