a.) "Mike, pag mag che-check ako ng email ko ano gagawin ko?"
- "Tumalon ka sa 4th floor."
b.) "Mike san sa pc mo ang webcam? Na do-download ba un?"
- "Anong oras ang out mo?"
c.) "HTML… Short for HotMail"
- "…"
d.) Vice-president: "Mike lagay mo dyan sa bawat page sa website ang picture ko."
- "Gumawa ka ng account sa www.i.ph ako pa mag uupload."
e.) "Pag mage-email ako ilalagay ko ba sa TO: Field ang pagdadalhan ko?"
- "Hindi, sa recycle bin, ano ka ba."
f.) "Download mo naman ako ng 3G application sa internet para maging 3G na ang 8210 ko."
- "May gamot pa ba sa pantry?"
g.) "Diba dapat innovative ang design mo? Eto ang mga brochures gayahin mo ang concept."
- "Ay meron na akong Jolibee atsaka Matute Placement Agency leaflets… siguradong groundbreaking to."
h.) "Mike pumapayat ka yata."
- "Mag resign ka tingnan mo gagwapo ako."
To rip is inhuman…
Web design plagiarism (or purposefully stealing a web site's code, layout and/or other elements) has been a very hot topic back at the ol' hangout.
How is it wrong?
Ethically speaking, it is benefiting from another designer's hard work sans permission and compensation. Design theft, put simply, is the worst crime any web designer can commit, and only serves to showcase the designer's lack of creative skills.
The web is not as big as we think it might be. If you are merely view-sourcing a website to debug and learn new tricks then there won't be any problem with that. But to totally reuse a website by merely substituting text and graphics and/or executing the layout down to the minutest detail then that is tantamount to doing the bunny-foofoo in a minefield. Remember that despite the size of the web, there is a great chance that the pirate's site will be spotted and will be on every web designer's crosshairs.
To err divine…
I've spent much too many years slaving on designs and mucking around in the black hole we call designer's cramp. As with other designers, I've churned out mediocre, if not badly executed sites. Some were just simply badly executed. The rest… well, the clients' smiles are enough for me. There were mistakes made along the way. But I’m still proud of the fact that they were my brainchildren (and there WERE a few ugly ducklings).
Fishing for inspiration is as hard as trying to fish for a compliment from your older sibling. Try thinking out of the box. Remember that each website and each designer has their own different goals. Take it from there.
