simonyoungwriters.com » web http://www.simonyoungwriters.com Words that connect Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:53:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cutting-edge designers who can’t spell http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/cutting-edge-designers-who-cant-spell/ http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/cutting-edge-designers-who-cant-spell/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:56:58 +0000 http://69.89.31.109/~simonyou/2006/04/03/cutting-edge-designers-who-cant-spell/ I visited a very flash website (literally made with Flash, as well as pretty looking) which looked great, but my eye was immediately drawn to:”[Company] specialises in the strategy, development and intergration of…”

Excuse me? Since when did bad spelling become acceptable for companies that want to present a good image of themselves?

It stuck out so much because clearly a lot of time, and I suppose money, had gone into the design. Could they not afford a writer, or did they not know that such a person exists? I really wonder sometimes.

]]> http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/cutting-edge-designers-who-cant-spell/feed/ 3 The people have spoken http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/the-people-have-spoken/ http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/the-people-have-spoken/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:35:38 +0000 http://69.89.31.109/~simonyou/2007/03/27/the-people-have-spoken/ TradeMe has sold for $700m. But what about the future? A NZ Herald article says that the users are speaking up, and showing a bit of their collective muscle. “We are Trademe” says one user. Fairfax, welcome to the internet!

]]> http://www.simonyoungwriters.com/the-people-have-spoken/feed/ 0