Archive for the ‘technology’ Category

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 — [...]

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 [...]