I'm the editor at Publish.com. I hope this gets moderated up, because some things need to be rectified.
First up, the article was my idea, and I asked Khoi to write it. I spoke to him when we did an article on the Onion's redesign, and he agreed to do a piece on the upcoming slashdot redesign, which was then a current post on these boards. Please don't think that Khoi doesn't have better things to do than think about ways to change Slashdot. He's a busy guy with a great business. He's also a great designer. Just check out his design at subtraction.com, and the portfolio at behavior. Khoi has been instrumental in educating the CSS and design community about grid design recently, among other things.
Second, Khoi is a very considerate and thoughtful person. He didn't write the headline and deck, my copy desk did. Khoi then emailed me and asked me if we could change it, because it was more inflammatory than he meant. We complied with his (very reasonable) request.
Third, I agree with Khoi's editorial. I think there are many many things that could be done to improve slashdot. (And while we're busy critiquing site designs, would somebody please redesign publish.com for me? It's hideous.) There's certainly nothing wrong with looking into the possibilities. If I could add anything to that discussion, I would say that, in order to keep the focus on the community here, any redesign or redesign contest should be open first only to slashdot members, and then to the greater Web community.
Finally, I really dig the onion's redesign. I think it leverages the onion's emphasis on parody by mimicking the layout of a small-town newspaper Web site. You can check out our article on the redesign here: http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1759,1859658,00. asp
So there's that. Thanks for reading.
Thanks,
Steve Bryant
Editor, Publish.com
Slashdot Mirror
I'm the editor at Publish.com. I hope this gets moderated up, because some things need to be rectified.
First up, the article was my idea, and I asked Khoi to write it. I spoke to him when we did an article on the Onion's redesign, and he agreed to do a piece on the upcoming slashdot redesign, which was then a current post on these boards. Please don't think that Khoi doesn't have better things to do than think about ways to change Slashdot. He's a busy guy with a great business. He's also a great designer. Just check out his design at subtraction.com, and the portfolio at behavior. Khoi has been instrumental in educating the CSS and design community about grid design recently, among other things.
Second, Khoi is a very considerate and thoughtful person. He didn't write the headline and deck, my copy desk did. Khoi then emailed me and asked me if we could change it, because it was more inflammatory than he meant. We complied with his (very reasonable) request.
Third, I agree with Khoi's editorial. I think there are many many things that could be done to improve slashdot. (And while we're busy critiquing site designs, would somebody please redesign publish.com for me? It's hideous.) There's certainly nothing wrong with looking into the possibilities. If I could add anything to that discussion, I would say that, in order to keep the focus on the community here, any redesign or redesign contest should be open first only to slashdot members, and then to the greater Web community.
Finally, I really dig the onion's redesign. I think it leverages the onion's emphasis on parody by mimicking the layout of a small-town newspaper Web site. You can check out our article on the redesign here: http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1759,1859658,00. asp
So there's that. Thanks for reading.
Thanks,
Steve Bryant
Editor, Publish.com