In Reflection...

The end of the year makes you reflect on the good, the bad, and the well just OK. As we take some time to think about what we covered so far this year it seems logical to break it up into two different focus points with two different blogs. The one being the design features we have come to hate. Or love to hate depending on how you look at it.

There is the favorite Color Theory: More is Better. As we have learned along the way, more is often horrific. More color can cause more problems. The colors don't compliment each other. The copy is hard to read. You pick it. Then there was the Can You Add Anything Else?

This point is one of my favorites. I love stumbling upon those pages that hold so much information you have no idea what you are viewing. Which leads into the Can You Add Anything Else? I think I will leave this one alone for now. All that is left is My Eyes are Burning and the Links.

I guess we should all keep these original few as we enter 2011 and come up with even more aspects of design we love to hate.

End of 2010

Our site may still be in it's infancy, but we have been able to cover a wide variety of sites that have covered an even larger variety of topics. Remember post number one with the tacky green weirdo? Randy was it?

Or maybe you enjoyed the bridal site (filled with all of those tacky pictures) or even the site filled with random electronics that you could buy and enjoy. Remember the little Santa waving at you?! Or were you a fan of the latest eye candy site? Not exactly the type of eye candy we were all expecting to see. :) Maybe you liked the Florida site. It's easy to stumble on those types of design flaws daily.

Did you even have a favorite or was it simply impossible to choose?! I am not sure if I honestly could choose a favorite. Poor design is almost impossible to rank. Regardless of your favorite site we hope that you enjoyed spending the year reviewing the worst and well, the horrendous with us.

We can only hope that 2011 brings us more and more websites gone wrong to share with you. Have a safe and Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to a new year with new possibilities!

Florida Is Not Looking Good From Here

I stumbled upon this gem during a recent search to find a hotel for my friend's bacherolette party. I heard Florida was supposed to be absolutely beautiful, but this website is making me thing different. Well, what do you think?!

Can I draw your attention to the overall layout? It seems that this page was poorly designed and only fits half of the page. Depending on the size of your monitor this may appear even stranger. Other main design flaws include the color choices, the odd layout of information, the text, and the extremely small and odd shaped graphic image.

The color choices don't do much for the layout. The warm color seem appropriate for a state with such warm weather, but the exact shades of the oranges and yellows do not work well with the greens and pinks.

On the plus side there is an abundance of information on this site. If you can look past the poor design and ugly layout you might be able to locate some of the information you require. I couldn't get past it, but I hope you can. If not, there are other sites out there that can help!

Eye Sore

One of my favorite pages on this entire site is this one. You ask why this is my favorite page on the site? Well, I can not answer that in one single sentence.

Why I Love This Site: Reason 1

The background. Yes, it is that simple. Did you see the background? I can only assume that it is supposed to be an optical nerve. And, yet of course the optical nerve is in red and green. It's a Christmas optical nerve.

Why I Love This Site: Reason 2

The products. Could this be any more random? Tacky pink and black ladies' glasses, an odd image of a contact lense, and a random pair of sunglasses. How much better could this page get? Poor design and tacky images. Hmmmm... this may be one of my favorite pages of all time.

Why I Love This Site: Reason 3

Yes, the third reason I love this page is T.I. A randomly placed image of a celebrity can turn a page into an interesting piece of art.

Well, I think it's time to go off and explore other horrific websites. Happy Almost New Year everyone! I hope you have beautifully designed plans. :)

Eye Candy Time

Hmmm... when I think of eye candy this is not exactly what I think of. Actually, I think of eye pleasing images that may or may not include a variety people or at least non-nauseating images. Anyone that might be calling this number likely does not see well. Or, at the very least does not understand what good design looks like.

Depending how you look at the color wheel, purple and green have a love/hate relationship. (Depending on the shade and depth.) Also, did anyone notice the annoyingly large Facebook symbol in the left corner? If you were to compare that symbol to most other sites that show their Facebook status it is a little bit unusual. So, if you land on the home page and thought that it was a horrible design, treat yourself to one of the sub-pages.

All I can suggest is if you are looking for a good website design maybe you should call a different number. Yet, if you are looking for a good deal on eye wear this group may be able to help. Check out the deal with the obnoxious red price. How does red help this design in any way what-so-ever?

Can't Say I Agree!

Friends and other followers have suggested a variety of "ugly web sites" and their opinions have really changed the way I look at sites I frequent.

