Archive for the ‘Inspiring’ 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 [...]

The latest event by Girls Learning About Money Richard Flint, he of the Hawaiian shirt, straight-talk and multiple PhDs, gave the keynote address at Thursday’s GLAM event. Richard travels the world to speak at over 200 events each year on matters of behaviour, motivation, success and money. Resilience is his second favourite word (love is [...]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Liz Strauss – CEO of SOBCon, brand strategist, community builder and author of the widely acclaimed “Successful Blog“, while she was in San Francisco for the Social Media Strategy Summit. In the interview, Liz covers how she helps businesses become “irresistible” to their clients and customers. [...]

Price: $0.99 Get it from iTunes → This month I bring you another great iPhone game from some more guys I studied with at QUT. Yes my course included some talented individuals as you’ll remember my last iPhone review (BW News Feb 2010) also mentioned fellow course mates, The Voxel Agents, who created Train Conductor. [...]

This week’s round-up is tinged with sadness as we say goodbye to our long-standing and well-loved designer, Sarah Hyne.  Sarah’s migrating to new, lush pastures over at MAP Magazine. Sarah had been with Bluewire for two and a half years and in that time she instigated our famous “Weekly Round-up” blog posts. It’s with a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

How did you get into web development? When I was a young teenager at the turn of the century, I fiddled around with building small web pages, in so far as to create fan sites for whatever computer games I was playing at the time. What programs do you rely on most heavily? My workflow [...]