Archive for April 2009

Hugh Jackman will see Oprah on Friday… PM Kevin Rudd says the Dawn Service was very moving… How come I know? My little birdie told me! No way! I am not their friend or on their staff. I know this because I have been following them on Twitter! If you still haven’t quite got your [...]

The future of the computer desktop? In defense of eye candy — A List Apart How long will you continue support for Internet Explorer 6? — For the Lose 6 reasons to consider a microsite strategy — William Web Design Economy be damned: Apple posts its best second quarter earnings ever — TechCrunch CSS tip: [...]

Recently I was amazed to discover that a friend of mine Jenny* a BDM at a large company was spending the first half of her day researching prospective clients to call on. This research consisted of googling companies in certain suburbs or buildings and then manually entering in the company, contact name, phone number & [...]

1. Shrink O’Matic Resize your images quickly and easily — 2. GIMP Like Photoshop, but free — 3. Wufoo Free HTML form builder — 4. Pic Markr Place watermarks on your photos — 5. BG Patterns Create your own patterned background tile — 6. smush.it! Optimise your images for the web — 7. Color Scheme [...]

The Webby Award nominees have been announced — Webby Awards Top 10 moments caught on Google Maps Street View — URLesque 6 tips to help you get the most out of Google Docs — Six Revisions Is self-centred web copy hurting your website? — Web Designer Depot 8 characteristics of successful user interfaces — Usability [...]

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Happy Easter! Image via jpockele 10 useful flash components for graphing data — Six Revisions 8 simple ways to improve typography in your design — Smashing Magazine 9 information design tips to make you a better web designer — PSD Tuts + The top free 500 free fonts from around the world — Fonts 500 [...]

Without a doubt, planning is definitely the key to a successful website. Yet amazingly many websites you see have had little or no planning at all. Here are 8 things you really should do to get the best out of your website! 1. Decide what you want from your website What is the purpose of [...]

Writing for the web can be tricky. But do it well and you can watch your site’s SEO results, usability and overall effectiveness as a marketing tool soar to new heights. Here are a couple of tips to improve your web content. Image via Dwonderwall Everybody’s a scanner “Web users are an impatient bunch. If [...]

Top 10 online April Fool jokes — Times Online 40 fresh websites for daily visual inspiration — Inspired Magazine Getting back to basics: site map and search — Digital Ministry What social media means for search — Advertising Age The new YouTube will look like Hulu — Business Insider 6 things to include for a [...]