Writing for the Web

Do Websites Evolve?

This morning's Globe & Mail business section has an item on Website Evolution 101. It's a summary of a study done by academics on how business websites "evolve."

God knows we should support anything that improves the quality of corporate websites, by which I mean not only company sites but those of government, public and private institutions, and advocacy groups. With the benefit of hindsight, I suppose some corporate sites have indeed involved over the past decade. But it's hard to imagine that any corporate website, starting up today, would have to go through the same process.

Ji Won's Progress

My new article Ji Won's Progress is now online at The Tyee.

The Lessons of Multiple Blogging

Blessed as I am with the attention span of a gerbil, I tend to pursue new interests all too often.

Blogging has turned out to be the ideal answer to this trait—or the ultimate means of self-destruction, depending on your point of view. Since launching this blog in the summer of 2003, I've created at least a couple of dozen others. Some have been short-lived; others have persisted and flourished. All have taught me something about the nature of this medium.

Another Tyee Article

The Tyee has published another of my articles, Why Is Higher Ed off the Election Radar? I doubt that predicament of BC post-secondary is very different from other North American jurisdictions.

Yet Another Blog

After reading Dr. Richard Wilkinson's latest book, The Impact of Inequality, I've decided to create a new blog about the disturbing relationship between large income gaps and high rates of disease and death. Among other things, the relationship helps to explain why Americans spend more on health care than anyone else, but rank around #25 in life expectancy.

The blog, Bridging the Income Gap, is an attempt to concentrate a lot of scattered information aimed at various audiences, from technical experts to ordinary citizens who suspect this is not the best of all possible worlds.

The Best Websites and Blogs

The year's Webby Awards have been announced. From a quick look, the winners and nominees look fascinating.