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Saland, L.C., Cunningham, L.A., Su, C., Morales, M., and Gaddy, J.
Notes: The Anti-Human GDNF pAb was used to detect GDNF in rat pituitaries by immunohistochemistry. To stain for GDNF alone, the rats were perfused with cold 4% paraformaldehyde, paraffin embedded, then sliced into 8µm sections. The sections were permeabilized with a brief trypsin treatment. The sections were blocked with normal donkey serum and incubated with the Anti-Human GDNF pAb (1:250 dilution) either overnight at ambient room temperature or for 48 hours at 4°C followed by colorimetric detection. For co-localization with other marker antibodies, the pituitaries were flash frozen and 10µm sections obtained. The frozen sections were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and permeablized with 0.3% Triton® X-100 in 5% normal goat serum. The sections were treated for 48 hours at 4°C in the presence of the Anti-Human GDNF pAb (1:250 dilution) in the goat serum/0.3% Triton® X-100 solution with accompanying antibodies. Actual levels of GDNF in the pituitaries were determined with the GDNF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (0053)
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Anti-Human GDNF pAb
GDNF Emax® ImmunoAssay System
Kirik, D., Rosenblad, C., Bjorklund, A., and Mandel R.J.
Notes: An adeno-associated viral vector was used for long-term expression of GDNF in either the nigral DA neurons, in the striatal target cells, or in both of these structures. Only rats expressing GDNF in the striatum displayed behavioral recovery, and significant reinnervation of the lesioned striatum. GDNF expression was monitored using Promega's GDNF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2329)
Kordower, J.H., Emborg, M.E., Bloch, J., Ma, S.Y., Chu, Y., Leventhal, L., McBride, J., Chen, E.Y., Palfi, S., Roitberg, B.Z., Brown, W.D., Holden, J.E., Pyzalski, R., Taylor, M.D., Carvey, P., Ling, Z., Trono, D., Hantraye, P., Deglon, N., and Aebischer, P.
Notes: A lentiviral vector was used to express glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in nonhuman primate models of Parkinson's disease. GDNF expression in the substantia nigra seemed to reverse functional deficits and prevent nigrostriatal degeneration. GDNF expression in transduced and non-transduced cells of the rhesus monkey substantia nigra was quantitated using Promega's GDNF Emax® ImmunoAssay System. (2330)
Buckland, M.E., Cunningham, A.M.
Notes: The Anti-Human BDNF pAb, Anti-Rat CNTF pAb and Anti-Human GDNF pAb were used for immunohistochemical analysis of rat olfactory tissue. A lot of detail is provided for the staining. To verify the specificity of the antibodies, the antibodies were immunoabsorbed with their appropriate immunogen and all staining was abolished. (1370)
Anti-Human BDNF pAb
Okragly, A.J. and Haak-Frendscho, M.
Notes: The levels of GDNF, NGF, and NT-3 were quantitated in various mouse tissues, including spleen, muscle, heart, lung, liver, kidney, bladder, gastrointestinal tract, brain, and serum. Additional samples screened for NGF included pig, goat, horse, chicken, rabbit, sheep, and bovine serum and rat brain. Samples were untreated or acid treated by acidification to pH <3.0 followed by neutralization to pH 7.6. In all tissue samples and most serum samples, the detectable levels of GDNF, NGF and NT-3 increased up to 35-fold. It is thought that the acidification process promotes dissociation of receptors and associated proteins making the neurotrophins more accessible. Levels of GDNF, NGF, and NT-3 were determined using the GDNF, NGF, and NT-3 Emax ImmunoAssay Systems, respectively. Please note that the coat antibody in the NGF Emax ImmunoAssay System was changed 12/2002 and may affect cross-reactivity. (3105)
Gattei, V., Celetti, A., Cerrato, A., Degan, M., De Iuliis, A., Rossi, F.M., Chiappetta, G., Consales, C., Improta, S., Zagonel, V., Aldinucci, D., Agosti, V., Santoro, M., Vecchio, G., Pinto, A. and Grieco, M.
Notes: Acute myeloid leukemia cells expressing RET were assayed for clonogenic growth of blast cells by GDNF with or without treatment with a phosphoinositol-specific phospholipase C. The GDNFR-alpha is phosphoinositol-linked protein. Cells were also treated with GDNF, reacted with the anti-GDNF antibody and reacted with the FITC-conjugated Anti-chicken IgY. The cells were analyzed by flow cytometry in the presence or absence of the phospholipase C. (1573)
Sainio, K., Suvanto, P., Davies, J., Wartiovaara, J., Wartiovaara, K., Saarma, M., Arumae, U., Meng, X., Lindahl, M., Pachnis, V., Sariola, H.
Notes: The Anti-Human GDNF pAb was used to detect GDNF in homogenates of rat kidney grown in organ culture. Treatment of the cultures with chlorate dropped the GDNF levels below the detection level. The kidneys were homogenized in reducing SDS sample buffer. (0470)
Baumgartner, B.J. and Shine, H.D.
Notes: The GDNF Emax ImmunoAssay System was used to quantify the level of GDNF in the conditioned media of HeLa cells transduced with a recombinant adenovirus expressing GDNF. The RQ1 DNase was used to treat RNA sample to remove genomic DNA and the AMV reverse transcriptase was used for first strand cDNA synthesis. (1605)
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Celebrating International Day of Yoga
6 pm onwards
Teaching stress-free living to lawyers
08.11.2010, Chandigarh, IndiaSri Sri interacted with lawyers from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He advised lawyers to practice meditation which is the best medicine for better and stress-free living. He also urged lawyers to take up three cases in a year free of cost. The Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and members of the executive committee were present.
Sri Sri tours Gujarat
05.11.2010, IndiaA spread of 5,000 vegetarian dishes met the eye on November 2 at Annam Brahm in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The event demonstrated a complete journey of food: the effects of food on the mind, the right eating practices as well as guidelines towards maintaining good health. All the dishes were made with organic ingredients and prepared using ayurvedic principles of cooking. People of all religions participated with the aim to showcase the unique cuisines from different communities. The food was then distributed as Bal Bhoj among 35,000 underprivileged children from eight slums at Vejalpur and Satellite of Ahmedabad.
Earlier that day, Sri Sri was a special speaker at the Earth Charter Program in Ahmedabad where he urged farmers to avoid excess use of pesticides.
Later in Baroda, Sri Sri met with 300 graduates of the Yes!+ program. "I want them to be well equipped to take the stress that comes along. I want nothing to break them," he said.
