Comments for margin http://blog.leonjacobs.com | creative director, writer and connector | Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on ICANN announcement will revolutionise Web strategy by Queenie Ross http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-970 Queenie Ross Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:14 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=60#comment-970 What an excellent blog, I've added your feed to my RSS reader. :-) What an excellent blog, I’ve added your feed to my RSS reader. :-)

]]> Comment on The Blackberry Bold and the beautiful by Blackberry Themes http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-831 Blackberry Themes Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:50:54 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=111#comment-831 Great news. Thanks for sharing. Great news. Thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on Indian traffic, a metaphor for today’s ad biz by Alex http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=186&cpage=1#comment-638 Alex Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:12:06 +0000 http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=186#comment-638 that's mayhem. and slightly depressing. that’s mayhem. and slightly depressing.

]]> Comment on The Blackberry Bold and the beautiful by Rob http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-382 Rob Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:24:11 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=111#comment-382 Yes ... better go to banking! Yes … better go to banking!

]]> Comment on The Blackberry Bold and the beautiful by Leon Jacobs http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-379 Leon Jacobs Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:57:36 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=111#comment-379 Thanks. But I heard the hours are long, the pay is terrible and the reward shallow. :) Thanks. But I heard the hours are long, the pay is terrible and the reward shallow. :)

]]> Comment on The Blackberry Bold and the beautiful by Rob http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-378 Rob Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:08:07 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=111#comment-378 I like this post, but it's the headline that really makes it great. You should be in adland. I like this post, but it’s the headline that really makes it great.

You should be in adland.

]]> Comment on The third wave by Leon Jacobs http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-209 Leon Jacobs Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:14:23 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=84#comment-209 Thanks for stopping by Bruce. I guess people are desperate to be The Next Big Thing. So they try and predict what the buzzwords will be in the hope of being immortalised. Personally I think rss and cloud-computing are just as important as the notion of participation. Thanks for stopping by Bruce.

I guess people are desperate to be The Next Big Thing. So they try and predict what the buzzwords will be in the hope of being immortalised.

Personally I think rss and cloud-computing are just as important as the notion of participation.

]]> Comment on The third wave by MiamiWebDesigner http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-207 MiamiWebDesigner Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:46:18 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=84#comment-207 Like so many tech articles posted since Tim O’Reilly coined the term in 2004, this one references “Web 2.0″ as if it were something tangible–or at least a concept with clear, concise definition. It is not. In 2006, Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee sagely observed that “nobody knows what it means”: http://tinyurl.com/y6ewzy In 2007, Michael Wesch put together this video that supposedly “explains what Web 2.0 really is about”: http://tinyurl.com/6pdz2q It is a cool video. But the message is all about XML and how it can be used to separate form and content. There was no mention of CSS and XHTML, but no matter. I was writing XML parsers in the ’90s, and XHTML/CSS web design pre-dates “Web 2.0″ as well. And now in 2008, the most honest thing we can say is that “Web 2.0″ means whatever the techno-marketeer (ab)using it wants it to mean. Otherwise, why would intelligent people like Isaac O’Bannon still be writing articles asking “What is Web 2.0?”: http://tinyurl.com/5solok And, why would McKinsey’s just-released best-of-breed report entitled “Building the Web 2.0 Enterprise” … http://tinyurl.com/6sxls7 … include no attempt at defining the term other than to list the “Web 2.0 Tools” that comprise or enable it? And even there, the chief ingredient is identified only as “Web Services”, adding more mystery to the mix as one ethereal term is offered up to explain another. As originated in an Onstartups.com website design posting… http://tinyurl.com/576sgs … “Web 2.0″ is like pornography: Nobody has defined it, but you know it when you see it. Bruce Arnold, Web Designer, Miami Florida http://www.PervasivePersuasion.com Like so many tech articles posted since Tim O’Reilly coined the term in 2004, this one references “Web 2.0″ as if it were something tangible–or at least a concept with clear, concise definition. It is not. In 2006, Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee sagely observed that “nobody knows what it means”:

http://tinyurl.com/y6ewzy

In 2007, Michael Wesch put together this video that supposedly “explains what Web 2.0 really is about”:

http://tinyurl.com/6pdz2q

It is a cool video. But the message is all about XML and how it can be used to separate form and content. There was no mention of CSS and XHTML, but no matter. I was writing XML parsers in the ’90s, and XHTML/CSS web design pre-dates “Web 2.0″ as well.

And now in 2008, the most honest thing we can say is that “Web 2.0″ means whatever the techno-marketeer (ab)using it wants it to mean. Otherwise, why would intelligent people like Isaac O’Bannon still be writing articles asking “What is Web 2.0?”:

http://tinyurl.com/5solok

And, why would McKinsey’s just-released best-of-breed report entitled “Building the Web 2.0 Enterprise” …

http://tinyurl.com/6sxls7

… include no attempt at defining the term other than to list the “Web 2.0 Tools” that comprise or enable it? And even there, the chief ingredient is identified only as “Web Services”, adding more mystery to the mix as one ethereal term is offered up to explain another.

As originated in an Onstartups.com website design posting…

http://tinyurl.com/576sgs

… “Web 2.0″ is like pornography: Nobody has defined it, but you know it when you see it.

Bruce Arnold, Web Designer, Miami Florida
http://www.PervasivePersuasion.com

]]> Comment on ICANN announcement will revolutionise Web strategy by Leon Jacobs http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-184 Leon Jacobs Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:49:09 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=60#comment-184 I think it is a branding thing. Always having something cathaypacific.com/bookings is cumbersome to promote. Better to have all domains look like bookings.cathay Thanks for dropping by. I think it is a branding thing. Always having something cathaypacific.com/bookings is cumbersome to promote. Better to have all domains look like

bookings.cathay

Thanks for dropping by.

]]> Comment on ICANN announcement will revolutionise Web strategy by jeff http://blog.leonjacobs.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-183 jeff Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:26:23 +0000 http://www.leonjacobs.com/?p=60#comment-183 Judging by the estimated cost and conditions (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7475986.stm) it doesn't look like I'll be able to run my own TLD for a hobby. : ( Anyway, I'm not so certain about your conclusion that the 'mall' will move to implement DNS entries for each separate boutique; rather than simply tagging on [mall]/shop as a URL. Much simpler, but just as elegant. Judging by the estimated cost and conditions (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7475986.stm) it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to run my own TLD for a hobby. : (

Anyway, I’m not so certain about your conclusion that the ‘mall’ will move to implement DNS entries for each separate boutique; rather than simply tagging on [mall]/shop as a URL. Much simpler, but just as elegant.

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