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 spoke [...]

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 wonders to cash in on YouTube [...]

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 the process
Marketing can [...]

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 so [...]

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 cloud-based future — The Guardian
Lance’s [...]

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 longer [...]

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 #1 usability secret
what you can [...]

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 blogging — Smashing Magazine
30 Flash-based [...]

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 can be [...]

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 can be for your [...]