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IEC (South Africa) website is crap

R690,000 of South African tax payers money has been spent on this design for the upcoming elections…

From News24 – “This is without doubt the worst design I have ever seen,” a blogger called David wrote on the iMod blog. “The level of design is shocking,” Ruark commented. “I know of 6th-graders that do better designs,” Wogan added on the same blog.

These guys designed this in less than 24hrs…

133T Project

In the meantime, a new organisation, the 133T Project, was formed by IT industry professionals in Cape Town last week “to sort out the IEC website”.

“The 133T project began with an attempt to recreate the design of the IEC website in just 24 hours,” Mills, who also is a member of the new organisation, explained.

Check out the News24 story here

Haha. Got to love the level of incompetence, ignorance and denial.

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You are no1. Everyone else is no.2 or below…

5 Things Your Road Sweeper Can Teach You About Web Design

I’ve just read a post about how Leonardo Da Vinci can help you become a better web designer. I  see so many articles like this and while some of the articles are in fact very good and I understand the need to wrap the (usually very common sense) points about digital design into a vaguely interesting angle, it can get tiring reading these articles and their clumsy attempts at reworking their points so that they kind of fit with the chosen theme.  

So here’s my version of “5 things your *insert person/cat/walking stick/gardener/neighbour* can teach you about web design”.

I’ve randomly chosen: Roadsweeper

5 Things Your Road Sweeper Can Teach You About Web Design

1) Look left and right before you cross the road. Basic really, before you set off, make sure you’re clear on the brief. Ask, ask, ask people, if you’re unsure about anything, it will save you untold hassle later on into the project.

2) Be methodical, have a starting point and end point in mind. Don’t sweep the same spot all day. Yes, admit it, we’ve all been there. Focus on what you want to the end result to look like and how you’re going to get there, keep your eye on the prize and work towards it step by step. Or swish by swish.

3) Don’t get your broom stolen. Always have a spare broom, backup your work as you go along. Enough said.

4) Look at other roadsweeper techniques. A web designer needs to be constantly inspired and motivated. Look around, see how the other guy holds his broom. Does he have this year’s broom? How much is it, is it worth upgrading brooms? Did he get trained how to hold his broom that way, or did he read up on it? Ask around, search google for other roadsweeper techniques – you get the gist.

5) Unwind at the end of the day by putting away your broom and going to the pub.

So there you go. Amazing what you can learn these days.

I think road sweepers are cool.

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