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RockYou Showcases Gen Y Design Practices

April 18th, 2008 1 Comment

RockYou.com is a top site for teens, and their Facebook apps are some of the most popular. As I alluded to, I interviewed Jia Shen, CTO and co-founder of RockYou, about how he and his team target young consumers online. Jia had great insights to share, and a real knack for clearly articulating the way [...]

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Digital Agency Sites Suck

April 7th, 2008 2 Comments

When a quick-witted VP at Forrester was once asked why Forrester’s website is so awful, despite us having a multi-million dollar business in helping clients with their sites, the VP said: “the cobbler’s kids always have the worst shoes.” But should this be true of firms that actually make web sites? For a few years [...]

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The coolest shyt I’ve ever seen: Modernista’s website

March 28th, 2008 No Comments

Modernista! is a Boston-based full service agency with a Web site that puts those of most large interactive agencies to shame. It evokes an incredulous response when you first open it up — “is this really a website???” The fully functional left hand navigation menu brings you to the agency’s portfolio not by linking you, [...]

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