Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category

Tuesday and Wednesday this week were like a business improvement bootcamp! Adam and I went along to another great Verne Harnish Rockefeller Habits event put on by The Growth Faculty on Tuesday and sat next to Derek Hodge, a TEC (The Executive Connection) Group Chair. With a full day of Verne under our belts and sharing [...]

I went to a seminar recently (The Growth Summit in Sydney) and had the fortune of listening to and meeting Guy Parsons from the LEAN Enterprise Institute in the US. He’s a guru on LEAN enterprise thinking which is all about continuous improvement by removing waste from business processes. The Lean philosophy was founded on [...]

The top 5 web design debates that cause the most riots — Line 25 How to make remote team collaboration work — Six Revisions All about web accessibility — Konigi “Mad Libs” style form increases conversion 25-40% — Luke W Ideation & Design 5 reasons to be on Twitter, even if your audience isn’t — [...]

So here’s a story. It’s not a new one but I stumbled on it again the other day and was reminded of a few things. Radiohead are widely regarded as one of the most successful rock bands in the world both critically and in terms of popularity. Coming into their most recent album InRainbows, they [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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   [...]

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 [...]