This afternoon, my favorite bloggers (SEOmoz) unveiled their 2007 Web 2.0 Awards. It was certainly serendipitous timing given my review of the ‘Web 2.0 Aesthetic’ last week, and my upcoming analysis of the pros and cons of this aesthetic, and how it informs my work.
For those of you still somewhat new to the Web [...]

(Apologies for the “noise” here, but seeing as how TV golf caused far less work to be accomplished this afternoon than I’d hoped, this post is somewhat business-related…)
Did anyone else get goosebumps watching CBS this afternoon? First of all, Quail Hollow looks like an incredible course, particularly in HD–it’s easy to see why the [...]

The term “Web 2.0″ has been around since 2004, created by Tim O’Reilly to refer to companies and technologies that were helping to shape the next iteration of the World Wide Web. Collaboration, input from users, openness to blogging, extensive database management, and realization of The Long Tail all define Web 2.0 from the economic and theoretical sides.

But what about from the design side?

Apologies to any regular readers over the first week of Mihmorandum’s existence, but I was just not happy with the rather direct translation of the design of my main website to my blog. Aesthetically, it seemed to lack some visual drama, and in general it just looked a bit “Web 2.0″-ish for my taste, [...]