Jake McKee

I admit it. I signed up for a few newsletters. Bought a few things online. Registered for an online sweepstakes or two. Okay, so I gave out my e-mail address like flyers on a New York sidewalk. I was weak...what harm could it do, right? Right? As Mel Gibson said in The Patriot: "I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me and the cost is more than I can bear." And this past Christmas shopping season those sins did visit me...over and over and over. Until then I had never realized just how many e-mail newsletter lists I had signed up for. Sure, I regularly get several such newsletters in my inbox, and most of them I enjoy. But in December I received over 500 e-mails from retailers ever so gently reminding me that it was Christmastime. Thanks. In addition to the normal weekly batch of newsletters and promotions, December also brought e-mails from lists lon... (more)

Designing for Wireless is Cool!

Have you ever wondered what makes a designer tick? Have you ever taken a minute to consider the types of work that make a designer smile? No? Well, luckily, I took a minute to answer these questions. After talking to more designers than you can shake a stick at, some of the answers I heard were: Highly interactive designs Graphically intense Web sites Image montages Engaging Flash animations While I was interviewing these designers, I also asked them how cool they thought designing for the next big thing - wireless - was like. I haven't heard that much whining since my retired ne... (more)