Scott Thomas was lead designer in Obama’s 2008 successful presidential campaign. It was the first time that branding, design and social media played a pivotal role in the campaign, and here he discusses how his team managed the epic task of rolling out designs for logos, print graphics, email templates, the website interface… the list [...]

“Apple said Monday that it sold more than 300,000 iPads on the day of its launch, ushering in a new era of people buying things to find out what they are.”
– Seth Meyer for Weekend Update on SNL. (via Konigi)

The iPad is a toy — Konigi
Facebook introduces community pages — TechCrunch
Facebook sets up Google-war [...]

9 ways to improve the SEO of every website you design — Six Revisions
Viral Cameron: forget health, kill a kitten — Sydney Morning Herald
How to build engaging one-of-a-kind Facebook fan pages — TechCrunch
Charts of the week: Here’s how much a unique visitor is worth — Business Insider
It’s not about web traffic anymore — Inc.com
How Starbucks [...]

6 ways brands are using social media for real-world action — Mashable
Consumers engaged via social marketing more likely to buy — Fashionably Marketing
Review: HTC HD2 on T Mobile — TechCrunch
New iPhone operating system to allow multitasking jobs — Sydney Morning Herald
iPad Peek — Check out how your website will look on the new iPad
2000-2010: A [...]

April Fools shenanigans — TechCrunch
Infrequently asked questions of FAQs — A List Apart
Contrast is King — A List Apart
Consistency: key to a better user experience — The UX Booth
Be completely mesmerised by — AN ANIMATED GIF PARANOIA
User-centred innovation is not sustainable — Harvard Business Review
Interaction10: how to design an experience for experience designers? — Fast [...]

Writing for the web: tips and common mistakes we make — Hongkiat
Starting out organised: website content planning the right way — Smashing Magazine
17 guidelines for better information architecture from 1991 — Volkside
22 useful chart, graph and diagram generators — Hongkiat
Let social media help your SEO — Smart Blogs
How to keep readers coming back to your [...]

Facebook visits finally surpass Google — Min Online
The top 100 Internet sites — BBC News
Design better websites by thinking about your kitchen cabinets — Brian Cray
“Calls to action” buttons: guidelines, best practices and examples — Hongkiat
15 desktop and online wireframing tools — UX Booth
OpenHallway: unmoderated remote usability testing with screen recording — Konigi
Forms on mobile [...]

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 [...]

Typography joke (go on! Click the link!) — Design You Trust
Logorama — The Oscar-winning animated short film made up of iconic logos!
Words that zing — A List Apart
10 geekiest decorations for your home or office — Mashable
15 must-have free apps for your Mac — Make Use Of
10 amazing lessons you can learn from Albert Einstein [...]

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 — Smart Blog
7 creative ways [...]