How NOT to build a website

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Yvette's treasures the opportunity to serve you ~*
Yvette's Main Gate ~*
Yvette's has a Passion for Fashion !! ~*
Yvette's cares about YOU !! ~*~*~*~*~*
Yvette's wants YOU to be HAPPY !! ~*
 
Yvette has a lot of things she likes to say on this website and I'm pretty sure she's used up her entire vocabulary right here folks...
 
What does Yvette do? I'm not quite sure... I believe she is running a boutique of sorts, formal and scary wear to put it exactly. This includes a Pied Piper who likes to paint your portrait (and in my opinion is probably better off playing with his musical pipe somewhere else on the internet). You can find the Pied Piper by clicking on the link "HAVE YOUR PORTRAIT PAINTED... OIL ON CANVAS", that's if you can find it in this Where's Wally type of arrangement.

London pop-up shop: Dr. Martens

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"The best form of rebellion is individualism." - Dr. Martens

I love that statement! I thought Docs had fallen off the bandwagon but here they are in all their signature yellow glory with a very cool shop indeed. The concept looks like a stockroom floor and gives me the sense of being out the back of a shop, somewhere you're not suppose to be, mmmmm adventure! The shipping pallets and shrink wrap, industrial steel racks and construction lamps, a PVC curtain and a fluorescent-lit concrete wall glow, all so yummy! I owned a couple of pairs of these boots in my younger years, I wore them everywhere and they never disappointed. These days I opt for heels instead but once you're a Doc lover always a Doc lover, rock on!

Muscle March - Wii Ware

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Japan has yet again released a somewhat bizarre Wii Ware game, yes, believe it or not. The game is called Muscle March and is due to hit North America soon. You just must take a look at the trailer. Basically it’s a bunch of nearly naked bodybuilders running around after a thief who has stolen their beloved protein powder! I know what you’re thinking… but it’s true, I couldn’t possibly make this sort of thing up! The idea is to jump and squeeze your Mr Muscles through holes in the wall to try and tackle the thief. Your Mr Muscles could comprise of an American boxer, a British female bodybuilder, top hat wearing Spaniard, a Japanese bodybuilder with swimming goggles (oh the irony) and a polar bear in a diaper (my choice).

 

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/127/article/muscle-march-announced-for-north-america/

Dyson Air Multiplier

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This blog entry couldn’t have come at a better or more appropriate time!

With the knowledge of moving back to Queensland, air-conditioning or a form of cooling-off, was high on the renovation agenda.

Dyson in their brilliant engineering genius (yes you know it) have designed a new take on the household fan and what a beauty it is! The fan uses suction and acceleration, rather than rotating blades, to whoosh air to you and throughout your space!

If is works any more brilliantly than my lovely purple vaccum Dyson, then count me, I’ll be there waiting in line on Wednesday!

Small - $379
Large - $399

www.dyson.com.au

Flash or not to Flash

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Maybe not the most interesting of websites (or blogs for that matter) and it doesn’t ooz positivity but from a usability perspective but this guy is on the money!

http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/should-your-website-have-a-flash-intro/

You do not NEED a flash homepage to draw attention to your website and you won’t look ‘cool’ if you have one.

I have talk to clients endlessly about this… think about the objective of your website first and ask yourself, who are your target audience? I bet you 9 times out of 10 you’re website strategy doesn’t need one… and no, including a flash intro to make it ‘look pretty’ is not a valid reason.

All in all there are more and more websites these days, giving you the option to skip the flash intro on their homepage, which is great, but it would be better to see away with the skip button all together and just get to the content. I mean this is why your users land on your homepage in the first place!