We’ve just won an International web design award for Outstanding Achievement for the Queensland Fertility Group website!
The Interactive Media Awards are judged using five specific criteria:

Design
Content
Feature Functionality
Usability
Standards Compliance & Cross Browser Compatibility

Particular merit was given to usability & functionality, a nod to the features designed to make the customer experience as pain-free as possible.
Some highlights [...]

The best UI you have ever used — UX Exchange
The worst UI you have ever used — UX Exchange
50 geeky gifts for Valentines’ Day — Hongkiat
Apple unveils iPad Tablet — Sydney Morning Herald
53 New York City Storefronts vs Their Websites — Blue Fountain Media
UX case study: Designing a user-focused web app — Brian Cray
Colour theory [...]

Most people who have the pleasure of using one Sarah Hyne’s websites, wouldn’t be able to put a finger on what makes them so good.
Why is that you ask..?  Well, they just WORK!
And that is the key to usability and web design according to Bluewire’s impressive web designer Sarah Hyne. I sat down with Sarah to [...]

I’ve just finished reading Steve Krug’s excellent book on web usability called Don’t Make Me Think. It’s often the case that people (clients and web designers alike) know their websites too well. So well they can’t see them from an objective viewpoint anymore. That’s why I really like Steve’s reasoning for doing user testing:
“Testing reminds [...]

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

 
Be sure to check out National [...]

App to find nearest toilet? Data flood unleashed — Sydney Morning Herald
The Font Kingdom: Search, explore, create and download fonts for free — Tech Crunch
Getting started with content management systems — Smashing Magazine
The process toolbox: Prototyping — Erskine Labs
5 simple but useful CSS properties — Web Designer Wall
Long tail user experience: how to cultivate (or [...]

 
I sat down with Sam Sargent, one of our web site programmers and Help desk manager to talk shop about Content Management Systems.
 
1. What is the purpose of a Content Management System (CMS)?
To allow a non-technical person to update their website.
 
2. Therefore, what is the most important aspect of programming a CMS?
The most important aspect [...]

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 — Jason Santa Maria
Search results [...]

15 great free online file sharing alternatives — Hongkiat
The case for content strategy: Motown style — A List Apart
Free and commercial stock photography sites — Smashing Magazine
12 reputation management tools to track your name — The BINC Blog
Panasonic gets savvy to social media — Digital Media
Microsoft takes more steps towards cloud-based future — The Guardian
Lance’s [...]

Joel Flom is a world reknowned expert in usability and user centred design, and we were fortunate enough to interview him to find out more.  Joel partners with Bluewire Media through his Brisbane usability consultancy - Elavision.
In this interview Joel Flom shares:

what usability is & what’s involved
how customers benefit
how businesses benefit
his #1 usability secret
what you can [...]