"Over 3,500 people attended the advanced meditation course that was held during the Diwali and Gujarati New Year celebrations. For the occasion of the New Year, Sri Sri also visited a 300-year-old temple in a village Jhanjharka near Ahmedabad. Addressing a 30,000 strong crowd of Dalits (lower caste Hindus), Sri Sri said: Don't think of yourself as exploited or downtrodden. We are not high or low. Let us forget the past and work together for a bright future. "
Sri Sri in Russia
10.09.2010, RussiaSri Sri Ravi Shankar embarked on a 10-day tour of Russia beginning Sept 5, 2010.
He inaugurated the second International Art and Music Festival 'Kremlin live' on Sept 11 in Kazan. The aim of this festival was to develop culture and popularize the arts. Sri Sri was also the guest of honor and delivered the keynote address. The Minister of Culture, Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Mrs. Valeyava Z.R, welcomed the gathering.
During his tour, Sri Sri visited several cities including St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Irkutsk. He interacted with members of the government, businessmen, students and the public. In St. Petersburg (Sept. 5–6), Sri Sri addressed a gathering of over 25,000 people on 'Yoga for Health and Happiness' and held a meeting with the city administration. In Moscow (September 7 and Septembr 12), Sri Sri met government officials and addressed students at the International University of Skolkova and Moscow State University. He also addressed a business seminar titled 'Business Ethics and Fighting Corruption'.
The event was attended by some 400 guests, among whom were prominent business figures, celebrities and representatives of the secular media. Sri Sri shared his views on the further development of relations in the modern business world. Identified the most pressing problems, gave advice on conflict resolution, and pointed to examples of the importance of social responsibility of business in modern conditions.
In Kazan, Sri Sri addressed a gathering of 7,000 people where 300 accordionists performed together and entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
Sri Sri's last stop was at Irkutsk (September 13–14) where he gave a public talk on 'Life Secrets' and conducted a workshop on 'Yoga for Health and Happiness'.
Propagating ethics in corporate life
09.08.2010, New Delhi, IndiaSri Sri addressed the European Business Group (EBG) in Delhi. He said: "This sense of contributing, taking pride in giving is missing today. If that happens again, there will be a big difference. Pride in giving, pride in non-violence are two things which are missing in today's education. If you watch movies, one who is aggressive and loses his temper, is shown as a hero. One who is calm, accepts everything and offers his other cheek are not considered heroes. This value shift has to happen."
Guru Poornima celebrations, Connecticut, USA, July 25
24.07.2010, United StatesPeople from all over the world gathered to participate in the Guru Poornima celebrations with Sri Sri in Hartford, Connecticut. While addressing the audience, Sri Sri said: "There are so many bees that sit in a bee hive but there is only one queen bee. If that queen bee goes away, every other bee will disappear, the entire hive disappears. In the same way, in our body, there is an atom, the tiniest of the tiny atom, the atma which is everywhere yet nowhere. That is the queen bee – that is what you are. The queen bee, that is what the Divine is. The queen bee, that is what the Guru principle is."
Reaching out to different sections
01.07.2010, Bokaro, IndiaSri Sri was on a one-day visit to Bokaro in Jharkhand. He addressed the administration and workers of the Bokaro Steel Plant on stress management. "To create a successful working environment, you need to be stress-free," he said.
He also visited the prisoners of the Bokaro prison and encouraged them to give up the path of violence. "Return to mainstream society, we (the Art of Living) will extend all help in setting up your own occupation." In the evening, over 12,000 people gathered for satsang. Sri Sri urged them to have faith in the Divine. "If God is with you, no one can harm you."
Guest of Honor at the 2nd Symposium on Shelters for Children
17.05.2010, GermanySri Sri was the guest of honor at the 2nd Symposium on Shelters for Children organized by the Peter Maffay Foundation and co-hosted by the Klaus Wowerit, Mayor of Berlin on May 18.
Sri Sri's 54th B'day Celebrations
12.05.2010, GermanyPeople from 50 countries meditated for world peace to mark Sri Sri's 54th birthday celebrations on May 13. Speaking on inner fulfillment, Sri Sri said: "The consumerism that is eating society today can only be checked by inner fulfillment, by quenching that inner quest for the Self, for spiritual energy or inner joy. Fulfillment comes through spiritual knowledge. The greatest fortune in human life is to be able to say, 'I want nothing. I am here for you.' 'I want nothing' comes from a state of fulfillment and not of denial."
Sri Sri reached Germany on May 13 after leading an advanced meditation program in Arosa, Switzerland. He also gave a commentary to the international audience on the Bhagavad Gita, a timeless classic of spirituality.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Signs MOU with North Miami Mayor Haiti
26.04.2010, United StatesNorth Miami Mayor, Andre D. Pierre, Esq. and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Haitian Trauma relief. They agreed to focus on promoting the physical, mental and emotional well-being of the Haitian Diaspora by providing programs to combat trauma, as well as encourage healing and empowerment.
The International Association for Human Values (IAHV), the sister organization of the Art of Living has been engaged in providing trauma relief in Haiti since 2007. Presently it is working in both Haiti and South Florida, providing stress and trauma relief post earthquake. Sri Sri was in town to address a 900-strong gathering at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood.
Two US Cities declare Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days
23.04.2010, United StatesTwo cities in the USA, Denver and Milwaukee declared April 20, 2010 and April 23, 2010 respectively as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days. On a 21-day tour of the country, Sri Sri was bestowed with the honor in recognition of his contributions worldwide. The proclamations were signed by Mr. John Hickenlooper, the Mayor of Denver and Mr. Tom Barrett, the Mayor of Milwaukee. The two cities joined twelve other cities in the country that had earlier announced Sri Sri Ravi Shankar days.
During the visit Sri Sri addressed the management and employees of Target Corporation, one of the largest retailers in the USA, at their headquarters in Minneapolis and spoke about the importance of having a sense of belongingness with one's organization.Sri Sri also received letters of welcome and commendation.

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"My participation in the Orientation Program gave me the opportunity to meet and work
with other international students that enabled us to share our experiences. Meeting
and working with other international students provided the opportunity for me to forge
new friendships that have lasted as the year progressed, and I am proud to say that
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If you are a new undergraduate student in F-1 or J-1 status, your participation in Orientation is essential even if you have previously been a student at another US college or university. Each school has different policies, and it is essential that you attend the necessary meetings to help you register for appropriate courses. It is much easier to meet people and get things done before everyone gets busy with classes in the Spring semester.
