Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

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   [...]

Next wave may sweep all aside — Sydney Morning Herald It’s Martha’s world—we just tweet in it — Min Online Increasing online sales: simple usability problems to avoid — Smashing Magazine Can you say that in English? Explaining UX research to clients — A List Apart Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright [...]

Apple bucks recession trend with record sales and profits — The Guardian Speaking of Apple, check out their new Magic Mouse — Apple.com Fix it — Even if it ain’t broke — Fast Company Focusing interaction design with design strategy — UX Booth A place to ask questions about the user experience disciplines — UX [...]

15 common mistakes in e-commerce design and how to avoid them — Smashing Magazine Usability testing demystefied — A List Apart Performance comparison of major web browsers — Six Revisions How to understand your users with personas — Carsonified Design as a differentiator — Brand Freeze Google Wave 101 — Life Hacker Meeting with the [...]

14 awesome powerpoint resources — Work Awesome Tools for sketching user experiences — UX Booth To change effectively, change just one thing — Harvard Business Blog Try A/B Testing at — ABTests.com 5 powerful WYSIWIG editors for web-based applications — Woork Up Showcase of logos with folds — Designm.ag Minimising complexity in user interfaces — [...]

Popular logos with hidden symbolisms — Six Revisions 10 things to remember before launching a website — The Design O’Blog Why your next website should be designed with wireframes — Build Internet Internal site search analysis: simple, effective, life altering! — A List Apart Technology + Design = Apple? — The Huffington Post What’s golden [...]