You are right: profit interests tend to destroy communal spirit -- a lesson demonstrated time and again in Project Runway and other reality shows, as well as by behavioral economists (read 'Predictably Irrational' by Dan Ariely or see author's talk at TED).
-- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:04 AM, jennifer wolfgang <[email protected]>wrote: > Paul - Thanks for all the links. The Dell site is more along the lines > of what I am going towards. I've started saying, "Micro-header" to > help relate the concept to my manager and teammates. > > A coworker helped me articulate my reasons for not wanting the full > header on the blogs I'm building right now: blogs are where people > tend to go to get first-hand information, not to be advertised to. I > think, in our case, this is important. For example, we don't want to > come across as the experts in our industry only to say, "While > you're here, have we got the right product for you!!" It seems a > bit self-serving, which I think goes against what the blog-mentality > is. > > I realize, that explanation still lacks the articulation I wish to > achieve here, but I think I got the point across: focus on the > community aspect, not the corporate one. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=45003 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