Please note that the "New Student Fee" for freshman undergraduate students is $320. The "New Student Fee" for transfer undergraduate students is $220. This charge will be included on your student bill and supports services and events for new students, including Orientation. The fee is charged to all international undergraduatestudents in their initial semester. Your student bill will be issued after you register for courses.
In order to have a successful Orientation experience, please make sure to complete the following:
- Step One: To register for Orientation you will need to know your "B number". If you do not know your "B number" go to http://www2.binghamton.edu/self-service. On this webpage, click on the text box, "BU BRAIN Self Service" and login with your BU user ID and password. Then, in the middle of the page, click on "What's My B-Number".
- Step Two: Register for International Student Orientation. This will take you to the "Register Now" web page. Complete the fields to create your own personal user account.
- Step Three: Once you create your account you can register for Orientation. You will find that many of the fields on the form are pre-filled with your personal information. If any of the information is not correct, please email firstname.lastname@example.com to request that a correction be made to your information.
- Step Four: You will receive a confirmation e-mail from firstname.lastname@example.com when you complete the registration process on-line. In the future you can log onto the system to view the status of your registration for Orientation, review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and easily contact Orientation staff.
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Your parents or guests are welcome to attend the first day of Orientation with you.
You do not need to register them online. Upon your arrival at Check In, your guests
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Housing for family or friends traveling with you can be reserved at one of the hotels near campus. Reservations at local hotels need to be made early because many new students and their families will also be staying at local hotels during the Orientation period.
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bzpilman says: It's nice when you can use for a tag a symbol that needs no explaining, ain't it ?
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bzpilman says: Well, for the most common things I also use easy acess symbols (. - + _ @).
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carib says: If you don't want to leave the keyboard, you could probably go a long way by doubling symbols, like \\ or combining them with other symbols , like \: or even with numbers \5 or letters \p.
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bzpilman says: An issue you will find there, carib, is that most common keyboard symbols aren't usable for tags. At least not in my experience, and I have no idea why.
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crystal.mckenzie says: Aww, I set up a bunch of my tags to use special characters, and they've all been replaced by question marks in boxes. I've went back to combinations of "ordinary" special symbols....
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carib says: Wow, Cryatal, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe they tweaked RTM's innards and removed that capability.
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Burton team riders, photographers and designers know how cumbersome it can be traveling with a board bag and luggage piece…even if they do both have wheels. That's why they integrated a removable strap on all luggage pieces that easily attaches to a board bag for the ultimate combo on wheels. A backpack or purse can also be attached to your luggage to lighten the load. Trips from the airport to train to hotel just got a whole lot easier.
The removable snake stack external backpack attachment strap connects bags to the luggage you are pulling for an easy to manage train – perfect for the luggage/board bag combo when traveling.
This has been a part of the Burton Technology articles.
A comfortable backpack will make or break a walk to class, a trek to the summit or a pedal across town. Having the corner of a book dig into your back is just plain silly. And what to do when the thermometer his 80? Do you forgo bringing a backpack full of snacks, cold beverages, a beach towel and other summertime essentials so you're back doesn't get drenched with sweat? Burton incorporated the Ultra Cush Pack Panel Technology into their top selling backpacks. It's more than just some cheap foam padding. Airflow cushioning zones are incorporated to allow air between the pack and your back. Instead of having a solid panel touching your back, there are raised areas strategically placed on the panel to give your back some room to breath. The result is a cool and comfortable backpack wearing experience!
A super soft cushion back panel alone doesn't cut it for us. So we made the Ultra Cush Back Panel with airflow cushioning zones. Strategically placed airflow channels circulate cool air throughout the pack's back panel to keep you comfortable and dry.
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In the mid-60's, Jake Burton was one of thousands of kids to get hooked on Sherman Poppen's Snurfer, the earliest commercial form of the modern snowboard. It might have only been a department store toy, but it was still surfing on snow. Shocked that not much had progressed ten years later, Jake bid the Manhattan business world farewell to become a snowboard shaper. He moved to Londonderry, Vermont and started making and riding his first boards. The world's first snowboard factory was born. The year was 1977.
In the first few years, snowboarding was an underground sport struggling on sledding hills and snowcovered golf courses. As long as riders had to hike, it could only progress so far. To move the industry and riding to the next level, Jake lobbied hard for local ski areas to open their lifts to snowboarders. In 1982, Suicide Six Resort in Pomfret, Vermont was the first resort to allow snowboarding. Soon after, Jake succeeded in convincing Stratton Mountain in Vermont to give it a shot, thereby establishing a joint commitment to snowboarding that continues to this day. Others followed - Jay Peak, Stowe, Sugarbush, Killington - some sooner, some much later. The opening of eastern resorts not only led to growth for the sport, it became a major factor in Burton's continual product innovation. Edgeless wooden boards that were fine in powder no longer cut it on the hardpack and sometimes icy conditions at Vermont mountain resorts. To handle the hardpacked snow, Burton developed the Performer Elite, a board with a P-tex base, metal edges and bindings with hi-backs.
The early years were an experiment in grassroots business. In the second year, Burton Snowboards moved into a farmhouse in Manchester, Vermont - the facility that went on to produce such classics as Burton's Backhill and Performer snowboards. Working in the living room, dining room, basement and barn, a crew of four to five people produced, sold and repaired all the early Burton models. Jake's toll-free customer service line rang in the bedroom, at all hours. In the middle of the night, Jake took down orders from snowboarders all over the country. If orders for boards were low, Jake loaded up his Volvo wagon and visited up to ten shops a day offering his latest designs. From the livingroom/showroom, employees led "Safaris" - snowboard tours of local powder stashes. Turns were earned by hiking.
On the outskirts of Burlington, Vermont sits an office with an old chairlift spanning the parking lot and a skate ramp out back. The current location of over 25 years of innovation and commitment to the sport, this company has roots that run deep into the history of snowboarding. The company is Burton Snowboards - the world's first snowboard factory. And this is how it all started.
In 1992, Burton Snowboards moved from its Manchester location to Burlington, Vermont. The same motivation that took Jake from the garage in Londonderry to the barn in Manchester guided Burton from Manchester to Burlington: the commitment to making the world's best snowboarding equipment and growing the sport. Upon arrival in Burlington, the Burton Air snowboard was state-of-the-art. Today, the Codes and the Powers are the boards snowboarders ride to the podium. The same heart that beat years ago in a garage in Londonderry, Vermont still beats strong within the ever-expanding walls of Burton's modern facilities in Burlington and the two affiliate offices in Japan and Austria. Two things matter more than all else: riders and riding. They always have and always will.
