It’s Jack’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Jack!
It would also have been our friend Daniel’s 34th birthday if he hadn’t died just over four years ago. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of him and miss him. Happy Birthday, Dan.
It’s always nice to read a good article on web usability that talks about the differences in browsing habits and skills between web power users (most of us web developers) and the rabble. Design for the rabble in public spaces, I think, is the key here. I’m working on a partial redesign of some sites at work, and I really need to keep this in mind. When we had the big badness in August, I redesigned all of our sites in about a week. That I did it that fast AND did it in CSS (no tables to speak of) was fairly impressive. However, some of my design decisions weren’t good ideas or well-reasoned. I’m now going back and re-examining some of those decisions as I fix some things. It’s more than a tweak, yet less than a full-blown redesign.
A few choice tidbits from a recent MusicDish article on recent Senate committee hearings about the record industry:
“Even after an artist has gone through the audit and has found recoverable money, they are expected to negotiate a settlement with the record company. Furthermore, their auditors are required to meet with label executives BEFORE they can release findings to their clients.”
and the even more astounding:
“In a shocking statement made by Back Street Boy, Kevin Richardson, he testified that they have NEVER received a royalty check.”
And the record companies (and their bitches) say that sharing music hurts the artists. Yeah, right.
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