About Michael Mancuso
Why Google Wave Will Change Everything We Do
We're watching the the progress and impending launch of Google Wave with great anticipation, and for good reason. It's plain to see just how important and game-changing this strange new service from Google could be. Besides Wave quickly eclipsing corporate mail and Gmail usage which seems likely, it also has functionality... Read full post »
Google, Bowman, and the Sword of Data
The news that visual design lead Douglas Bowman is leaving Google got me thinking again about web design in the context of metrics - should web design be seen as a science or an art Certainly every minute design decision at the scale of Google is significant. Bowman cites lack of... Read full post »
Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
The always brilliant Smashing Magazine has another great post, this time about the problems that commonly plague both client companies and their web and social media agencies when setting about to design a corporate website. Although these points are somewhat common sense, I would suggest that many of these points are... Read full post »
Google's PowerMeter Fills Me with Hope for Mankind
OK, admittedly I am a cautious fan of Google despite the apparent privacy concerns and their tight grip around the neck of major aspects of the internet. But now Google.org is doing something so amazingly simple, so likely self-serving and yet so perfect and necessary for every living man, woman and... Read full post »
The New Whitehouse.gov
The White House website has been redesigned, and it looks like this is just the beginning of a new era of transparency and communication, not to mention social media, in use by the executive branch. It boasts a slick, presidential and modern design, certainly informed by the online aesthetic established during... Read full post »