Burton Snowboards has been involved in the competitive side of the sport since the beginning. March 2002 marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships - an event for snowboarders by snowboarders. Then and now, it is the premier contest each year, drawing the best riders in the world. The Open has been the perennial venue of legendary riding: Doug Bouton hitting 63 mph on a Backhill snowboard, Craig Kelly dominating the pipe with his signature smooth riding, Jeff Brushie and Terje Haakonsen going head to head with huge McTwists. The early success of the U.S. Open helped further legitimize the sport and increase mountain resort area acceptance.
(Taken from www.burton.com)
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For those who don't need the full-on buzz of fully caffeinated coffee...
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First thing I think of when I wake up is coffee. I see it everywhere!
this is perfect! +1
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Hope you like it! :D
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Tall? Really? Why bother.
I know "none flying birds" isn´t a new subject but i hope you enjoy this new approach :D
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This is how I feel after my first cup of the morning. You don't want to see the before.
I really like it. I get that this is because of the constraints of the clock's format, but I wish the f's were a little bit bigger. They just get a bit lost in the design.
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Caffeine, I choose you!
Re: Moar coffee!
haha :D Awesome!
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This is the strangest thing, because I was thinking of asking you to collab on this same idea. ...but you totally didn't need me.
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6 colors on Navy Thanks!
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Woo! Great idea, perfect execution. This will make an awesome tee!
I know this is the caffeine derby, but this idea would be much better with beer!
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Gonna have that in my head all day now. But if this wins, I can make that happen to other people!
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thank you kindly! @bluetuba - I love me some beer, but I have something pretty serious going on with coffee. I don't want to mess that up.
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In the Phillies' first turn through their starting rotation this season, Cliff Lee acted as the stopper following shaky performances from Cole Hamels and Roy Halladay.
He'll try to do the same on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies will take on the Mets in the second of a three-game series. New York roughed up Halladay for seven runs in taking Monday's opener, a day after Hamels surrendered eight runs in a loss to the Royals.
"I think it's early, but I'm concerned about our pitching," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, whose staff has a 7.08 ERA thus far. "I still think we're going to score some runs. When we get Carlos Ruiz and Delmon Young in the lineup, we're definitely going to score some runs. Right now, we've got to work through the problem we're having with our pitching.
"Our starting pitching definitely has to get better for us to win some games."
Coming off a frustrating season in which he won only six games despite posting a 3.16 ERA and leading the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio, Lee shut out the Braves over eight innings last Thursday in Atlanta. He gave up two hits and no walks while striking out eight.
"Last year, I got the first win on the Fourth of July," Lee said. "It's nice to get it out of the way on the first one, no doubt."
While the Phillies are off a 2-5 start, the Mets have won three straight to go 5-2. They have won eight of 10 at Citizens Bank Park going back to last season.
But New York's starter on Tuesday, Dillon Gee, has not fared well in Philadelphia, where he sports a 9.00 ERA in 18 career innings. That's his highest at any ballpark.
On Thursday, Gee made his first start since last July, when he underwent emergency surgery to repair a blood clot in his shoulder. The right-hander held the Padres to one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings but took the hard-luck loss.
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• When catcher John Buck took Halladay deep in the second inning, it gave the Mets at least one home run in seven straight games to begin their season. That's their longest streak since 1987, when they started the year by homering in a franchise-record eight straight.
Buck has been one of the club's primary power sources, with three home runs and 12 RBIs. Last season with the Marlins, it took him 33 games to compile 12 RBIs.
• Despite the Mets' early success, they still haven't found themselves in a save situation. That's left little work for closer Bobby Parnell, who has thrown 1 1/3 scoreless innings in two appearances.
"I'm definitely ready for a save opportunity, but it's not a big deal as long as we're winning," Parnell said. "We're winning. I'm pitching. Opportunities are going to come."
Phillies: Struggles continuing for Howard
• First baseman Ryan Howard went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a sacrifice fly on Monday and is now 4-for-27 (.148) with no extra-base hits and 10 strikeouts this season. He had batted .322 with seven home runs in Grapefruit League play after a ruptured Achilles tendon limited him to 71 games in 2012.
"He can definitely be a little more patient at the plate," Manuel said. "I think Ryan thinks that when he's at bat with somebody in scoring position that he has to knock them in. The only thing he has to do is be relaxed and get good balls to hit. When he swings at strikes, he becomes a much better hitter."
• With Ben Revere's stolen base on Monday, the Phillies passed the Mets for the National League lead with eight. Neither team has been caught.
The Phillies have led the Majors in stolen base success rate in six straight seasons. Last year, they went 116-for-139 (83.5 percent).
Worth noting
• The Mets have scored at least seven runs four times this season. In 2012, it took them until May 9 to do so.
• Buck's 54 plate appearances against Lee are more than any other active player and second all time behind Magglio Ordonez. The two started their careers facing off in the American League Central, Buck with the Royals and Lee with the Indians. Buck has taken advantage of all of those chances, hitting .292 with three homers and eight RBIs.
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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EDIT -- wow, I'm not seeing many Linux preloads this year on *anyone's* hardware, even in the workstation corner. Lots of Win8 and Win7 on clients, RHEL and SLES on servers and the occasional Ubuntu client, but a *lot* less than last year.
... so you might be right. Hopefully that will change once everyone recovers from the Win8 transition.
BTW you mentioned "NVidia shipping with Linux on Nexus7" -- while it's true that Android uses a kernel so it is absolutely correct to call an Android product "Linux", but since the graphics driver stacks are so different between Android Linux and typical PC Linux/Gnu/X/Mesa/DRI that they really need to be kept separate from a practical perspective. You can share a KMS kernel driver and 3D driver between the two stacks (so Android-x86 works with both intel and radeon), but that's pretty much where it ends.


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There has been too much nonsense spouted about the effectiveness of certain successful companies' websites and it's time to correct it. Those who say that poorly designed websites are partly responsible for some companies' success are feeding you a load of crap. And too many of you are eating it up.
Stop it. Bad design harms business, it does not help it. Websites like Boingboing, Google and eBay are successful in spite of their poorly designed sites, not because of them. What kills me is that I continue to see designers, some of them professionals, buying into this drivel and helping to perpetuate it. This whole business of contemplating the elusive wisdom of bad design and ugly layout is amateur hour on parade. It's time to call bullshit.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck.
Commercial success plus bad design does NOT equal good design. The reason Google is the premier search tool is because it works. It is the most comprehensive and best-respected search tool for most Web users. It's well managed, a business leader rather than follower and it has been around for quite a while. Google is a mover and shaker, constantly finding and providing tools, solutions and applications for everyday people to use online. The Google brand has gravity, respect and delivers tangible results every minute of the day. THAT'S why Google is the search engine of choice.
