- How to improve your branding with your content — Smashing Magazine
- Optimising conversion rates – it’s all about usability — Smashing Magazine
- Non-profit website design: examples and best practices — Smashing Magazine
- Complete beginners guide to information architecture — UX Booth
- Visual hierarchy in web design — Theme Forest
- Twitter surges past Digg, LinkedIn and NYtimes.com with 32 million global visitors — Tech Crunch
- Google values MySpace deal at 75 million a year or less — Tech Crunch
- What we know about the Apple Tablet so far — Tech Crunch
- Google Products’ new look logos — Google Blog
If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers
I recently discovered this amusing letter on a few forums, blogs and websites. The original author is unknown.
… Continue ReadingDear Mr Architect,
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.
Kicking business goals with Google Maps
15 Famous Australian Twitterers!
Hugh Jackman will see Oprah on Friday… PM Kevin Rudd says the Dawn Service was very moving… How come I know? My little birdie told me! No way! I am not their friend or on their staff. I know this because I have been following them on Twitter!
If you still haven’t quite got your head around Twitter? Sarah’s post, Twitter for Twits should help!
Now, the question I’d like to know is, “Who are the most popular Aussie Twitterers?”
Here is a list of 15 Famous Australians Twitterers that I’ve put together & ranked them in order of popularity. …
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The future of the computer desktop?
- In defense of eye candy — A List Apart
- How long will you continue support for Internet Explorer 6? — For the Lose
- 6 reasons to consider a microsite strategy — William Web Design
- Economy be damned: Apple posts its best second quarter earnings ever — TechCrunch
- CSS tip: checking for cross browser issues — Web Designer Mag
- Introducing information architecture at The Guardian — currybetdotnet
- 30 beautiful real estate websites — Smashing Magazine
- Creating consistently colourful user experiences — Smashing Magazine
Web DIY – the best tools out there
1. Shrink O’Matic
Resize your images quickly and easily
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2. GIMP
Like Photoshop, but free
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3. Wufoo
Free HTML form builder
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4. Pic Markr
Place watermarks on your photos
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5. BG Patterns
Create your own patterned background tile
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6. smush.it!
Optimise your images for the web
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7. Color Scheme Designer
Put together a colour scheme that works for your web project
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8. Dot TK
Free “.tk” domains
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9. Toddle
DIY free email newsletters
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10. HTML-Ipsum
Create dummy HTML text, lists, and much more
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- The Webby Award nominees have been announced — Webby Awards
- Top 10 moments caught on Google Maps Street View — URLesque
- 6 tips to help you get the most out of Google Docs — Six Revisions
- Is self-centred web copy hurting your website? — Web Designer Depot
- 8 characteristics of successful user interfaces — Usability Post
- Facebook-like inputs with JQuery or Mootools — Web Resources Depot
- 7 more useful tips to help your site convert — Smashing Magazine
- 15 Firefox add-ons for web developers — C Net
- Top 13 Twitter don’ts — PC Mag
- Decision time for Facebook — term sheets received at 2 billion valuation — Tech Crunch
Guilty!
Weekly round-up
- Top 10 online April Fool jokes — Times Online
- 40 fresh websites for daily visual inspiration — Inspired Magazine
- Getting back to basics: site map and search — Digital Ministry
- What social media means for search — Advertising Age
- The new YouTube will look like Hulu — Business Insider
- 6 things to include for a user friendly footer — UX Booth
- 7 common web usability problems — Design Reviver
- Elements of a successful Facebook fan page — Mashable
- Barack Obama gives the Queen an iPod — SMH
- Coy village tells Google Street View ‘spy’ to beat a retreat — The Guardian
- $9000 for a master’s degree in Facebook from Birmingham City University — News.com.au
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Awesome example of stop-motion video.
- Don’t forget Earth Hour tonight! — 8.30-9.30pm
- Google Search gets Aussie algorithm update — SMH
- Twitter introduces text ads — The Guardian
- Vent your road rage on NRMA’s experimental social site — RoadTube.com.au
- Including Recommendations in User Interfaces to Enhance Motivation — UX Matters
- The 10 most common reasons for poor usability – part 1 — Experience Solutions
- The 10 most common reasons for poor usability – part 2 — Experience Solutions
- Good call-to-action buttons — UX Booth
- Facebook Relents: Users get more control with redesign tweaks — TechCrunch
- The Flickr Story — Inc.com
YouTube wars
BlackBerry came up with this attack on the Apple iPhone:
BlackBerry shows Apple who’s boss!
And Apple responded only two weeks later:
Re: BlackBerry bullet shows Apple who’s boss!
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