My design team and I have been experimenting with an in-window subscription pop-up for ScottHYoung.com. This is where an in-window display (like the image above) asks if you’d like to join a free newsletter. They have been increasingly popular on the blogosphere, arguably because they work well–they turn casual visitors into subscribers. I was reluctant […]
Ask the Readers: Advice for Learning a Foreign Language
I recently got accepted into an international exchange program through my university. It seems I’ll be living in Montpellier, France, for one year starting in early September. There’s only one problem: I don’t speak French. I’ve taken some basic classes, but I’m far from fluent. I understand many of my readers are multilingual, so I […]
Why I Don’t Download Music
I’m against downloading music. While this may not seem like an unusual position, as a college-aged kid, this puts me in the minority. Most of my friends have fairly large unpaid-for music libraries. Unfortunately, I see the trend expanding as many of my middle-aged friends are getting iPods and jumping on the free-music bandwagon. I’m […]
Why Atheism?
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too.” – Douglas Adams I’m an atheist. I’d like to tell you why. Most of the arguments for being an atheist point to how it is more scientific or probable. I’m sure […]
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