For example, the post from a few weeks ago about Craigslist. I mean Craigslist looks like Craigslist! I never once thought it was odd or not user friendly. I just accepted it for what it was. A second site was brought to my attention that fits the same bill. Some people think Facebook is not user friendly. FACEBOOK! The one site that millions and millions visit daily is not user friendly to some people? I guess you can't please everyone right?

So, in the defense of those who don't like the Facebook layout I tried to understand what they didn't enjoy. Top on the list was the many links and the abundance of information. I guess, depending on how you look at it, Facebook can seem crammed with posts, adds, and random columns of information. I would have to say the more you visit the more you get used to it. That is a loaded statement though. If that is true, could you get used to any site with ugly, horrible design? Well, could you?

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Alright, I just couldn't let this one last thing slide about this crazy website. I can only guess that you are wondering what my last point would be. Honestly, one could go on forever about this site. The one thing left to point out is the little waving Santa. Didn't see it? Well, I think it is about time that we play a "Where is Waldo" type of game with the Santa.

Obviously, the Santa was put in for the holiday season. Its placement is just as odd as any other product placement on the page. One might wonder why it is not larger or maybe even why it is not placed closer to the top of the page with some season's greeting. The more I begin to over-think this Santa the more I remember the main point of this site. Chaos.

If you can find the product you are looking for then I guess you might even be able to find the random Santa. Holiday shopping really is like a game of hide and seek. You spend weeks and weeks looking for that perfect present hidden amongst all the other lack-luster gifts. All I can say is good luck with your holiday shopping no matter what site you shop from!

One I Would Of Never Thought Of!

I was having coffee with a friend and they mentioned that they thought this one particular site was the most ugly thing out there. It was plain, it was crowded, and it was overfilled with links and text. The site they were talking about... Craigslist!

Now, I would of never thought to share that with you, but I guess it is true! Every page on the Craigslist site is plain and white. The only color comes through the hundreds of links that are jammed packed onto the screen. And, what do these links do? Nothing, but take you to other links! The site is filled with information everywhere you look. Maybe that is why people never question the design. Its sole purpose is to share information.

I guess the lesson is that some of the sites we visit everyday are not the best or most interesting things to look at. Maybe we just get used to visiting some places that we don't even question the design or why it is not that easy to navigate through. Oh, well! I guess this is why we should always ask for other people's opinions!

Odd, Weird, and Bizarre!

A friend sent me this link and I thought it was interesting enough to share. Alright, there is a lot to take in on this site, so I will list some of the things I dislike the most.

• Um... the fact that there are so many products all over this page. I am not even sure what I am looking at. If there is a brick-and-mortar location for this business I would be afraid to walk in. Clutter! Clutter! Clutter!
• If you can take the time to check out all the products, they are so random! A robot dinosaur and a build your own helicopter. What? Sexy girl shape what?
• One of the things I hate the most is text over text. And, it is ALL OVER this site! Even if you took the time to read what this business has to offer you will eventually end up with a text over text situation that leaves you confused.
• What is with the random yellow strip down the page? Odd.

I guess I only have one more question... who is visiting this page and who in the world is shopping there?

Images

So, you had a chance to see the list and now are you ready for me to add yet another point? Are ya?! I can't stand coming across a website with blurry and/or pixelated images. I hate it!

No... I am not talking about the cool graphic art form in which graphic designers pixelate some images to make them into interesting works of art. I actually really like that! I am talking about the blurry, odd looking images the people post from old outdated cameras and/or extremely bad photography. Maybe people are taking these bad images with their outdated camera phones? I am really curious to find out where these are coming from.

The lesson here is spend some money on decent photography. Why would you build a site and spend money on a designer and not supply that designer with decent images? It makes no sense. I am definitely ready to add that one to my list. Bad photography... ugh. It can't help your website, it can only destroy it.

If you come across any samples of this point you would like to share, please do!

My List Is Growing!

So, we have found so many horrific sites to share, but I thought it would be good to take a second and recap some of the points we dislike thus far. I am sure there are more to come so pay attention to the first, original list!

The Color Theory: More is Better Ah, hate to be the one to break this to you, but it is not. Professional web designers spend hours choosing the appropriate colors to use in moderation. The key here is moderation!

Can You Add Anything Else? Have you ever found a site and you don’t know how they fit all this information on one page? Just like color, content should be clean and simple.

What Am I Looking At? Have you found a site where the text actually sits on top of other text? How are you suppose to read the site never mind understand what you are looking at?

All of This Moving is Burning My Eyes Alright, Flash is cool, but in moderation. You might want to catch our attention, but Flash animations rotating around eight or more spots on the page can burn our retinas and make us nauseous.

