Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Have you seen the new Micheal Jordan commercial?

Wow, so compelling. We'll pay attention when something is done this well:

The Nintendo Channel launches on the Wii

Poof! Out of nowhere it's the Nintendo Channel. I downloaded it this morning. The menus are slick and the videos load fast.

GTA 4 scores $ Half-BILLION (!) first week sales

Just flat-out HUGE numbers. Even Captain Jack's 3rd movie got whacked by Niko Bellic:

"Grand Theft Auto IV" has surged past "Halo 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product. - Variety

But Mario Kart Wii rules at our house, waiting for Nintendo's big numbers to shine too.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

More is not better when it comes to text on a web page

Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen says you better not have much text on a web page if you want to communicate with your readers.

"On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely."