[WEB4LIB] His competition for the consulting market?...was re. ...don't

[Charles P. Hobbs]

"Diane K. Kovacs" wrote:

> Jakob Nielsen is a voice in support of simplicity and access.. and
> while I don't agree with everything he says..he sure makes  a lot of
> sense in the context of my work.   Using my own advice, I checked up
> on just who nublog.nu is and lo and behold they are  " Published by
> contenu.nu, a content consultancy in Toronto".

Read their FAQ (http://www.contenu.nu/cfaq.html). Sounds  like a
"Will design web pages for food" for me.

He does have a few interesting ideas about content though. Sometimes,
"less than great" technical standards are "good enough" in terms of
getting the point across ("America's Funniest Home Videos", "Blair Witch
Project" and the Rodney King video are a few of his examples).

> [...]

>
> I see no clear relationship between the nastiness perpetrated on
> nublog.nu and what Dr. Nielsen really says.

The contenu.nu people have a few other bees in their bonnet, but I'll
leave it up to the reader to find out what they are.

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Charles P. Hobbs
King Drew Health Science Library
http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl