Here’s a funny and refreshingly honest appraisal of the future of advertising agencies (by an ad agency, thankfully!)
This video takes you on a hypothetical tour through the last advertising agency on earth – complete with artifacts of what the agency execs were doing at the moment of extinction!

Being part of Bluewire, I am biased as to [...]

This week we’re looking at website conversions and take a trip back to the future. But first… whatever happened to Google Wave? Well, apparently not much and just last week, Google effectively canned it.
RIP Google Wave – Mashable
Google’s revolutionary product that blends email, instant messaging, file sharing & wikis “didn’t get the uptake they’d hoped [...]

Critique me, Please – 50 Weeks of UX
How well can you handle critique of your work? Joshua Brewer talks about how being open to critique leads to “better communication, greater creativity and more transparency”. So should you practice being critiqued?
List of common misconceptions – Wikipedia
If I told you that Napoleon wasn’t unusually short or that [...]

This article I read in Fast Company left me astonished by how much attention Apple pays to every microscopic detail of their marketing campaigns.
Have you ever wondered why all Apple product mockups show the time at just after 9.40? Neither had I (nor had I even picked up on this peculiarity). But indeed, the iPhone’s [...]

World’s leading telcos unite to take on Apple — Sydney Morning Herald
The comprehensive guide to saving images for web — Six Revisions
e-Commerce design resources: the ultimate round-up — Hongkiat
Information gathering: a round-up of UX applications — UX Booth
CMOs: Your brand is on digital time — Forbes.com
The $5 guerrilla user test — Bumblebee Labs (via @joelflom)
Relevance [...]

Successful strategies for selling ad space on low traffic websites — Smashing Magazine
Onboarding: designing welcoming first experiences — UX Mag
Interview with the authors of Remote Research — UX Booth
Tableau Public: data visualisation service — via Konigi
Unique blog posts and wordpress tips — Web Designer Wall
10 keys to effective non-profit organisation websites — Vandelay Design
15 highly-useful [...]

Design trend predictions in 2010 — Web Designer Wall
Social media’s true impact on Haiti, China, and the world — Mashable
Fantastic information architecture resources — Noupe
The importance of web interactivity: tips and examples — Hongkiat
How your phone can keep tabs on friends — Sydney Morning Herald
A brief history of eye tracking — The UX Booth
Design and [...]

It’s been five years since Adam & Toby set up shop on their parents’ back deck with a laptop & phone (& some overzealous crows for company!).
Since then, Bluewire Media has grown in leaps & bounds, becoming one of Brisbane’s leading web design agencies and servicing over 200 Queensland & interstate companies.
On Thursday evening we [...]

Weirdest internet moments of 2009 — Sydney Morning Herald
Creative and unusual layouts and navigation designs — Noupe
10 web browsers you probably haven’t heard of — Six Revisions
An introduction to website split testing — Six Revisions
The complete guide to getting the most out of Twitter — Noupe
24 UX articles to start 2010 — The UX Booth
Funny [...]

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 [...]