What Would Google Do?
Just a thought from 15 May 2006 about
Design, Elsewhere, Google, Writing.
Google and I, we're old friends. I've written about them here and there for years. Google, as a web innovator, has done just about everything right.
But as a designer, I'm tired of hearing clients and associates ask, "What would Google do?" as if every move they make is pure gold. When it comes to visual/exerience design, Google does just about everything wrong, starting with their user-hostile homepage.
So I wrote a little something for the new web design magazine, Vitamin. It's intended to be opinionated, so it's okay if you have a different opinion. That's the thing about old friends - you're allowed to squabble every once in a while.
Wha?
This section is called Just a Thought. It's a blog where I post little pieces of what I'm thinking about at the moment. This page is an individual entry called “What Would Google Do?” that I wrote on 15 May 2006.
Before this, I wrote a little something called “Thanks a lot, Apple” on 12 May 2006. After this, I wrote “33” on 16 May 2006.
BEFORE
Thanks a lot, Apple
I've used Apple computers since high school. If it wasn't for the Mac, I probably wouldn't have wound up working...
12 May 2006
AFTER
33
Today I am 33 years old. 33 years of troublemaking behind me. Hopefully 33 more to go. Today I...
16 May 2006
Working the web since 1995, Derek Powazek is the creator of many award-winning websites, a couple of which still exist. Derek is the cofounder of JPG Magazine and the CCO of 8020 Publishing. Derek lives in San Francisco with his wife, two nutty Chihuahuas, a grumpy cat, and a house full of plants named Fred. More »
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