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More Suck for the Buck!

buy the new bookAs you might imagine, "Son of Web Pages That Suck" isn't the title I would have given my new book due out this April 22. If I had my druthers I would have called it "Bastard Son of Web Pages That Suck." Unfortunately, the publisher has my druthers in his pocket so the book ended up with this title.

What's the new book like? You should read all about it. Well, you know me, it's just like you'd expect--it's not your typical, boring Web design book. It's like the original WPTS but it's bigger, better and badder. Order your advance copy of Son of Web Pages That Suck today.

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Ever wonder why junk mail comes to your mailbox?. Enter your zip code (US only) to see where your neighborhood fits in marketing categories. comment []
Article First Posted 5:40:00 AM

Are Authors Abused by Used?. Online sales of used books, review copies and remainders vex authors who just want to get paid. Also: Random acts of literacy ... your inner librarian ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. {Wired News] comment []
Article First Posted 5:38:07 AM

Pay for Content? Ha, Say Users. Online publishers who think subscriptions are the key to their success are wrong, wrong, wrong, according to a panel at the Jupiter Media Forum. Noah Shachtman reports from New York. [Wired News] comment []
Article First Posted 5:36:58 AM

Is Silicon Valley coming back?. Newsweek's cover story this week is the return of Silicon Valley after the Bust of 2000, start-ups and all. Does this new round of hype have any morsels of truth to it? comment []
Article First Posted 5:34:31 AM

Adrian Roselli: The Wrong Way to Use CSS in Page Layouts. comment []
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News That Doesn't Suck

Check out the news stories I find interesting. Updated fairly frequently.

The Daily Sucker Backgrounder

The Daily Sucker contains material that should be considered updates to the book, "Web Pages That Suck." I can't see the future -- if I could, I'd be picking lottery numbers and stocks. The Daily Sucker features new sucky design techniques not in existence when the book was written. Since Web designers are stubborn, I also include old sucky techniques featured in the book. Maybe if they see a bad technique featured enough they'll stop using it.

The suckers are based on user input. You see a site that you think sucks and then e-mail the URL to me. No personal pages (personal pages are supposed to reflect the individual's personality, artistic freedom, and lack of taste -- a commercial site is about making money) or Web site designers (it would look like a conflict of interest) -- unless they use Mystery Meat Navigation (MMN). If I think there's some merit to your selection, I post it along with some commentary. If you know of a site that qualifies, let me know.

The sucky example will usually be available for only 24 hours (or thereabouts -- weekends and egregious examples are exceptions) -- never to be seen again. Well, probably. Somebody could always suggest them again -- and they do.

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