Ideas Worth Stealing [Plug]
16 May 2008 - 10:53am
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SemanticWill
2007
I just wanted to point out Robert H's blog - and specifically his article
about reinventing the About Us section of a corporate site. Check it out
here:
http://rhjr.net/theblog/2008/04/14/reinventing_about_us/
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Recognizing the actual channels of communication is important, but
I'd say that the argument would be better applied to the Contact Us
section than the About Us section.
// jeff
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A designer friend of mine (and my mentor) put up a blog specifically for
these design insights that he can't affect but nonetheless wants to "get the
meme out".
http://stealthisidea.com/
for example:
*Here's the design to steal for a modern music device: real, tactile,
mode-less Thumbs-Up and Thumbs-Down buttons on the surface of the music
player. (Not the typical Apple non-button
button<http://stealthisidea.com/articles/buttonphobia/>.)
(Thank you Pandora<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_%28music_service%29>for
that inspiration). Pressing the thumbs affects the song's star rating,
and thus their likelihood of it being selected by the elven DJ within the
machine.*
http://stealthisidea.com/articles/thumbs-up-music/
I see your point, Jeff... but don't you -- sometimes -- want to know
who are you talking to? I mean, most of the contact us nowadays are
very "impersonal" (is that a word), and I wish I knew who I was
talking to before firing an email.
{ Itamar Medeiros } http://designative.info/
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That's my point Itamar. In that context, that type of information
seems completely appropriate for the Contact Us page. It could go on
the About page too, I guess. It's not really a crusade for me; just
making an observation.
// jeff
Itamar wrote:
> don't you %u2014 sometimes %u2014 want to know who
> are you talking to?
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> It could go on the About page too, I guess. It's not really a crusade for
> me; just
> making an observation.
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On Miskeeto.com, I made it part of the About section (follow the link in the
post), which includes team bios and the contact page. (In fact, I used the
word "section" in the post.)
Anyway, the point wasn't really about where in your hierarchy you should add
the info, just that you should add it. Sorry if I was too specific.
-r-