“Layouts are sexy but, you know, words still matter.”
In this solo rant-style episode of Podcast Awesome, Matt takes a silly, unhinged dive into the world of Lorem Ipsum — the gibberish placeholder text that’s haunted designers and writers alike since the 1500s. From Cicero’s scrambled Latin to zombie-themed mockups, we trace the wild history and the weird world of filler text.
So ... why do we still treat real content as an afterthought? And what happens when a layout only works with nonsense words?
You’ll laugh. You’ll cringe. You’ll maybe rethink that next wireframe.
🧠 What We Cover in This Episode:
- 🤬 The grammar quirks that make writers lose their minds (yes, we see you, Oxford comma debate)
- 🏛️ The bizarre origin of Lorem Ipsum (hi Cicero!)
- 🥓 Bacon Ipsum, Hipster Ipsum, Cat Ipsum
- 😤 A friendly/spicy rant on why Lorem Ipsum might kill your content strategy
- 👻 Live sites with placeholder text
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to the Fake Latin Fight Club
01:00 – Oxford Commas, Passive Voice, and Writers with Rage
03:00 – Sarcastic Quotation Marks and Melty “Cheese”
04:00 – What Even Is Lorem Ipsum, Anyway?
05:30 – From Ancient Rome to Adobe Default Settings
06:45 – The Rise of Bacon, Hipster, and Zombie Ipsum
08:00 – THE RANT: “If Your Layout Only Works With Nonsense…”
09:30 – Final Thoughts: Fonts Are Cool. Content Is King.
🔗 Links & Resources:
- Generate your own Bacon Ipsum 🥓
- Cat Ipsum for feline-forward mockups 🐱
- Zombie Ipsum, because... why not 🧟
- Theme by Ronnie Martin 🎹
- 8-bit interstitial music by Zach Moom
- Audio mastering by Chris Enns at Lemon Productions 🍋
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