Archive for August 2009

Employee engagement expert, James Adonis first appeared on my radar several years ago when a friend forwarded his newsletter to me.  James’ writing style and management style immediately resonated with me so I signed up. Since then, I have recommended his newsletter to many peers and have also featured it as a best practice case study when I [...]

Conversation UX design — Zeus Jones Essential tips for designing an effective homepage — Six Revisions SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) vs PPC (Pay Per Click) — Digital Ministry Introducing Typedia — The online typography encyclopedia Survey reveals who is running the social media show — Jeff Bullas You auto complete me — UI Trends One-hit [...]

Recently, MiniMovers founder & owner, Mike O’Hagan shared his thoughts on using the web to increase business profits.  Mike had just returned from the United States when he gave his presentation. Highlights from the presentation and the MiniMovers story: Give customer what they need, NOT what they want Exceed expectations by adding unexpected value in every step of [...]

Here’s a bit of self-indulgent fun for a Tuesday afternoon. Yahoo! has recently launched this neat little microsite called Know Your Mojo which decodes your Twitter profile and spits out a social ‘mojo’ calculation based on your Tweet history (or “Twi-Chi” as they call it). It’s been designed to promote their new yahoo.com landing page [...]

15 great free online file sharing alternatives — Hongkiat The case for content strategy: Motown style — A List Apart Free and commercial stock photography sites — Smashing Magazine 12 reputation management tools to track your name — The BINC Blog Panasonic gets savvy to social media — Digital Media Microsoft takes more steps towards [...]

Bluewire Media have racked up a number of finance sector projects recently, and when Trinity Investments asked us to modernise their website’s structure and design, we were really enthusiastic about it! We’re now proud to present the brand new website over at trinity.com.au. Amidst corporate restructures and the ailing economy, this project took a lot [...]

Joel Flom is a world reknowned expert in usability and user centred design, and we were fortunate enough to interview him to find out more.  Joel partners with Bluewire Media through his Brisbane usability consultancy - Elavision. In this interview Joel Flom shares: what usability is & what’s involved how customers benefit how businesses benefit his [...]

Google Caffeine gets two thumbs up — Information Week The best of Google Streetview — Times Online Welcome to the free world: The fast-growing online economy is revolutionising how we do business — SMH The rise of conversation media — UX Booth Useful web design email newsletters — Smashing Magazine 10 harsh truths about corporate [...]

Stefan Sojka in his recent article ‘Just one click?’ for Nett Magazine really hit home when he said ‘If that click doesn’t do what it is supposed to, I react like a two year old who has let go of their helium balloon….’ Unless you are someone who is seriously involved with the technology it [...]

Matt Cutts is a Google engineer & in this interview with USA Today he shares five (5) basic, common sense tips to help you get your website to the top of Google. Matt discusses: What people will type when they search for you. How you can find people to link to you. How effective blogging [...]