Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
Many, many years ago, I started my depressing voyage through the world of work at an Overwaitea food store in my home town. As a teenager, I expected to work so weird hours, and accept some level of abuse from the “adults” I worked with.
However, it seems that the organization now expects all their employees [...]
In: Life
11 Oct 2006As a teenager growing up in a very small logging town in the BC interior, I had what could be politely termed unusual musical tastes, especially for the mainstream, heavy-metal, hair-banging kids I hung around with.
But when I was alone with my walkman, I listened to the real geniuses of 80s rock: REM, Kate Bush, [...]
In the past, I have lined up to buy Canadian Olympic team goods from Roots. Good quality, and just generally cool and useful stuff.
This year, HBC (the Hudson’s Bay Company) is doing Canadian Olympic apparel.
This is like grandma dressing a teenager.
I am so disappointed. What was the COC thinking?
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Web Performance: Your Teenage Web site
In: Commentary| The Web| Web Performance| WebPerformance.Org| Work
10 Sep 2008It’s critical to your business. It affects revenue. It’s how people who can’t come to you perceive you.
It’s your Web site.
Its complex. Abstract. Lots of conflicting ideas and forces are involved. Everyone says they now the best thing for it. Finger-pointing. Door slamming. Screaming.
Am I describing your Web site and the team that supports it? [...]