My grandfather once criticised me for saying it was a REALLY hot day… “You’re really good at pointing out the blindingly obvious.”
Zap.
OK, so maybe on that occasion my comment wasn’t necessary, but I’m going to take a punt and risk the “blindingly obvious” again…
The first priority of your web strategy has to be people. Your [...]

Just a little perspective on a Wednesday afternoon…

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When a business mentor put me onto the fact that AIM (Australian Institute of Management) was hosting an “open-house” on the Gold Coast I was quick to register.  After all, the last event I attended was very enjoyable & useful.
I attended for the best part of a day but missed 2.5 sessions due to other [...]

Hands up if you’re on Facebook…?
According to Facebook’s latest stats, over 300 million of you are. 50% of you are logging in daily and the fastest growing demographic is 35 year olds and older!
To put that in context, if Facebook were a country it would be 4th largest in the world (and nearly [...]

Here’s a video I’ve seen played a few times lately which to be honest gives me goosebumps.

Just to get you started, here are some mind blowing facts from first 30 seconds:

By 2010, Gen Ys will outnumber Baby Boomers
96% will be on a social network
Social media has taken over porn as the #1 activity on [...]

Recently, MiniMovers founder & owner, Mike O’Hagan shared his thoughts on using the web to increase business profits.  Mike had just returned from the United States when he gave his presentation.
Highlights from the presentation and the MiniMovers story:

Give customer what they need, NOT what they want
Exceed expectations by adding unexpected value in every step of the process
Marketing can [...]

The White House’s photostream — Flickr
Elements of an ideal burger — NY Times interactive
Firefox 3.5 is released — Go get it!
An interview with Danny Nathan of Poke NYC — Site Inspire
Flickr and Twitter are now officially sucking face — TechCrunch
10 tools to improve your site’s usability on a low budget — Web Designer Depot
Spell check [...]

10 UI design patterns you should be paying attention to — Smashing Magazine
jQuery for absolute beginners — Nettuts +
Let’s make the web faster — Google blog
Download iPhone GUI PSD 3.0 — teehan+lax
Design for mobile wiki: resources for designing and building apps and sites — Little Springs Design
Rupert Murdoch’s web ambitions — The Guardian
MySpace is forced [...]

Another great stop motion video.

12 excellent free tools for monitoring your sites uptime — Six Revisions
iPhone OS on a touchscreen monitor — CrunchGear
Stop counting clicks — UX Booth
Informative and useful footers — Smashing Magazine
Secrets of a nimble giant — The Guardian
Mobile phone flies plane — The Courier Mail
Check my colours — See if the colours [...]

Google Chrome competition

Interactive data visualisations — Creativity Online
5 reasons why a digital agency should take usability seriously — Experience Solutions
Google takes its cameras out onto hiking and biking tracks — USA Today
Is Microsoft’s new Bing search engine better than Google? — The Guardian Online
Student photographers battle for spot on iGoogle — The Guardian Online
Technology is [...]