Wisdump

Dumping wisdom on design and the web

3 Tips For Creating Content In Today’s Highly Politicized And Polarized World

In today’s world, you can find people who disagree about almost anything. Even if something doesn’t seem like it would be automatically polarizing, there’s bound to be someone out there who feels passionately about this topic in a way that could cause tension. So if you work in an industry that has obvious people who are for or against your position—like farming, the possession of firearms, health care, and others—it can be hard to know how to promote your business without drawing negative attention or seeing a major backlash. [Read more…]

Originally posted on October 15, 2020 @ 9:15 am

Interesting Record-Breaking iTunes Stats

Listening to and storing one’s favorite music has become a breeze these days, thanks to Apple’s revolutionary iTunes. With this largest music store and application, millions of people the world over have finally enjoyed the tunes they love to hear whether online or using their gadgets without much effort and without spending a fortune.

Since its launch in April 2003, millions of songs have already been bought and downloaded from iTunes. On the average, statistics show that some 15,000 songs are being downloaded from the music store every minute. [Read more…]

Originally posted on April 2, 2014 @ 7:24 am

Presenting the Best of Wisdump

Wisdump has a lot of content. A lot of great content. It’s been around since 2004 and amidst all the changes this website has gone through, the most important thing is for readers to gain access to these thoughtful, timeless articles that would otherwise be buried in the archives. Ladies and gentlemen, the Best of Wisdump is here.

Now I’m not too happy about arranging these posts reverse chronologically, but for now it will do. But I would also like to know what you think are the best posts on Wisdump, and how we should present them. Should we let readers rate posts? Use a popular posts plugin? Let your voice be heard in the comments!

Originally posted on April 8, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

Finishing Touches

…and famous last words, perhaps.

I’ve done some minor fixes to the design, adding some icons to the sidebar. The cache might make it look a bit funky for a bit, both browser (Ctrl+F5 for Windows users, Command+R for Mac people), and server caching. Live with it, I’ve had to during this whole process.

The Wisdump redesign is my last effort here at Wisdump. Tomorrow, April 1st (which it might already be where you are in the world, perhaps), Ia Lucero will take the helm here at Wisdump. Treat her nicely.

I’d like to thank you all for being such good sports, no matter if you’ve agreed with me or not. There’s been some nice discussions, a few heated ones, a couple of douche bags, and so on. As can be expected online. No hard feelings, actually, just warm fuzzy ones. I’ve had fun.

So thank you for reading Wisdump during my time here.

Where am I off to then? Well, it’s a secret so I can’t tell you that I’ll be taking the helm over at The Blog Herald come tomorrow…

Keeping quiet sucks, so I won’t anymore.

She’s all yours, Ia!

Originally posted on March 31, 2008 @ 2:33 pm