DISQUS

Don't worry, Judi. Your blog readers are here for you. We care about your day-to-day struggle and forget about the fact that all have to deal with the exact same problems as you do.

Rotated or not, that logo that you picked is horrible. Making matters worse, the point of an icon is to represent something, but you made it mean nothing by arbitrarily rotating an already confusing icon.

i am certain that my hand-eye coordination, ability to think on an abstract level, and appreciation of music all developed at a young age and were positively influenced by playing video games. thank you.

Let's not forget the oft-quoted aphorism:

"Appeal to the classes, and you'll dine with the masses.
Appeal to the masses, and you'll dine with the classes."

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People with bad taste feel ostracized by good design. They know that it's above them, on all levels - intellectually, aesthetically, emotionally, financially. They flock to bad things - American cars, television, fast food, sweat pants, pop music, MySpace - because THEY ARE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND GOOD DESIGN. There, I've said it - the ultimate value judgment.

If you disagree, I want you to walk out on the street and look into the eyes of the first person you meet. There's a 99% chance that this person's entire soul will be on display. It will be clear to you that they're an idiot, with bad taste, with money to burn. They don't know the difference between a serif, a sans-serif, and a slab-serif - but they are affected by it.

It's a fact: successful business owners exploit distasteful idiots. Apple Computer makes the best computer hardware and software in the world, but they will never sell more computers than bargain-basement Dell. You have to work harder to please customers who can discern good design, but lucky for Dell, those people are a very small minority of the population.