Wednesday, May 05, 2004

I'm beginning to smell sleep deprivation, which, until the body completely breaks down, has it's euphoric moments, especially extended over time, getting by on bits and pieces of sleep and lots of caffeine. I hope to avoid it. But I nostalge, which should be a verb if it isn't, about it. I was just thinking tonight that the best salespeople are those that either are or so strongly believe that they are helping people with their products. The money almost becomes immaterial, no challenge insurmountable, to sometimes save people, even from themselves. The launch of the Humane Society of Missouri's pale site, some cheap Dreamweaver/contribute imitation, makes me sad. And not just because of the visual treatment (which is pretty good considering the old site), but more because the usability and information architecture still just aren't there for their needs. But how to sell someone on an architected solution when people have a difficult time differentiating what that means in explicitly architected environments, like the buildings we live in, the urban sprawl we suffer through. I just don't want to see what happened to the Humane Society happen again, even though neither they nor their Web development firm even understand the foul. The Waifs were completely transcendent tonight. 11:58:32 PM