Archive for December 2009

When people ask me what I do I normally say “I work at a web design company.” Sometimes that’s enough, but the more curious of people ask “but what do you do there?” I thought writing a post about it would help me formulate a ready-made answer to that question. So here it is:We can [...]

Among your many talents (development, shopping, hula hooping to name a few) you’re also responsible for writing a majority of resource manuals for clients and internal process guidelines for Bluewire Media staff. One might say that you are our unofficial technical writer… Where do you begin when first writing a reference manual? As with any [...]

Charlie Carter is Bluewire Media’s sales coordinator. As part of his role, he’s in charge of using social media outlets (that’s our Facebook & Twitter accounts, for starters) to expand our sales & marketing outreach. SO, CHARLIE… You have a history in commercial & industrial real estate. What’s a nice guy like you doing in [...]

Most people who have the pleasure of using one Sarah Hyne’s websites, wouldn’t be able to put a finger on what makes them so good. Why is that you ask..?  Well, they just WORK! And that is the key to usability and web design according to Bluewire’s impressive web designer Sarah Hyne. I sat down with [...]

Anyone would think that designing & developing websites was thirsty work with the Bluewire Media team heading along to three big events last Friday. Work was put aside as we all took half-days and attended the Brisbane Advertising Association’s (BAA) Annual Christmas Lunch at the convention centre which was followed by the official after party [...]

Five technologies that will keep shaping the web in 2010 — Six Revisions Best of CSS design 2009 — Web Designer Wall Pantone Unveils Color of the Year for 2010 — myPantone Factors that affect usability — Six Revisions The weaker side of usability guidelines — The UX Booth Google browser size helps keep your [...]

Principals of effective e-commerce search — Smashing Magazine Writing user-friendly content — The UX Booth 25 awesome gift ideas for designers and developers — Six Revisions A blob walks out of a clock tower in Brisbane — Brand New Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design — Vitsoe Usability testing toolkit: resources, articles and techniques [...]

SME Technology Summit Review People working in Small and Medium Entreprises (aka SMEs) from across Australia converged to Sydney Olympic Park for the first SME Technology Summit. The one-day event had a couple of keynote presentations & a panel discussion, interspersed with 3 ‘tracks’ running symultaneously so you could choose your own agenda. The keynotes [...]

With the “IKEA Facebook showroom” campaign receiving some good viral exposure & deserved accolades, I wanted to draw attention to a local example of effective viral marketing using facebook & send to a friend. Using a simple app on their website & harnessing free social website, facebook.com, Aussie music festival “Good Vibrations” has launched a [...]

Site search trends for e-commerce websites — Vandelay Design Negative space in logo design — Logo Design Love Ten commandments of social media — Noupe Twitter rated 2009 word of the year — Sydney Morning Herald Complete beginners guide to interaction design — The UX Booth You can’t innovate like Apple – Pragmatic Marketing 3 [...]