Although they issue an annual list, the LSSU word guardians refrained from saying "it's that time of year again" in their press release - except to make it part of the overused list. I guess by using the Internet they were keeping the announcement carbon-low, although they condemned the "carbon"-nation of our discussion of environmental issues.

I'll stop there and let you read the list for yourselves. Having just listened to an interview I gave recently, I'm going to nominate "uh" as another overused word. Like, you know?

What wireframes do
Essentially, wireframes are the blueprints for your site. They tell the people building the architecture of the site what sections will go where to give them get an idea of what they will have to code, and they give the designers an overview of how the different pages will work together, which is helpful in choosing design elements.

We've talked about commonly mixed words before. Effect and affect. Ensure and insure. They can be tricky, but they're not so bad once you get them down.

Two more sets that we've been talking about around here lately are lie/lay and who/whom.

One of the related marketing and advertising sales management services we provide to our clients is the creation, design and production of media kits. The magazine sales reps that we work with use these marketing materials to sell print, online and integrated media packages for our clients.

Despite the current economic slowdown, media planning is in full swing across the country at the moment as companies make their decisions on their media and advertising strategies for 2009.