[Sigia-l] Fw: Alertbox: Celebrating Holidays and Special Occassions on Websites

[Katie Ware]

I think it's a little like Jakob channeling Martha Stewart...and right at 
another holiday - Halloween. Scary.

Katie






>From: Richard Hill <rhill at asis.org>
>To: sigia-l at asis.org
>Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Fw: Alertbox: Celebrating Holidays and Special  
>Occassions on Websites
>Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:41:06 -0500
>
>[ Forwarded From: cshafer at modemmedia.com. Dick Hill]
>
>Well, he DID include Purim ;-)
>
>Interesting question - whether or not a website with customization features
>should be considered a public or private space?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Samantha Bailey [mailto:a2slb at earthlink.net]
>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:50 PM
>To: Sigia-l at asis.org
>Subject: [Sigia-l] Fw: Alertbox: Celebrating Holidays and Special
>Occasions on Websites
>
>
>This is only peripherally IA related, but thought I'd throw out my 2 cents
>about the current alertbox. It seems a pretty feeble effort with a (non)
>healthy dose of cultural imperialism thrown in. It failed to address at
>least two pretty important issues: a) disenfranchisement if you're not
>celebrating a particular holiday--e.g., Christmas isn't celebrated by
>everyone (inside or outside the US) despite its ubiquity in the US (and by
>association, consumer skepticism about marketing around the holidays) and 
>b)
>the web is global and things like seasonal weather changes don't happen
>everywhere/at the same time.
>
>The challenge pointed to in this column is a valid one: how do we make 
>sites
>feel more connected to users lives when we're dealing with such diverse
>populations? I just don't think the answer's proposed do justice to the
>issue.
>
>Or maybe I'm just Grinchy?
>
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