Being the 30th, I thought I’d put together an animation and take you on journey through the month that was Movember!
Nic & myself as The Bluewire Media Team, managed to raise a total of $265.00. (Not bad for a couple of hairy lips) Donations are still open if you’d like to chip in…
To [...]

Top 10 Internet moments of the decade — Sydney Morning Herald
The Googlephone: Google gears up for attack on mobile-phone market — The Times
Showcase of beautiful typography in web design — Noupe
User reviews: Increased sales, traffic and transparency — The UX Booth
How to evaluate what CMS to use — Six Revisions

 
Be sure to check out National [...]

A big congratulations must go out to three of our past (and amazingly talented!) QUT interns, who have just spent the last six months putting an enormous amount of effort into organising their end of year graduate exhibition.

Well done to Jess Golding for project managing, and to Jacque Prior and Georgie Thompson for their graphic [...]

I recently revealed my “secret formula for email marketing success” during a presentation at EMSA – the Email Marketing Summit Australia.
Here’s a 5 minute snippet where I outline 6 common mistakes & I share the biggest ‘oops’ I’ve ever made!

Stay tuned for the full presentation on DVD.
Creating Emails For Maximum Results – EMSA 2009
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Three months ago Sarah McVeigh brought her skill and passion for writing to Bluewire Media. Coming from a journalism background, Sarah is interested in many areas of the media, and wants to eventually take her career to radio or print journalism. For the time being though, Sarah’s taking her talents online in the position of [...]

James Adonis is an international expert on employee engagement. He’s written 3 books and writes one of the most commented on blogs in Australia (for Fairfax).
In this interview with Bluewire Media, he shares his secrets for writing one of the industry’s most popular email newsletters.
Watch the interview to find out:
- How James got started & [...]

Redesign: When to relaunch the site and best practices — Smashing Magazine
The top 10 web applications for web designers in 2009 — WEBDESIGNDEV
The lazy designer’s guide to success (according to Pentagram’s Michael Beirut) — Azure
On web typography — A List Apart
The death of the boring blog post — Smashing Magazine
10 useful bookmarklets for web designers [...]

App to find nearest toilet? Data flood unleashed — Sydney Morning Herald
The Font Kingdom: Search, explore, create and download fonts for free — Tech Crunch
Getting started with content management systems — Smashing Magazine
The process toolbox: Prototyping — Erskine Labs
5 simple but useful CSS properties — Web Designer Wall
Long tail user experience: how to cultivate (or [...]

Twitter have now finished their staged roll-out of the new ‘Lists’ feature across the social media network.  Let’s take a look at where Lists are capable of playing a role in your businesses social media activities.
Monitor Your Market -
With many brands and companies now openly embracing social media as a new business tool, Twitter has [...]

Today at Bluewire we have been discussing how important it is for a website to reflect the character and personality of the business that it represents. When it comes to design this is obvious – you don’t need to explain to companies that the way their website looks will reflect the way people see their [...]