http://www.coreycanada.com Thoughts on the web design industry, business, culture and other interesting things. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:30:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pretty darn true words. I'll expand on this later from my experience starting Departika and Mediaslap. Link http://www.coreycanada.com/your-web-startup-will-fail/ Yesterday morning I was apparently using "the classic version" of Mapquest. I entered an address, city and zip.  When I went to Search, a banner ad on the right was triggered. It scrolled out to the left and covered up the "Search" button. Seriously? I could not get a map...at ... http://www.coreycanada.com/ad-stopped-my-search-for-maps-at-mapquest/ By now you have heard of The Common Craft Show and their popular video Social Media in Plain English. The series of "Plain English" videos are short tutorials on new media, technology and software that explain complex subjects with simple amusing visuals and a straightforward tone. I find the videos useful ... http://www.coreycanada.com/plain-english-video-tutorials/ If you are writing a contract it doesn’t have to conform to the seemingly standard format of jargon and complicated legalese. You can be creative. http://www.coreycanada.com/contract-killer/ Politics without buzzwords is like sports without clichés or math without numbers. Link http://www.coreycanada.com/buzzwords-of-2008/ You know Marty Neumeier from his books on branding and business, The Brand Gap, Zag and the upcoming Designful Company. What I like about his books is that they are clear, simple, to the point and quick reads. His agency, Neutron, writes an article series titled Steal This Idea, with ... http://www.coreycanada.com/brand-thinking/ Which are you? Are you sure? Link http://www.coreycanada.com/freelancer-or-entrepreneur/ A website without a content strategy is like a speeding vehicle without a driver. Learn why content matters and how to do it right over at the latest A List Apart. http://www.coreycanada.com/content-strategy-double-header/ #1 would have not even made the list in my opinion. But a nice roundup of this years quality records. Link http://www.coreycanada.com/npr-listeners-pick/ Project management can a breeze when things are running smoothly and hell when they are off track. More often than not a bit of both happens during the life of a project.  Meri Williams provides a few simple and useful tips on project management over at 24Ways titled, What Your ... http://www.coreycanada.com/turkey-and-project-management/