Comments on: Is Anyone Paying Attention?

By: Robleh

Robleh — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:47:20 +0000

Simplicity is the key for startups. It makes the product easier to understand for the user and easier to release for the developer. It also makes you focus on making something useful. A lot of startups I see are trying to do too much and aim at too many targets and end up being useful to nobody.

By: Two Rules of the New Web: Be Simple and Be Sticky | Kyle Lacy, Social Media - Indianapolis

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:20:24 +0000

[...] Evans had a great blog a couple of days ago called Is Anyone Paying Attention? Talk about some great everyday life visuals to relate to the transitioning of the web from [...]

By: Ruth Seeley

Ruth Seeley — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:29:25 +0000

I’m appalled at how few drivers stop for pedestrians at crosswalks.

In Vancouver we bribe the cyclists and pedestrians to push the button for us so we can get through some of the wacky intersections that have lights on only two of the corners (east/west but not north/south). Who came up with THAT system?

Re Linked In, BTW – check out Bob Ledrew’s profile – it’s the best I’ve ever seen.

By: newmediaMike

newmediaMike — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:37:20 +0000

Even if you are cautious, you still have to watch out for the drivers who decide to pass a stopped car on the right at a crosswalk to get past the “lineup”.

As for the ESPN site, I checked out the beta – all they did was move the clutter below the fold.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:36:17 +0000

I’ve been driving a fair bit lately and something I’ve noticed that’s a big problem is falsely flashing crosswalk lights. In one location in particular on Shuter there’s a crosswalk that seems to go off on it’s own every 5 minutes. After going past this crosswalk for several weeks and never seeing a person any where I find myself desensitized to it. I know it’s wrong and I still look, but I don’t slow down like I use to.