Grand Designs
Published 20 years, 8 months pastEveryone complains about Jakob Neilsen’s site design, but nobody ever does anything about it—until now. Bob Sawyer has announced a “redesign useit.com” contest that’s being held with the blessing of Dr. Neilsen himself. Dare we call it Designer’s Eye For the Usable Guy? The contest closes at the end of October, so you have some time to really do a great job.
The trends described in the Time article “Believe It, Or Not” bother me quite a bit. The last paragraph in particular seems chilling to me. I’ve no objection to religion, as long as it isn’t being shoved in my face, and frankly I think more people could use a strong moral/ethical core. It’s the decline in intellectualism and critical thinking, and the view that one can’t be moral without a belief in God, that trouble me deeply. I can say with absolute certainty the latter is patently false, unless one defines morality to be solely derived from religious teachings, in which case either the term needs to be expanded or we need to ask a different question. For example: “Is it necessary to believe in God to be an ethical person? A good person?”
As I looked at this and the last several entries, I see that most of my recent posting has been personal in nature. The CSS has fallen more or less by the wayside, which also bothers me. I’m going to take a week off and think about the balance or technical content versus personal commentary, and how I want this site to evolve as I move forward with the consulting business.