Hill Holler

I find it difficult to read something if there are a lot of incorrect words used in it. Simple things, like using “its” when it should be “it’s”, or “theyre” instead of “they’re” or even “there” or “their” set my teeth on edge. I lose focus on what the writer’s trying to convey while I get an ulcer over the state of the English language.

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Many times in life we come to a crossroads. When the choices aren’t clear cut with no obvious right or wrong route to take, it’s a real challenge. If neither choice looks as if it would be a smooth, pain -free one, that makes it all the harder. What do you do when you can’t sleep for thinking about it, yet still can’t find the way forward?

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One of the decisions a webmaster and designer faces is their website’s page layout. Web gurus agree that if you plan to monetize your site, the proper placement of ads can mean the difference between making a bundle or a pittance. What they don’t agree on is where exactly “the proper placement” would be. How’s a guy to know the best, most effective place to put them then?

A website called Feng-GUI may give you some excellent clues about that. Described fully as Feng Shui for Graphic User Interfaces, this site’s dazzling program simulates what happens when someone physically views your webpage.

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CreativeGroup recently surveyed 250 advertising and marketing executives on how they felt about returning to work after vacations. Half of those taking part said they were happy to return refreshed and felt fine.

Four per cent responded that they take the vacation but spend it feeling guilty about leaving others to cover for them. Isn’t that illogical? It’s a reciprocal arrangement. When your colleagues go on vacation, you’ll cover for them in some way. Quid pro quo, I would say.

What disturbs me most about the results is this.

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