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On a whim

April 30, 2000 by Michael Boyle

I went by a website that used to showcase a dozen ways that European types weren’t quite up-to-date about how to present stuff on the web. That’s changed – the Financial Times website is fantastic. All free – and no reg – the best journalism you’ll find in the world outside of the NYTimes or the Economist – it’s all good. And they toned it down – they used to use their trademark orange as the bgcolor to every page.

In related news: Looks OK, but it’s barely functional. If it looked spectacular that’d be one thing – but on my peppy little frankenstein monster of a computer on ADSL, it doesn’t cut it. Someone at Wallpaper* bought the line that goes, “web design sucks… here, use this all-flash interface.”

Tags: Usability, Web Design

Coming out:

April 30, 2000 by Michael Boyle

I rilly rilly love Tom Tomorrow.

Elian parody:

April 30, 2000 by Michael Boyle

From Salon – AP backs down on the Elian/Whassup parody. “…The satirists appear to be winning concessions from a ‘chastened’ AP.”

Tags: Copyfight, Salon

Privacy:

April 30, 2000 by Michael Boyle

The New York Times has published an excellent story summing up the many issues surrounding privacy on the net, by Jeffrey Rosen.

Tags: Internet, NYTimes, Privacy

The final word

April 29, 2000 by Michael Boyle

on the McSweeney’s .net/.com/.org stunt? I doubt it.

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