Comments on: When ugly works… http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/ On communication, persuasion, and perception Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mose Kremen http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mose Kremen Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:59 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-143 Interesting blog you got here but I can't seem to find the RSS button. Interesting blog you got here but I can’t seem to find the RSS button.

]]> By: iPad Links: Thursday, March 4, 2010 « Mike Cane's iPad Test http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-124 iPad Links: Thursday, March 4, 2010 « Mike Cane's iPad Test Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:05:11 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-124 [...] Animated CSS3 cube using 3D transforms The “Attractive City Generator” The CSS Ninja 1: When ugly works… 2: Ling’s [...] [...] Animated CSS3 cube using 3D transforms The “Attractive City Generator” The CSS Ninja 1: When ugly works… 2: Ling’s [...]

]]> By: Krim Stephenson http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Krim Stephenson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:28:20 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-123 Thanks for the comment Ling, and for clarifying about the £35m. I'll correct that! I love what you've done with the site. What's "ugly" about it is really that it's just so different at a glance, and that it breaks all the rules of design (I think this makes you sound badass personally... you break ALL THE RULES). I love that it doesn't have a slick, polished look. There are a lot of sites that look polished and deliver an average or broken experience. Your colors and graphics look like you fed mescaline to a 1st year web developer, but the UI is actually really good, and you deliver a great experience. Thanks again Ling! Thanks for the comment Ling, and for clarifying about the £35m. I’ll correct that!

I love what you’ve done with the site. What’s “ugly” about it is really that it’s just so different at a glance, and that it breaks all the rules of design (I think this makes you sound badass personally… you break ALL THE RULES). I love that it doesn’t have a slick, polished look. There are a lot of sites that look polished and deliver an average or broken experience. Your colors and graphics look like you fed mescaline to a 1st year web developer, but the UI is actually really good, and you deliver a great experience.

Thanks again Ling!

]]> By: Ling Valentine http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Ling Valentine Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:39:39 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-122 <span><strong><span style="font-size: 72px">Wah!</span></strong></span> My God, what a review!! Usually I get people reviewing my site and I have to explain forever that it is about doing business with very high-ticket long buying cycle items. <strong>But you gettit! </strong>What a shame you don't live next door, I would hug you :) You save me so much typing, Krim hahahaha! Just one thing - I don't actually buy and sell £35m of cars, that's the retail value of the metal. I let the car dealers hold the monetary risk. I simply take a (usually 1%) commission, as low as can be so I just invoice a commission per car. £375,000 last year. But still not bad to bring in $500,000 from an "ugly" website :). Low risk means low overheads means low prices. Thanks so much for the blog post! There will be hundreds of things you haven't found, like my sitemap (crazy) http://www.lingscars.com/sitemap.php etc etc, but what the hell, nice to keep some surprises. We both know it's not about cars, it's about people really :) Thanks again! <em>Ling</em> Wah!
My God, what a review!! Usually I get people reviewing my site and I have to explain forever that it is about doing business with very high-ticket long buying cycle items. But you gettit! What a shame you don't live next door, I would hug you :)
You save me so much typing, Krim hahahaha!
Just one thing – I don't actually buy and sell £35m of cars, that's the retail value of the metal. I let the car dealers hold the monetary risk. I simply take a (usually 1%) commission, as low as can be so I just invoice a commission per car. £375,000 last year. But still not bad to bring in $500,000 from an "ugly" website :) .
Low risk means low overheads means low prices.

Thanks so much for the blog post! There will be hundreds of things you haven't found, like my sitemap (crazy) http://www.lingscars.com/sitemap.php etc etc, but what the hell, nice to keep some surprises. We both know it's not about cars, it's about people really :)
Thanks again! Ling

]]>