The fact that Google's website is unremarkable and poorly laid out is ancillary to these facts, mostly because the main interface is very simple. Poorly designed "simple" is far easier to swallow than poorly designed "complex". It works okay in spite of the bad layout and un-design.The fact is Google got it right where so many fail. They built their reputation on substance rather than on style. They're not important because of their style, but because of execution. They don't have to look important because they simply are important.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck.
Most companies put the cart before the horse and try to build their success on how cool their company culture is or how awesomely awesome their logo is. Google's logo pretty much sucks. So what? They can buy and sell any company that has a cool logo any day of the week; not because of their awful main interface layout, but in spite of it.
All of these companies that have suckass website designs and layouts but are successful anyway did the same thing. eBay was best at what it does before anyone else was that good. They've locked up the category with execution first, not style. Boingboing is one of the best-known and most popular weblogs because everybody loves to go there to hate on the Bush administration. The design sucks, but the content and advertising always bashes the readers' #1 enemy. Substance, not style.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck. It won't matter how awesome your website looks, you will fail if your product is not up to snuff. By the same token, you are allowed to look like a dog if your product is the cat's meow. Think about it; the successful businessperson will always have a hot date to the dinner party. We're talking about human behavior here, folks.
But let's not be too smart by half. Craigslist, for instance, is a clear winner with an un-design, but it's not an example of bad design. The site content is nothing but relevant text links, and rightly so! The "design" it uses is well-suited to the type of content, so it is quite effective. This site is not like eBay or Google, as it succeeds because of the design rather than spite of it. Google and eBay have layout components and content that were clearly added as afterthoughts, ruining any true layout or design. Not so with Craigslist, the layout is solid and design appropriate. Design is a solution to a problem, not a decoration or embellishment.
So we should stop swallowing tripe for cream. As designers, it's time for some of us to see that the emperor has no clothes and to use our insight, understanding and training to define what we agree with rather than mindlessly going along with idiots in the crowd. We have a responsibility to avoid pseudoscience and pseudointellectualism as it relates to what we produce for our clients and what we share with our fellow designers. If we've not got a sufficient grasp of things to see through this sort of drivel, perhaps we should go back to school or find another line of work.
Bottom line is designers need a foundation to ward off ridiculous ideas like "bad design creates success". We shouldn't relegate ourselves to simply sailing whichever way the wind is blowing this week. When the wind smells bad, it's time to get upwind of the bullshit.
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Not to be rude, but I'd only take criticism of the design of multi-billion dollar internet companies seriously from someone who impresses me with his own design.
Your portfolio is very, very weak. It's very amateurish. I'm a professional designer, and, having you submit your resume to me, I'd immediately throw it away. Why do you think you are professional and accomplished enough to offer any sort of credible critique on others' deign?
This is pretty much just sensationalist 'journalism' trying to give yourself some clout. It's extremely unfortunate that it seems to be working, because you are simply not good enough to present yourself as any sort of expert in the least.
By the way, although there are some things I would change about the Google Redux, it is a vastly superior design; it's more interesting, less distracting, and better organized.
Certainly, I'd center the buttons, too. If I were Google, I'd enlarge the logo, and then fit the motto under the first two letters; alternatively, I'd enlarge the first letter, and expand it, too, and fit the motto inside the G and over the next three letters.
Hey, just because something has the appearance of not being well-thought out, like it's got stuff that was just stuck on, or pasted in, in what appears to be an after thought, doesn't mean it's poorly designed. The coolest looking vacuum cleaners out there aren't the ones that are sleeek, with hidden compartments for their attachments; no, they're the ones where the attchments stick off the exterior of the machine, everywhere, in all directions.
Does that make sense? I can't believe that anyone is defending Google's design, or eBay's, etc., as being good! At best, they're not offensive. I think any company that does anything as well in their own field as Google does in its field, with the same amount of attention paid to design, will find itself in steep competition when someone else comes along who can do just as well with a really great design.
People do not blame themselves when a Web site doesn't quite work the way they want it to (and a smart company doesn't rely on people blaming themselves, either); rather, when a Web site doesn't work right, people simply shrug their shoulders and think to themselves, "Oh well, there's nothing better out there, so this is what I'm stuck with."
In the case of visual aesthetics, people prefer better design; but, as long as the design isn't absolutely abhorrent, they're going to stick with what works well. If someone else can do the same job with a prettier interface, in time people will drift over to the equal but prettier competitor. I mean, really, everything else being equal, it's the prettier girl whose going to get the eligible bachelor. But, maybe that's just me.
It seems as though I've misinterpretted your meaning of style. I was reading the meaning you gave to it on your site. My point was to style in the traditional sense, in your context its the theme. So we pretty much agree. But my point still stands, to those designers that use those trends & repetitive "styles" in their work. The whole web 2.0 look-a-likes are getting ridiculous.
I think the google design is fine just how it is. Some of you want to complicate it with more colors & clutter, right now its simple and effective, it works—the site is branded very well. To change the design would most likely tick alot of users off, and send them running away, because googles simplicity & results is what attracks many people to the service. Those who want more clutter go to yahoo (not that their design is bad, their design is actually pretty good, but they are more of a portal site with much more information).
"Style for it's own sake, Alain. Style for it's own sake. That's what I meant when I said "style is not design.†And any designer worth his or her salt knows that style is often an important part of successful design."
^ That right there is pure bullshit. I don't know where you got this. I think you confuse the meaning of design. Design is communication. Every form, every color, every choice of typography is supposed to have a reason. The combination of all of these is what sends your message. Before you even think of beginning a design your suppose to have a THEME/DIRECTION. You never attach a style to your work, if you do, your a BAD DESIGNER. Your work dictates your theme and your theme dictates your design. If your definition of style is "adding shit to your design so it looks cool" then you obviously have no idea what the hell design is. If you don't have a CONCRETE reason for adding an element, then YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING. Did you ever study graphic design? This is pretty much a known fact.
The only time "style" is to be used is in personal work, (experimentation/etc) not commercial work.
Give me a link to the site of a "designer worth his or her salt" that uses "style" in commerical work, just for the hell of it. And please make it a reputable designer, because I see alot of bad designers who do this. Look at the element in his/her design and tell me if it has no reason for being there. If you think it has no reason then post the link here and well see. But from my knowledge of design, that statement is pure bullshit.