Links How many links should really be on a page? I guess this point might be debatable, but we have all seen an excess of links that makes a site just horrible to visit.

Horrible Music Honestly, this is one of my favorites. You might stumble upon a beautifully designed site and forget to turn your speakers down. Before you know it, horrible music is pumping from your speakers all throughout your office catching everyone's attention. Ugh.

What Have You Seen?

Alright, I think I have waited long enough. I have tried not to ask and I have tried to pretend that I am not anxious to hear what you have found or what you have seen, but I do not think I can wait any longer. TELL ME WHAT UGLY SITES YOU HAVE FOUND!!!!! I mean it, TELL ME!!

On a daily basis I have a friend or two emailing me links to some of the most ugly, horrific, nauseating sites out there. They make me blink, cry, and wonder who in the world is spending their precious time building them. I guess even more important who is spending their time visiting them! I LOVE that they send me these links, but I am wondering what my readers (in addition to my friends) have to say about things they have seen and sites they have visited.

See, the thing is that I feel I can share countless design flaws that I hate and design flaws that make a site horrible, but I really want to know if you all agree or like these horrific sites. Stop being afraid and realize that it is time to share! I can't be alone in my thought. Time to SHARE!!!

Can't Believe It!

I was just checking my email and a friend had sent me a link to this crazy site. I honestly can't believe it but it has the very thing I have been ranting about all night. Horrible music!!!

I was laughing so hard it took a while to remember to share this with you. Isn't that a random coincidence?!? Well, after you click on the link I am sure that you will see that the music isn't the only thing wrong with the site. :)

Honestly, I am not sure what the site is all about. I am not familiar with the language. I am familiar with the horrible design flaws though! We are looking at a weird combination of random images, flashing text, horrible colors, impossible design, and a link to "kocktails" that gives you a recipe for a drink called "Jamaican Fever." Maybe it helps to be a little bit tipsy if you are going to spend a lot of time on the this site.

Alright, I promise I am done for tonight. Happy Halloween everyone! I hope it was a wonderful one for you, your family, and your friends. I am off to watch a scary movie!

Can You Show Me?

Of course, it seems like I just can't tell you everything on my mind in one post. The minute I hit publish I find myself wishing I had shared more. Tonight, you might just have to deal with me and let me get all that is on my mind out.

You know what bothers me more than horrible music? Well, I have no problem telling you what it is. What bothers me the most on any good or rancid site I visit is the ads. Ads can be overwhelming. You can pay a qualified designed a good amount of money to build you a completely clean, beautiful site. Then it can get ruined for a great deal of your visitors with ads.

Society today is simply bombarded with ads. We are sold things every where we go and during just about everything we do. If you want people to stay on your site and enjoy being there it is up to you to keep the ads under control. Here is my tip for the day... enjoy all the Halloween candy you want keep the ads to a minimum. :) That's not that hard to follow right?!? Happy Halloween everyone!

Heard Around the World

Alright, I would first like to start this blog by saying HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I hope you are enjoying it and had the chance to dress up! I decided to spend my last few hours of Halloween a little bit differently than I normally do. Instead of running the streets looking for horrible scary costumes I decided to search the net for horrible scary sites. It dawned on me that I have spent so much time talking about bad design that I might of forgotten one important piece of horrible, scary sites. The one important piece is the music.

A site can be made or broken with the music. Music that is too loud, annoying, or inappropriate can destroy a site that was designed with care. Music can drive the visitor crazy. Music can make them launch towards their speakers and turn the dial off. Music can be a deal breaker.

On the positive side, some songs are actually appropriate on some site. Think of a soothing song a a luxury spa website. Maybe even a popular sports tune while you check up on your favorite team. The point here is simple and easy to understand. When you are reviewing sites it is important to look and it is just as important to listen.

What Is It I Am Not Getting?!

It recently dawned on me that no matter how many bad sites I locate and share with you there is still one question that always will remain unanswered. Who in the world is building these sites?

Honestly, that is the question on my mind today. If you spend some time online each week it isn't hard to locate a site or two that makes you question their existence. Some sites may even make you wonder who is spending the time to create such tacky, unreadable pages. Others might even make you wonder who has the time to create such mind-blowing, ugly sites. The answer is not easy.

