And while we may work on the Porsche, the BMW and even a Maybach or three, we, as agencies, tend to continue to drive our beat up 72 Vista Cruiser under the guides that we’re serving our clients, and thus are unable to serve ourselves. Or are we? Serving either?

Have we abused the age-old wisdom of our childhood influences – spouting do as I say, but not as I do? Have we lost the context?

And if we lead a horse, whom does not drink, do we simply look for a better horse? I’m not sure I have an answer, but I am searching. Really. And not just for show, but with purpose.

The web as we know it and the site as we see it; they’ll be dying soon, and giving birth to a new era of Experience Design. Who will lead and who will follow? And who will accept the challenge.

Now, if only I blogged as much as I thought, or today, commented.

Best. -t

The issue you open up describing – clutter without meaning (to me as a consumer), is a topic I am highly interested in. I am part of the Adobe Media Player test group, and am curious to your opinion of this concept of aggregating the content only (that being the thing I want – the video, in this small instance), and what changes that may impose on creators/studios/etc.

I spoke with an Adobe alliance lead at length about this, and he was shocked I was even thinking like that.

I am also engaged with a group hoping to launch a video site (think FOX, but Indie Style), where the single most explicit goal is to create an interface that pays homage to the technology and content – and not the trimmings that appear on (nearly) every media site out there. So naturally we looked to Hyper-video, with hopes of creating an experience that is “purposeful” and harnesses not what we’ve done, but what we can do.

Care to engage is some random dialog on this? If your off this topic I understand… I’ve just not found anyone talking like this so openly (and the Web 2.0 post prior).

Best. -t