Sorry if I came out a little strong, but I see this kind of stuff all the time in peoples "design" and it ticks me off. Style is what breeds bad designers. It's this constant copying of trends that slows people's developement as DESIGNERS.
The fact that sites like google, graigslist and others like it are popular is because they are basic. Some times, We want to get to a site only to do what we need to do. Google is a search engine and all they need to provide is a search box. That is all I am after. Not commercials, not banner ads or anything else.
The Net is so consumed with Standards that it's ruining the Internet. We have Web Standards for Web Sites but yet no Browser Standards. Everyone thinks we need valid xhtml and css… But honestly, how many people go to a web site to buy something, view the source, and then say, crap… It's not valid xhtml or css, I can't buy from this store..
Great web sites are just plain user friendly.. Not loaded with flash and other useless junk.
Look at the bottom of this UX Mag.. Claims to be valid xhtml, css and 508.. It's far from it.. But who really cares.
It's too bad that a lot of the people who commented on this completely missed the point of the article.
I've seen people who say this too. They also say that since google is able to survive with a bad design, they should be able too as well.
Google and others are successful in spite of their bad design, and it is a bad design as I wrote below. It's like saying that Superstore (the department store to buy from where I live) is successful because they have a very dusty, rarely cleaned building. They're successful because of a quality product at a low price.
It is a a bad design. I recently started using Opera a lot more, and I updated the version to the latest one. There is a stylesheet provided in the view menu I can automatically have override the author settings. It's called Emulate Text Browser. Google's design isn't complex enough to get screwed up in a text browser, but ebay's certainly is. I couldn't see anything but the navigation and some links at the bottom.
That doesn't make Google's design good; far from it. They get screwed up in other browsers.
I know you are going through a roasting in all these comments, but I want to thank you for this article. It's voiced a lot of my own concerns and opinions.
Andy, is good design user-tested? Like this site, for example. It looks "good" aesthetically, but the font is several sizes below what has been tested on other sites and considered "readable". I'd say the same goes for the size of text on your own website.
It seems to me that designers often have an elitist attitude towards what they consider "good design", one that is at odds with some of the most basic requirements of the average reader.
Another issue to consider is there is definitely a large percentage of the population who are utterly "design blind". I've had personal experiences with a number of successful business people who have no ability whatsoever to choose between a "good" and "poor" design… however, oftimes that "good" design contains some basic "flaws", like a smaller font size, that is at odds with a designer's idea of good design.
Andy, your Ebay and Google reduxes (reduxi?) are on the money. They make both sites a helluvalot more aesthetically pleasing and usable – especially Ebay which needed the most work out of the two. I certainly learned a few things from reading about your process. Keep up the good work!
Andy, you're right. Style is not design. But you seem to be equating the two in this article. For example, you write:
"Boingboing is one of the best-known and most popular weblogs because everybody loves to go there to hate on the Bush administration. The design sucks, but the content and advertising always bashes the readers' #1 enemy. Substance, not style."
So, I think you need to clear up a few things for your readers. By 'design' do you mean the functionality of the site, the layout of the site, the look and feel of the site, or some sort of combination?
To me, your article appears to focus on look and feel, which is indeed style. Design in the context of the web, refers to so much more than aesthetics; it's also closely associated with usability. To that end, it's hard to argue that Google is poorly designed.
As for your use of crude language, I couldn't give a shit…
How does the 'halo effect' come to play? Research has shown that web users judge sites in the blink of an eye.
Potential readers can make snap decisions in just 50 milliseconds. That is, users were shown a screenshot in just 50 milliseconds, and then they had to rank them.
These results were then compared with the regular ranking of the sites.
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you know I really think you put it down. ok some of your thoughts were a little to harsh, in my opinion but I pretty much agree on you.
well I think we shouldn't bitch about the ebay design… it was their choise. ok, I really hate their designs and for me as a customer it is always a pain in the ass to go shopping on a page that looks like crap…
BUT it's not our problem… or is it?
I don't believe so. just let em do whatever the hell they wanna do.
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Thanks Andy for your article. I read it this morning with delight. We often have to fight such argumentation when it comes to the layout of intranet UI and stuff like that. By the way, to me the visual aspect is only one – but very important – aspect of design. The process and execution is also truly important – as you stated, too.
Is it a matter of design vs. style? Some people really like wood paneling in their homes even though we might agree that large expanses of white walls and clean architectural lines are "good" design. Google appeals to the masses because it's not pretentious. Some people really don't like OXO kitchenware—too "fussy" or "elitist" even if it's more functional and practical. The effect of design is psychological, not just ergonomic. Some of my subjects in usability studies have said they like the Drudge Report (www.drudgereport.com) in terms of its design—hard for me to believe, but I get what they are saying. It's simple, straightforward, and intelligible to them, perhaps because that's exactly how they would design the page. So what do we mean by good design and are we just encouraging our biases? I agree that design should be effective, but effective means easy-to-use, not necessarily "pretty".
Are you saying its crap because it isnt pretty or because its not as use-able as it could be? – I think for a medium where the main intention is to efficiently spread information google is just fine, the web isnt supposed to be an art gallery.
WHY is it bad design?? You have to give your reader's examples of what specifically you think is bad design.
Spewing curse words like "suckass", "shit sandwich" "you suck" and "bullshit" make you sound like you're 17 years old. Or maybe you are.
Do people pay you for these articulate insights?
Google's main purpose is a search engine. The site is simple and uncomplicated and directs people dirctly to what they're looking at. To me this is good design.
The revamped model you showed wasn't a lot different. There was just the odd link move and color change, but the main purpose and focus of the page (the most important part by far) is exactly the same.
I can see your overall point, but using google was a bad example in my opinion. The article was a little long winded too but sparked debate. Cheers..
This is really sweet stuff, congrats!
By the way, your page doesn't have valid CSS.
Maybe the design isnt great but there are always two elements to 'web design', not just the aesthetic. Google is easy to use – anybody who has never used a search engine before knows what to do as soon as they hit the page – as far as Im concerned that's good design from a usability perspective. Any extra colour, layout or icons would detract from what the service is – a SERVICE. It simply provides a means for users to search. I highly doubt that people would consider their search results more pertinent with a blue background or different buttons.
Ebay and Amazon also do what they do and well. Most people in the world are capable of searching for records or bid items and buying them, and this is mainly because these companies spend thousands on reliable people who monitor the usability of the site.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the design of some other sites out there which, again serve their purpose, such as Flickr or Kottke.org.
Spread the bullshit like butter, man!