Sure, I know there are some designers that make fake sites just to show how bad design can destroy a website or a company. Yet, I am still at a loss at who makes up the remainder of the people creating some of the sites that I have shared with you so far. Are they bored? Maybe they just have extremely bad taste. Some people still do rock a fanny pack so maybe these are the same people using unreadable copy, horrific color combinations, and nauseating images. What do you think? What is it that I am not getting?

And, I Am Back

I honestly had to step away from the computer for a few moments. Every time I clicked on the site and tried to review the landing page I started to see spots and my eyes refused to focus on the page. Those flashing dogs could give anyone a headache. How can the creator think that this design was a good idea? How could they even focus to create this kind of color and design work?

I guess the only thing I have left to say is... who created this? I was able to click on one of the links on the home page and it brought me to another page that is equally as weird. As I mentioned before, this site seems to be an outlet for the cartoonist to share their work. Do yourself a favor and let the clip play on the introduction to the cartoon characters. You are sure to laugh. I laughed due to the insanely horrible humor and I would love to hear what you thought about this.

All in all it seems like the perfect cartoon for a site like this. The characters are just as odd as the site design. Odd. Odd. Odd.

Bring Asprin

Caution... if you have a hard time with ugly, flashing, annoying websites then don't click here!!!! So, did you click? Well, if you are currently unable to focus your eyes I am going to assume that you clicked. This site met all of my bad site standards and still gave us more.

Rule 1 The Color Theory: More Is Better

Um... I am not even sure where to start here. I guess I could focus on the oddly colored rainbow or maybe even the dog. Yet, it is extremely hard to look at those images without having your attention grabbed by the flashing dogs. Yellow, blue, brown, and black have never looked so bad.

Rule 2 Can You Add Anything Else?

Honestly, I am not even sure what the content or the purpose of this is supposed to be. One could only think that this is a cartoonist who wants to display their drawings. I mean, what else could it be?!

Rule 3 What Am I Looking At?

You know, this kind of goes without saying. This site breaks this rule so many times I don't even want to list out the infractions.

Rule 4 All of This Flashing Is Burning My Eyes

Duh! I can only look at this page for a few seconds before my eyes begin to twitch and I begin to get a small yet extremely noticeable headache. In fact, I have to stop for now. Let's discuss this one when I stop seeing spots.

A Lot To Offer, But Not in Design

I will be honest. I sometimes feel bad making fun of sites. Most often, I feel this way when I see a site trying to do something good. Such as this site.

Obviously, this site was designed to bring additional information to people that live in this area or people that would love to visit this area. The information is absolutely great, but the layout and design is absolutely horrible. Unless you know what you are looking for this site is extremely confusing.

The first thing I would notice is simple... red. The layout of the page smashes an abundance of information in small areas and this leaves you to focus primarily on the background. The bright red background. In addition to the small areas of text, the text they do provide is extremely hard to read. The links on the left hand site are incredibly small.

I truly do want this site to be appealing for the great good of the area, but I don't think it is there yet. It may be time for these creators to hire a website designer and truly share the riches in the area with the world. It seems like this area has a lot to offer.

Where's Ernie?

Ah... it is not hard to realize that just about anyone can build a website. I think that is very clear from a few of our previous posts. I recently came upon a site that was nearly blinding in design and somewhat shocking in content.

A man going by the name Bert has provided us with "A Menu of Junk" to review in disgust. It's is hard for me to say what first caught my eye and lead me to label this a horrible, ugly page. I would have to say that it is a combination of neon, smiley faces, a random tic-tac-toe in the background, and well... the content. What scared you more? The flashing of "Bert's Extra Junky Pages" or the fact that this person is providing food and bug information along with tips on begging. I know, it's hard to decide. Decisions, decisions.

I think I am going to go with the "French Lesson" tab. This little gem brings you to a whole other page that makes the landing page look like expert design. A Pharaoh, rotating stars, and the tackiest background of red and black. Treat yourself to this!

No Joking Here...

As you now know, I like to find just horrible sites and share them with you. I have found site after site that has provided us with many examples of poor design, confusing content, impossible color combinations and more. The fun of it all!!! Now, just for one post I would like to take a second to bring up one point that is often overlooked... dependability.

Many Chase bank users around the states found out that they could not access their personal, business, and saving accounts online last week. Now, many Chase users depend on the online functions daily. They check balances, review purchases, make transfers and so on. What happens when those features are just spontaneously gone for two days? Panic! According to Chase, the site was having technical difficulties. That statement may have made sense to some users, but many other less tech savvy individuals were left wondering what was going on.

