authenticity

Last week I attended the MESH conference for the second consecutive year and once again the issue arose around evaluating the use of social media technology by a commercial enterprise.

My friend Bill Sweetman has just concluded a gig at a large advertising agency and one of his last undertakings there was a recently launched web project entitled 'Aesthetic Intent: Where There's Passion, There's Beauty'. Bill is a very creative guy who knows a lot about aesthetics and how to work with the web as both an artistic 'medium' and as a business t

For a few weeks now my left brain has been absorbed in the details of implementing a client's web site. Being wedded to a tight deadline and having already done all the loose, creative design stuff, I'm now focused almost exclusively on solving the challenges of writing computer code in what is still a new territory for me. It's a great way to get to know the nitty-gritty details of how to build a modern, 'AJAX driven' web application.

A curious bit of personal history came to mind after I read Rachel Clarke's blog post about an online game (SaveMyHusband.com) which is based on a fake kidnapping. Rachel picked up on my 'We Were Framed' post in which I explain how we use 'frames' to distinguish the real from the fake.

This is fun!