I agree with most of what has been said in the article from the design point of view. But if you think about it, Google is highly usable and that is due to the lack of elements around the page. There is another reason for that kind of ugly "simplicity", which is that they always have to think about bandwitch, especially when you have +20 millions visits. There is page is only 14kb and when you add that up taking all the visits, it comes pretty high. It would be a loss to try and make their page looking better, if for that you have to lose so much bandwitch.
Speaking of style:
"Most companies put the cart before the horse."
"Substance, not style."
"You are allowed to look like a dog if your product is the cat's meow."
"The successful businessperson will always have a hot date to the dinner party."
"So we should stop swallowing tripe for cream."
"As designers, it's time for some of us to see that the emperor has no clothes."
"We shouldn't relegate ourselves to simply sailing whichever way the wind is blowing this week. When the wind smells bad, it's time to get upwind of the bullshit."
I couldn't care less about the swearing; it was the clichés and truisms that got to me.
Although I think Google's site is as good as it needs to be, credit to Andy for giving us an insight. Most designers are too scared/lazy to even bother.
Regarding the "redesign" of the Google interface, it seems fairly obvious that some level of interface design would be in order. However, I find the pronciples of the redesign flawed.
I think that we all agree that when redesigning a brand you have keep loyal to the principles and core-values of the brand. The front page of Google seems to be by far the most visible aspect of the brand. So extra care should be taken to maintain the principles behind the look and feel of the site.
On the usability side, Google has been, trough it's history, a very tool-like, hence easy-to-use, site. No unnecessary flourishes or clutter, straight-to-the-point, the Google-logo being the only more flashy element in the page, bringing the brand and a more "personal" touch to the service. The simplicity of the site could be one of the reasons of it´s success: it's like a blank page providing you the possibilities to access the information that you want, not trying to push it´s brand too much in your face and thus distancing people who already see too much ads in their surroundings.
This design might be unintencional, brought on by the lack of able designers at the time of launching the site, or for other reasons. The reason for the design doesn´t matter, at the present day the visual feel of the site is a very strong part of the brand image of google. So very special care should be taken in modifying the page – which is exactly what Google is doing.
I'd argue that the basics of the design of the site are very sound. Problems seem to arise from the new content that has been necessary to incorporate in the design as the site has been growing. I surmise that that has been the idea behind the redesign also.
In the redesign, I'd stress the following:
1) maintain the tool like, very simple aesthetic. Refrain from adding a range of "translucent" colors, gradients and shines a'la MSN (even thought the logotype is in the style). Use text based navigation indicators etc. when possible. No over-design. It should be noted that this site is in very wide international use, and should not follow to any particular styles of different countries.
2) maintain the "blank-page" feel of the site. In the redesign the search-element still fits in to the original feel, even though there could be arguments against this. If other search-engines have done that, it doesn´t mean that Google has to do it – maybe a equally funcioning and evident solution more in google-style can be found.
3)I disargree with the notion that the "personal" links at the upper part of the page break the design. A tool-like navigation for logging-in etc. is a quite typical element in web pages, that at least could be thought to become a standard if it already isn't. Situating it above the main navigation is one typical place. It could be designed better, the content could change, it could be closer to the Google logo etc. etc., but a tool-navigation is not a bad idea.
4) if claim is presented, care should be taken to find something down-to-earth and "personal" that doesn't water down the straightforward attitude of the brand, a task that would be better left to professionals.
I think the redesign of the page that we saw was hasty, even for an example. It more or less issued the right problems, but through easy solutions with no real thinking in the brand of Goole or the feel of the site. This kind of examples are dangerous when they get too much attention and work towards homogenizing the visual thinking (I'm not talking about usabality) of net-pages even more.
The task of a designer should be finding unique, instinctive solutions to problems, not copying sure-proof solutions from other sites.
I'd be very dissapointed if Google would go towards this approach – even though success can be expected, with this or other similar design.
Good design, good design, good design … only graphic designers need good design because when they see something they consider ugly, they suffer. But beautiful graphics are not an interesting status symbol anymore for corporations. Especially on the web. On the web things that look familiary made are more likely to succeed.
Despite of the technical functionality and the basic usability, Ebay looks like a bargain place and Google looks easy and simple.
Both are lies, Ebay is not a bargain place and Google is not easy and simple. So, goal of design accomplished!
Nice one. I have to say I agree.
Along the same lines, I did a theoretical redesign of Friendster… and oddly enough, when they relaunched, they'd incorporated a lot of the same stuff I'd been thinking about.
So these kinds of critiques do matter, and they do help. I do think Google is doing more to address usability / UI issues…we'll just have to wait and see.
Oooh, look, let's add blue bars at the top and bottom. Then let's move sign in link from one of THE standard locations it is found on pages all over the web.
I call bullshit. The redo is essentially the same as Google's current site, minus some pizzazz.
There is a reason the Google home page (for example) is like that is because it works. Google gets so many visitors a day that they can try placement of something for a couple of hours and quickly know whether the element works or not.
Everything they do is based on how the element adds to whatever they decide is the goal of the page.
Nice design would be, well, nice – but it doesn't neccesarily mean that it's succesful.
The same goes for eBay and Amazon. The Amazon site looks fairly nasty, but I'm sure it's completely optimized for the conversion goals they set.
I'm not sure how some people can consider eBay a good interface design. I think the article nails the fact that it succeeds despite it's design—just as Word succeeds as a DTP program despite its user-combative nature. Word is a powerful, useful product and used by a huge user base; but it is also extremely difficult to use where it should be simple in some regards. Same goes for eBay.
But every time I've tried to use eBay, I am so frustrated by bad search results (so many unqualified hits) and the effort it takes to filter it down, that I swear I'll never come back. It is the 800-pound gorilla that no one can take on. Even if another online auction product came online that was designed well, it would never succeed because of the community already built up within eBay. Would you rather have hundreds of thousands of potential bidders able to see your product or a few hundred? The former. But that's not to say that eBay couldn't make their site easier to use. Until they do, I probably won't ever buy or sell off it again (especially since most items are sold by online quasi-stores instead of individual sellers and it's hard to tell the difference—but that's a different issue).
Though sometimes "over designing" can kill a good tool by accident. I agree bad design is not good for anything.
Could you whine a little more? I read very little that offered any help whatsoever.
Andy, you are a young, bright web designer who is passionate about your craft-Good for you! Your writing style does need work. You should not use words such as suckass and shit sandwich when discussing design of highly successful sites.