Regardless of what the site looks like, sells, or offers it should run effectively. This especially rings true when users depend on a site daily. All jokes and lists of horrible design features aside, this single point may be any site's worst nightmare.

Hawaii What?!

Well, I am back to my theory... what am I looking at? That is the big question when you land on this site. Alright, alright. I get it. Something and everything to do with Hawaii, right? Luaus and coffee. What I don't get is where I should look or click first? Am I wanting to purchase coffee? What is with the random imagery? Why am I looking at coffee, nuts, CDs, stationary, and candles all on one page?

It is a well-known fact that Hawaii produces a variety of specialty coffees, teas, lotions, chocolates, macadamia nuts, and more that visitors love to buy. I am guessing this business and site was constructed to bring these specialties to people around the globe. Easy enough? Well, not really. How are visitors suppose to find their favorite products or even focus to understand what other products may be available? This site makes it literally impossible.

Poor design = confusing your visitors. Confusing your visitors with too many products on a page and too many colors is a major mistake. Then again, maybe they feel like they have to overwhelm their visitors with a wide variety of products to get them to stay. The only thing I can guarantee is that I will not be visiting or shopping on this site again.

I Hope She Shops Somewhere Else!

A friend on her quest to find the perfect bridal gown stumbled upon this gem. It seemed almost impossible not to share this with you! I am not exactly sure how she landed on this page, but I hope she redirected herself, especially on her search for bridesmaid dresses. I only say this because I do love her and well, I am one of her bridesmaids.
Hmmm... where to start?! Could you even decide what to look at first? I hope that you had your speakers on when you landed on the web page. The music truly added to the experience. Now what else should we mention? The neon writing? The crazy imagery? The pictures of tacky wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses?
I don't think I could leave this blog with out mentioning the insanely bad photography and the random shots of window pages towards the bottom. There is so much to look at, I would love to see what you thought stood out. Please tell me you say the random "rays of light" coming out of the head of the girl in yellow. Wow. It could take days to process everything on this site. My suggestion... shop elsewhere for your bridal needs.

Get Your Paint Buckets and Guns

Today, I am making an addition to my list of what constitutes as a poorly designed site. Are you ready? Here we go... tacking pop ups that hoover over ladies shooting cartoon guns. Bet you never thought you would see that one. Well you can and you will. Look at me!

The random paint splashes around the pop up are almost as annoying as the neon color selection spattered over the site. I really wasn't sure what to hate more. I don't like to play favorites. ;) If I were looking to purchase a car, this site would definitely scare me off and make me consider public transportation. Sitting next to a stinky man talking about his political views may be less hateful than shopping this site. How are companies like these succeeding and luring customers in? Are the worst websites actually representing solid, reputable companies? How can this be? Should I stop asking questions? ;)

I guess I might leave these questions to the marketing experts of the world. Still, as a consumer I think I have the obligation and right to share the worst, the horrid, the unbearable, the neon websites with the world. It's an exhausting job, but someone has to do it. On that note, Happy Labor Day all!

Fancy Packs and Links

I stated before and I will say it again, why do the worst websites get just as much attention as the good ones? Is the The Producers theory? Is it the need for people in society today to make fun of the bad in an attempt to make their own sites look better? What has reality TV done to us?!

My Theory

I have started compiling a list of things that sites do wrong, but regardless of the length of my list I do believe that here is one underlying theory behind all of this. Some people just have less than desirable taste. Bad sites full of color, Flash in thirty different places, and odd peculiar content is the website equivalent to a fanny pack on top of cut off jeans shorts. Black socks and Crocks included.

Back to My List

I did have one more to add… the Over Linkage. So, here we go… The Color Theory, Can You Add Anything Else, What Am I Looking At, All of This Flash is Burning My Eyes, and Over Linkage.

Over Linkage

Over linkage is simply over a dozen random links on one page that redirect you away from the primary site. Typically, when someone puts time and effort into building a site they want you to stay on it. If this doesn’t make sense, review my last post and it will all be crystal clear! J

Went Back for More!

Well, it's true. I decide to go back for more and found something even more complex. The links, of course! It turns out that all of those microscopic images that run down the left side and also down the middle right side are links. Yes, I said links. Those teeny tiny images will actually lead you to other pages on the site, or even better, other pages for other brands.

Go back and take a second to click on any of the random pixilated logos. The Stephen Colbert logo (that is if you can read it) actually takes you to his official home page. The image of John Stewart will take you to the Daily Show home page. There are many others to explore if you have the time. I think I may go back and add “over linkage” to my list of bad design flaws. If you spend the time to make the page and add that much detail, don’t you want the reader to attempt to stay for a while? Just a thought!

