http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/ The premier destination for African-American’s in Technology and New Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 AOL Strong Growth off Niche Redesign and Rebranding | Black Web 2.0 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:37:15 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/#comment-3452 [...] vise versa). This seem to be an overall trend with the promotion of most corporate own websites (See the Washington Post’s launch of TheRoot.com or IAC’s Launch of Rushmore Drive ). [...] [...] vise versa). This seem to be an overall trend with the promotion of most corporate own websites (See the Washington Post’s launch of TheRoot.com or IAC’s Launch of Rushmore Drive ). [...]

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Rumor Mill: Community Connect for Sale? | Black Web 2.0 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:32:48 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/#comment-1747 [...] of an exploding trend in the Urban/African-American web space. With the launch of sites like The Root, IAC’s launch of Black Web Enterprises, BET’s Advertising Network, and others, are [...] [...] of an exploding trend in the Urban/African-American web space. With the launch of sites like The Root, IAC’s launch of Black Web Enterprises, BET’s Advertising Network, and others, are [...]

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 angela Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/#comment-1542 I agree ian, when taking a minimalist approach on the web the typography has to be tight. I agree ian, when taking a minimalist approach on the web the typography has to be tight.

]]> http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 ian Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:00:53 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/01/28/theroot-of-design/#comment-1539 It is fine to be minimal, but at least pay attention to type and spacing. The articles on the site are barely readable as the font is way to small and the line-height is cramped. On the homepage most of the copy is cramped to tight columns.. its a mess. The would have been better of using any one of a 100 blog templates out there, using blueprint, or even just starting with a tutorial on CSS. It is fine to be minimal, but at least pay attention to type and spacing. The articles on the site are barely readable as the font is way to small and the line-height is cramped. On the homepage most of the copy is cramped to tight columns.. its a mess. The would have been better of using any one of a 100 blog templates out there, using blueprint, or even just starting with a tutorial on CSS.

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