You are basically bringing up large corporate sites that have a long history (for the web) and are successful. Your rant seems more like talk from a frustrated web designer. You should try to work for one of these sites and see what really goes on behind the scenes. Much of what you see on screen is not the work solely of web designers employing the latest fades, gradients and CSS. The design is a result of a long iterative process where people on various levels have input on the final design.
Many think eBay's designs are not up to par, but I disagree. eBay works because you don't really have to explain to anyone how to use it. The information and links are easy to see. It may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but it helps get the job done.
Google and other sites work on the same prinicpal. As a result, I would say that these sites actually employ good design. Not every site has to have the ubiquitous fades, bright colors, 3d logos and such that are the current style. They are making their own brand and sticking with it.
In the discussion there are many examples of other version of Google, but I really do not see how much "better" these designs are compared to the original Google site.
The design at:
Looks more like Microsoft's search site. That design would be more detrimental to Google since it would dilute their brand. Plus, it uses blue which during the high flying 90s was more of a cliche. "I'd like a website with a rotating logo and make sure it is blue"
I wonder how many people criticizing this article are in fact bad designers themselves. We can all agree to disagree when it comes to the sites Andy has chosen to illustrate his point with but when I search the internet and come across "web design companies" that are creating bad MS Front Page site after site, it lends to his arguement. Many companies that we designers are designing for don't have any clue what good design is, as witnessed by so many poorly designed company web sites. I say stop picking on his choice of language, sites he used to illustrate his point and start learning the art of design.
"Boingboing is one of the best-known and most popular weblogs because everybody loves to go there to hate on the Bush administration."
This is a laugher. You and I must get routed to a different boingboing.net. I'd say 1-in-50 posts even mentions Bush. And only 1 ad is anti-Bush related. In fact, using the Google engine on BoingBoing you only get a couple hundred posts on GWB, approx 25/year. That's one post every two weeks. Bashing Bush has absolutely NOTHING to do with BoingBoing's success.
Your analysis is more "suckass" than these design problems.
How ignorant, anonymous folks making good points are just as important to listen to as people with their full name, address and phone/fax numbers displayed that make good points..
Also, your definition of design is a graphical one, right? "Design" = "pretty" right? Google is pretty. Ebay isn't. Both work great, as their interface design seems to work even for my mom.
If you want to talk "design" as in "site looks pretty" you oughta start bashing those blogs out there that all look the same.
You've got to be kidding me.
"[craigslist] is not like eBay or Google, as it succeeds because of the design rather than spite of it…the layout is solid and design appropriate…"
Are you looking at the same sea of links I get when I go to craigslist.org?
Seriously though, I think you've totally missed the point of interface design as it relates to the success of a product:
* Bad product + bad design = no success
* Bad product + good design = no success
* Good product + bad design = no success
* Good product + good design = success
If the design of eBay/Google were so bad, people would not be able to sell/buy/search, and the sites would fall away to other competitors.
One last point: how can you get on your high horse about the design of these sites without any understanding of the companies' business goals? Or are your judgements of these sites intended to be taken as "pure design, without constraints"? Yawn.
This article should be taken with a grain of salt as Andy did not originally intend to have it published professionally. It does have some interesting points, however, which is why UX Magazine requested it for their site. This was first written as blog post (more or less), which is why the language appears crude. In any case, the Google redesign is a fantastic example how there is improvement in many UIs we see and use daily. Andy's post can serve as a wake up call for us to realize that there really ARE some ways we can improve on things, and that yes, even almighty Google can be fallible!
Aesthetics do matter to most people, think of any time you've gone shopping for clothes or for a car. Good design can make our lives a little easier, and make us a little bit happier in the process. Ultimately you do have to have substance underneath that exterior for your product to be worthwhile, but it doesn't hurt to be a little sexy on the outside. Just look at what Apple has done, and what Windows Vista promises to do (finally Microsoft is getting it!).
You totally miss the point of sites like google it seems, I agree with a lot of the comments in here about google working, google is well designed (though there is still room for improvement).
But your redesign is horridly unusable and just adds confusion and makes it look like any other page.
"I'm merely responding to a recurring nonsensical theme I've noticed over a period of time within the design community. "
Where? Who's saying this? And who's listening? This is the sort of argumentation that Fox News uses: "some people say you kill children, are you calling them liars?"
I say you are lying, sir. You are simply lying when you state the premise of this article. You do not have some guru in mind you don't want to offend, and you cannot point to a "recurring…theme" that anyone is taking seriously.
Here's the real theme: Google and ebay are massive successes by any measure. They have millions upon millions of successful customers. In what possible universe could you complain that design is holding them back?
You may or may not have a valid argument but it's pretty hard to take you seriously in the manner in which you have presented it. You should have rewritten the article in a tone and manner more appropriate to a web site such as this. Leave the personal pandering to live journal.
I agree that it seems this article confuses style and design. While aesthetics are a critical component of information design, they're not everything. This seems to be realized to an extent in your Google Redux article, but not here. (Sharp-looking mockup, by the way!)
I would argue that the Google homepage is well-designed, for the simple reason that the only two objects on the page that draw focus are the brand and the search box, and those are all that's important to 99.9% of visitors. Beyond that, the page is designed to be small so it can load quickly (your version looks to be much more weighty, and when you serve as many page views per day as Google, it adds up).
This article singles out eBay and Google (and so does your personal site), when in fact I think that their designs are quite well done, not to mention easy-to-use. They simply tend to the very-uncluttered end of the spectrum (one could say "less-styled").
Beyond that, I think your main point (that good product can pull poor design, if I'm interpreting correctly) is quite on-target. But good design can definitely supplement good product better. I also agree with other commenters that words like "suckass" and "shit" are unnecessary, even if this article was originally posted on your personal site.
And as a side-note: set any text in Catull, bevel it and fill with primary colors, and almost anyone will immediately associate it with Google. Now that's branding.
Tor, you're kidding, right? I sure hope so. Making the Google home page lean and standards-compliant (while improving accessibility) would be trivial, and if it's done properly the filesize would be quite a bit smaller. In fact, I thought I saw where someone had studied the matter and computed the bandwidth Google could be saving.
The reality is slightly different. Google and eBay, by not spending an inordinate amount of energy on "good design" enable themselves to expend more energy where it is of more value.
If the Google homepage matched your mock up, and by extension, the rest of the Google web site needed to follow that design, it would create a humongous amount of extra work to maintain and enhance.
So it is actually partially accurate to say that Google and eBay's lack of "good design" is, in fact, a driver of their successes. We unfortunately cannot test this hypothesis, but I suspect that if eBay and Google would have done the necessary work to make their entire sites match your mock up, they may not be as successful as they have been.


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