I’ll leave you for now to click away and find new places this website can take you. Take the time to review it all and enjoy!

My Beginning List

Most of us spend a good amount of time on the internet. Hopefully, you are one of the lucky ones that haven’t crossed sites as worse as this one. If you are, you might be able to help me add to this list I started on aspects of bad website design. Please let me know if you have anything to add.

The Color Theory: More is Better

Ah, hate to be the one to break this to you, but it is not. Professional web designers spend hours choosing the appropriate colors to use in moderation. The key here is moderation!

Can You Add Anything Else?

Have you ever found a site and you don’t know how they fit all this information on one page? Just like color, content should be clean and simple.

What Am I Looking At?

Have you found a site where the text actually sits on top of other text? How are you suppose to read the site never mind understand what you are looking at?

All of This Flash is Burning My Eyes

Alright, Flash is cool, but in moderation. You might want to catch our attention, but Flash rotating around eight or more spots on the page can burn our retinas and make us nauseous. Sorry, but it’s the truth.

I am sure across my journey of the good, the bad, and the ugly sites I will have more tips to share.

Three Out of Four

After I completed my first four major aspect of downright ugly design, I came across a site that encompassed at least 3 out of my 4 major theories. I will be honest; I didn’t spend much time reading this site. The minute I randomly landed on it, I became overwhelmed and decided it was in my best interest to close the window immediately.

So, if you have clicked on the link (or you are going to click on the link) here are the three major mistakes I saw in my brief encounter. The first would be the color theory. Every color wasn’t represented, but there were enough odd boxes in odd places with odd colors. That is enough for me. Second, can you add anything else?! Come on! I am not sure that any more text could be packed into that single page. I understood that it was a political page mainly due to the imagery, but I had a hard time trying to figure out what the main story was. That is if there was one. This all leads me to, what am I looking at? I could not focus on any single part of this site to understand its purpose or placement on the internet as a whole.

Wow. Please tell me that it is not just me! What do you think?

Seeing Double or Seeing Butterflies?

If you didn’t throw your computer out the window from my last blog I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you back. Now tell me, did you hire Randy Pan to create your website or are you still looking for another well-rounded and seasoned web designer? Green is the new black in case you haven’t heard.

Well, since it has been quite awhile from my last post I would like to pose a new question on the unholy unity. The unholy unity = content and design just in case you forgot. Alright, here is the big question for the day. Is it worse to read bad content or find content that is impossible to read? (Before you answer, maybe you should take a look. Or, should you?)

Hmm… decisions, decisions. Would you rather be entertained by the butterfly as you attempt to navigate through the site or actually be able to read the double-layered text to find out why this site was created in the first place? It’s a question almost as complicated as what came first… the chicken or the egg.

Ponder that for some time and I will bring you another cleaver/odd/misleading website for you to sort through.

All That Bad

Wow. I was just starting to think I didn't know anything about web design when a simple session of Internet surfing brought me to this unholy debacle: (click here for the worst website ever).

Unless of course the ulterior motive here was to blind the viewership and then perform a miracle healing or two... I think we can safely say this is an example of bad design. And then of course there's the content. Why, I wonder, are the two so inextricably linked?

Introducing: Randy Pan

Speaking of that unholy unity, (bad design and content), it would be remiss of me not to include the welter weight champion of it, Randy Constan, in this discussion. Take it away Randy. (Drop everything, go here)

Really, this is a rather enjoyable past time... surfing the net looking for awfulness. But I will say this for it... I am willing to bet that Randy has more hits on his website than you do. And let's face it no matter how hard the average, non-imbecile may try, there is simply no way he/she can intentionally make as bad a website as someone who by dumb luck blunders into fame and internet renown. I mean really, the Jesus-Forgiveness guys and Randy Pan ought to be hiring themselves out as a designers. Can there be any doubt they'd work all the time?

To Be Bad or To Be Bad

Something in all of this reminds me of the Gene Wilder, Zero Mostell, movie The Producers. You know, the whole idea that trying to make something bad, may in fact lead to unexpected greatness? Though this last link (see text at bottom of page) I think, may in fact disprove this theory. Fulfilling in agonizing simplicity it's own prophecy... (note I'm putting it on here last because there's a good chance this website will inspire you to heave your computer out the window).

(Stop. Don't click this... it will take you to the worst website ever. Okay, you've been warned)

More on this subject tomorrow...