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Posted on Dec 5, 2012 by Adam Franklin

How to set up Google Reader on your iPhone

Updated on February 7th, 2013

Do you struggle to keep up with all the blogs on your Google Reader RSS feed? I find it really useful having Google Reader setup on my iPhone so I can keep up with the blogs on the run.

Here’s a step by step process on how to set up Google Reader on your iPhone:

1. Open your Safari internet application

2. Go to your Google Account
[If you don’t have one, sign up for a free account with Google.]

From your Gmail account, you need to place your finger up the top of the screen.…

Posted on Sep 28, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Analysing your AdWords budget & exploring history on your phone (Weekly round-up Vol. 74)

A Guide to AdWords ROI, Profit & Revenue – Reload Media
ROI, profit and revenue are all important but which one should you aim to maximise with an AdWords campaign – or any advertising campaign – and do they all peak at the same time? Craig from Reload Media does the maths for you and takes an indepth look at how they could differ, and how this can impact your AdWords budget.

How Businesses Are Unleashing Their Employees’ Social Media Potential – Mashable
This article shows how some companies are harnessing their employees’ increasing technical knowledge to innovate.…

Posted on Jul 13, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly round-up (Vol. 63)

The Key to Creating Remarkable Things – The 99 Percent
The idea of doing our real work first and “reactive” work second (answering emails, getting resources for colleagues etc.) sounds like common-sense, doesn’t it? But is that really how you function day to day? Or do you spend the morning “getting ready” to knuckle down… then suddenly it’s three o’clock and time for a cup of soup? In this article, Mark McGuinness explains why doing it the right way round is so important and gives a few tips on how to make it work.…

Posted on Jun 28, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly round-up (Vol. 61)

Critique me, Please – 50 Weeks of UX
How well can you handle critique of your work? Joshua Brewer talks about how being open to critique leads to “better communication, greater creativity and more transparency”. So should you practice being critiqued?

List of common misconceptions – Wikipedia
If I told you that Napoleon wasn’t unusually short or that the Great Wall of China can’t actually be seen from space, would you believe me? What about that Thomas Edison didn’t invent the lightbulb? If that’s not blowing your mind yet, check out the Wikipedia article on common misconceptions!…

Posted on Jun 15, 2010 by Lesley Hays

Weekly round-up

“Guitar Hero” Rocks Out on iPhone – Mashable
Inspirational 50 Twitter Backgrounds Showcase – 1st Webdesigner
Starbucks Used Social media to Get One Million to Stores in One Day – Mashable
Is Facebook Getting Bigger Than Google? – Mashable
The Top 8 Free Online Image Editors – Web.AppStorm
5 Gadgets That Will Transform Your Home – Mashable
Successful Strategies For Selling Ad Space On Low-Traffic Websites – Smashing Magazine
Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions – Listverse

…and Twitter goes wild!

The Guardian (UK) is showing instant replays of all the World Cup games… as seen on Twitter.…

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

The current state of web design: Trends 2010 — Smashing Magazine
Google Latitude has 3 millions active users, check-ins likely on the way — TechCrunch
Erik Spiekermann’s typo tips — Font Feed
Facebook adding location features this month — Mashable
Strategies for engaging your visitors — Six Revisions
Facilitating design critique — UX Booth
Social media games: Badges or badgering? — CNet
The importance of cross-browser compatibility: tips and resources — Noupe
What’s the single biggest challenge holding design back as a key business strategy? — Brand Packaging

Ellen made to apologise to Apple for her iPhone spoof.…

Posted on Apr 15, 2010 by Bluewire Media

Why 9.41 is Apple time

This article I read in Fast Company left me astonished by how much attention Apple pays to every microscopic detail of their marketing campaigns.

Have you ever wondered why all Apple product mockups show the time at just after 9.40? Neither had I (nor had I even picked up on this peculiarity). But indeed, the iPhone’s clock displayed 9.42am. The iPad displayed 9.41.

I’ll let Fast Company explain:

Turns out Apple’s keynote organizers think about this stuff right down to the tiniest detail–and this is certainly one of the tinier details.

Posted on Apr 9, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

Weekly round-up

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 decade of technology — Times Online
Google Maps envelopes — Incredible Things
UX lessons learned from offline experiences — feedgrids
Where it’s @ – symbol time forgot becomes modern icon at a stroke — Times Online

Ad Age curated the YouTube home page with the best of viral advertising.…

Posted on Mar 26, 2010 by Bluewire Media

Weekly round-up

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 blog — Social Media Examiner
Tutorial: Using Garageband to create custom iPhone ringtones — CNET Reviews
Social media stats and anecdotes — Pamorama
10 best Twitter practices for brands — Mashable
How to find and remove broken links from your site — Six Revisions
When to respond to negative reviews (and not) — Small Biz Trends

Sneak Peak at a new Photoshop feature?…

Posted on Mar 22, 2010 by Sarah Hyne

iPhone app review: CameraBag

Price: $2.49 Get it from iTunes →

So you have an iPhone or an iPod touch and aren’t particularly impressed with the quality of the pictures it takes. Quite frankly, no one is (are you listening, Steve Jobs?). But the folks at Never Center decided that we could at least have fun with our crappy photos by recreating the effects of some of the iconic toy cameras of the past.

Choose from vintage, polaroid, lomo (LC-A, Holga or Fisheye), infrared, and magazine filters and play around with the settings for image size, cropping and border effects.…