Google for Life: Search On

Wow. I missed this spot during the Super Bowl last night, but it’s definitely a favorite. Simple, understated, with no voiceover; this ad for search engine Google manages to evoke the most important, happiest, and possibly scariest events in a person’s life. Watch it more than once and the story comes to life. <sniff>

On Quality, Content, and Change

Here’s where I’ll try to bring a bunch of disparate things together to make a point. (Let me know if I succeed.) The point is, evolution is inevitable, and even good, no matter how we may try to cling to the past or wax nostalgic for the way we were.
I just read (and commented on) [...]

Progress Rocks

A young woman in my office sent around a link to this video yesterday, with this message:
“Considering what most of us do all day, I thought this was hilarious.”

I’m assuming it was “hilarious” to her, b/c she–like most of us at Imagination Publishing–sits around all day creating custom content for websites and blogs and [...]

Love the New Website

I love the new http://www.whitehouse.gov/ website.

So far, I don’t see any sharing or rating functionality, which would be really interesting here, especially in the blog content. Maybe they’ll add it later.
But the content is great, and the designer and information architect definitely know their SEO (search engine optimization).

First Responders

One of the best things about my north-facing window here at work is the ability to hear and see the city-sights/sounds on the street six floors below.
Several times a year, new recruits from the Chicago Police Department or the Chicago Fire Department run as a group down Fulton Street (today, it was the guys from [...]