I will never forget my high school political science teacher, Mr. Bill Thompson.  Mr. Thompson would always remind us hardworking students of the value of the KISS rule… Keep It Simple Stupid.  Then, in college, one of my best professors, Dr. G., spent many years as a newspaper editor.  He would often talk about the differences between media people and the “ivory tower.”  The Ivory tower was where all the professors (especially english professors) shared their knowledge amongst themselves.  You had to know a special set of jargon just to enter.  Basically, it was overtly complicated.

I will have to agree with these two teachers of mine.  Keeping things simple makes it more accessible, and makes the message more clear. 

Unfortunately, recent web design has forgotten this rule.  There are a lot of pages out there which are poorly designed, and with too much clutter.  I think all the clutter (for example, ads by google, tag clouds, etc) really distracts from the message!  I can understand why people would like all this information,  but there is a point where it becomes information overload.

So what should we do?
Remember the KISS rule

Keep it simple stupid.

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