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More and more businesses want an online networking site for themselves or their customers. The key to success lies in understanding what's appropriate. "Community" continues to be the buzzword for businesses looking for a meaningful online presence. Everywhere you look there's another company bragging about its online social network, either to embrace clients or consumers or even to unite employees. As membership in social networks such as ...

Matt Vella over at the Innovation & Design site interviewed RISD’s John Meada, Don Norman, NYTimes.com’s Khoi Vinh and other smart folks on web usability and came up with The 10 Commandments of Web Design. See if you agree with the list and what you would add—or subtract. With the spread of the iPhone and the mobile web, web design is super hot once again. ...

About a year ago, I compiled a huge list of artistic sites. It seems like the trend has carried on in 2008 and is growing stronger (thank God the glossy style is gone). So what’s hot now? Pencil sketches, handwritten notes, card stocks, watercolor effects, collage art, script fonts, grungy and splatter ink backgrounds (glossy gradients are not "in" this year). Another trend to be on the lookout for are the vintage and retro styles which ...