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Seems there’s a new entry in Georgetown.edu’s website redesign…and that left side looks kinda familiar. Apparently, this new entry is considered “cutting edge,” “innovative,” and “aggressive.” Um, well duh. Considering we pretty much set that look when we launched almost two years ago…
So. Honest mistake? Homage to our glorious site? Or simply because we’re Just That Awesome, so everyone wants to be like us?
Ben H. Rome: A happy transplant from Pittsburgh, Ben loves to wander the city with his wife, shooting lots of photos and exploring all the latest exhibits and galleries. During hockey season, he sort of roots for the Washington Capitals but don't expect him to give up his 25 year affair with the Penguins. Constantly writing, he can be found babbling about daily life on Twitter and when he has time, covering the latest exhibitions or interviewing interesting people. Despite his sport allegiance, he truly loves DC and doesn't see leaving the area any time soon. If you've got a museum exhibit/program or other cultural event coming up, drop him a line at bhrome AT welovedc DOT com. We know he'd love to cover it for you.
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5 Responses to “The New Wave of Website Awesomeness?”
February 19th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Respectfully guys, alternating the colors of words in headers was done long before your site ever came about. Done even before the internet was invented. Even in the typeface you’re using. It’s not a mistake, but it’s certainly honest. Remember, nothing’s new out there anymore.
February 19th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
No, nothing is new. Not even bloggers cracking jokes.
February 19th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Bastages! They stole me lucky charms!
February 19th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Really, welovedc? You trying to claim that you came up with using Verdana and an accent color? John Athayde, your “design style” is the same style as 99% of “designers” out there. Let’s not pretend you invented switching colors for the second word in a title. That design technique has been around as a typography tool from long before web design, and long before your terribly designed website. Try coming up with a less derivative style, and maybe you’ll have some legitimacy in challenging other designers.
And by the way, if you’re going to call out Happy Cog for stealing work, you better have a damn better reason than them using the same font on a subheading. They (especially, Jeffrey Zeldman) have done more for web standards and design than almost anyone. The best part of all of this is that if you even claim to be a web designer, you’ve read A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com) which was created by Zeldman, and which is essentially a Bible for anyone proficient in web development.
February 20th, 2010 at 12:30 am
Wow. Someone can’t take a joke.
YES I INVENTED ALL OF DESIGN. EVER. :P