Noticed this at k10k.net:

“Nowadays I seem to get more pleasure from reading on the web than looking at the web – I don’t know whether that’s symptomatic for the design scene as a whole (which seems to be in a rather disjointed state), but it does give me an opportunity to shine the light on some of my current favo[u]rite “wordy” spots.”

Least said, soonest mended. I think it was Spiekermann who said: “You cannot not communicate”. Strikes me – whether it’s written or graphically communicated: you cannot not read the Web. The “design scene” knows that surely? You’re losing out if you’re just looking or making things to be looked at, not ‘read’, not engaged with.

Having said that, maybe looking vs reading is just a symptom we’re heading nicely into the snowcrashed century.