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September 29, 2002
Jumping the shark?

It's been disappointing to me that there are so few weblogs that focus on content as a meta subject. One of the few that did exist is now wondering whether online content has jumped the shark. (If you've not come across the term before, see jump the shark.)

Is it just me, or is content the George Bailey of the whole user experience space? You know, the hard-working, underappreciated, taken-for-granted part of a whole lot of disciplines?

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Er, who's George Bailey?

(for those of us in different parts of the world) ;)

-- Posted by MadMan on September 30, 2002 10:53 AM

George Bailey is the lead character in Frank Capra's 1954 flick "It's a Wonderful Life" (see http://us.imdb.com/Title?0038650 at imdb.com). It's a very popular movie here in the states around the Christmas holidays. George is given a chance to see what life would have been like had he not been born, and as title suggests, he finds out he has it pretty good after all.

-- Posted by Beth on September 30, 2002 05:23 PM
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