Call us on 1300-BLUEWIRE. 1300 2583 9476

Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

Posted by Adam Franklin on 17.08.2010

The Last Advertising Agency on Earth

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 [...]

Posted on 17.08.2010 at 10:42 am. See other posts by Adam Franklin   View Comments  
Fun, web strategy.
Posted by Lesley Hays on 10.08.2010

Weekly round-up (Vol. 67)

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 [...]

Posted on 10.08.2010 at 10:43 am. See other posts by Lesley Hays   View Comments  
Fun, Trends, technology.
Posted by Lesley Hays on 28.06.2010

Weekly round-up (Vol. 61)

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 [...]

Posted on 28.06.2010 at 6:42 pm. See other posts by Lesley Hays   View Comments  
Fun, Trends, technology.
Posted by Bluewire Media on 15.04.2010

Why 9.41 is Apple time

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 [...]

Posted on 15.04.2010 at 9:41 am. See other posts by Bluewire Media   View Comments  
Fun, Inspiring, Marketing.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 26.02.2010

Weekly round-up

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 [...]

Posted on 26.02.2010 at 3:14 pm. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Fun, Trends, google, technology.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 19.02.2010

Weekly round-up

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 [...]

Posted on 19.02.2010 at 3:15 pm. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Design, Fun, Innovation, Trends, technology.
Posted by Sarah Hyne on 23.01.2010

Weekly round-up

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 [...]

Posted on 23.01.2010 at 8:35 am. See other posts by Sarah Hyne   View Comments  
Design, Fun, Inspiring, Trends, technology.
Posted by Sarah McVeigh on 19.01.2010

Designing Websites For Five Years!

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 [...]

Posted on 19.01.2010 at 4:52 pm. See other posts by Sarah McVeigh   View Comments  
Fun.
Posted by Bluewire Media on 16.01.2010

Weekly round-up

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 [...]

Posted on 16.01.2010 at 11:14 am. See other posts by Bluewire Media   View Comments  
Fun, Innovation, Inspiring, Trends, technology, twitter.
Posted by Sam Sargent on 20.12.2009

Big Day – The BAA Xmas Lunch & Bluewire Media Christmas Drinks

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 [...]

Posted on 20.12.2009 at 12:33 pm. See other posts by Sam Sargent   View Comments  
Fun.