Linkdump for December 28th
¶ by Rob Friesel-
Interesting discussion (especially in the comments) about why the restaurant business seems particularly plagued by poorly-designed, overly-flashy, nearly unusable websites. What's a surprise to me though it that hardly anyone seems to mention the cost factor–most restaurants have such slim margins that it doesn't necessarily make sense (at least not to the owners/managers) to put a lot of investment into creating a web presence. Those of us that are expecting them to have websites are probably forgetting how much maintenance a restaurant website might need–sure you post your hours and those don't change (except for all those holidays) and you post your menu and that doesn't change (except those daily specials and how the menu rotates every couple of months to keep things fresh…)
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Ignore the SEO-spammy website name. It's actually a pretty good list.
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at Scientific American (via /.)
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at Slashdot
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Nicholas D. Kristof writing at NYTimes.com:
The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than the State Department has in its foreign service — and that’s preposterous.
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