To get some perspective on how much has changed in a relatively short period of time, check out the following video. Among the statistics mentioned are:
In 2006, there were 1.3 million college grads in the US, 3.1 million in India and 3.3 million in China; 100% of the Indian graduates speak English and, it is predicted, that in 10 years, China will be the largest English-speaking country in the world.
The US Dept. of Labor estimates that today’s learners will have 10-14 different jobs… by their 38th birthday.
1 out of 8 couples married in the US in 2005 met online.
As technology becomes increasingly interwoven into every aspect of daily life, means of connecting with anyone, anywhere grows at an exponential rate; one stat says that 230,000 people sign up for MySpace everyday.
One of the simplest solutions to the problem of receiving spam email is to avoid posting your email address, in full, on your site, either as just text or as a link.
Instead, posting your contact details as you [at] yourwebsite.com.au is self-explanatory: your visitor who wishes to contact you will simply compose their email by substituting “@” for [at] and take out the spaces between the words.
Also, if you have a contact form, your email address is here: <FORM METHOD=”POST” ACTION=”mailto:your email address“> This also leaves you susceptible to receiving spam, even though your email address is not visible on your page.
Some hosts offer a control panel for managing the contact form and where the completed information is sent; alternatively, you could use a remotely-hosted CGI script thru sites such as Response-O-Matic.
I’ve always liked Helvetica, and now the ubiquitous font now is coming to a theater (or film festival, or museum) near you.
Despite of the plethora of fonts available, there’s something reliable and solid about this strong, easy-to-read and instantly recognizable font. I think that, sometimes, the message of the design gets lost in the medium and is not clearly conveyed because it’s just “over-designed”. Most times, simplicity is the key to communication, and the readability depends on the reader’s familiarity with the typeface. A classic, sans serif face like Helvetica is always a winner (Franklin Gothic is a close second for me). Read the rest of this entry »
