Thursday, May 1, 2008

Why don't people trust Bloggers?

Here's a nice look at how the New York Times runs its web team

How Paris is beating traffic without congestion pricing

If you're thinking about using faceted browsing in your website, have a look at this article

Can anyone rescue the poor old OLPC from Windows?

Is journalism nothing more than a culture of toxicity?

Design Float is like Digg, but for designers

What's with the hoaxes of con-men impersonating authors at book signings in Los Angeles

Radiohead's recent challenge to the music industry was predictably...a one off

Pretty soon, MySpace's ad targeting will be optional

Is Google building an interactive map of the Earth's oceans?

Is social media marketing right for you?

Labels: ad targeting, bloggers, faceted browsing, Google, journalism, MySpace, New York Times, OLPC, Paris, Radiohead, social media marketing, web team, Windows

posted by olli @ 21:34  

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

This is a nice article about the making of Grand Theft Auto IV

How to start a Flashmob

How to plan software like a pro

Ideas On Ideas have a chat with Kevin Roberts

Two Birds, One Stone is a great little lifestyle magazine from Australia

To start or stop using AJAX - that is the question

Call us cruel, but we're rather fond of these Wrongcards

Why Dubai's Palm Jumeirah is struggling to live up to the hype

Yahoo! is outsourcing its messenger calls to Jajah

7 confessions of an Apple Macintosh specialist

5 techniques to create a web service from WSDL

Say hello to the TextCu.be - the social network on a keychain?

Sex, drugs and Helvetica Bold. You know it

Labels: AJAX, Dubai, Flashmob, Grand Theft Auto IV, Helvetica Bold, Jajah, Kevin Roberts, Palm Jumeirah, software planning, TB1S, TextCu.be, web service, Wrongcards, WSDL, yahoo

posted by olli @ 20:33  

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Did you know? Mobile ads boost brand awareness by 19%

If you weren't at ROFLcon last week, you're not really here at all

Hansen Living not only make beautiful stuff but they're a rebellious bunch as well

And so it begins: brand management via Twitter...

Yureekah is a search engine for media professionals

Morgan Stanley says March's internet trends say social apps dominating

These bracelets are made from camera lenses

...but be careful you don't end up on The Twitter Blacklist

How to become a creative genius

How technology almost lost the war in Iraq

28 tips on how you can become a StumbleUpon superstar

Fasten your seatbelts - here are some new photos of the Airbus A380 and no - you can't afford it

Are you following Google's marketing strategy?

Interesting: Three emerging digital careers to watch

Labels: Airbus 380, brand management, camera lens bracelets, digital careers, Google, Hansen Living, Iraq, mobile ads, Morgan Stanley, ROFLcon, social applications, StumbleUpon, twitter, Yureekah

posted by olli @ 20:56  

Monday, April 28, 2008

How to manipulate the media? Just ask Donald Rumsfeld

Pluck look like an interesting company if you need a social media production partner

Here's a cool look at Euphoria - the technology behind character animation in GTA IV

A study says that if you like Reality TV and are on Facebook a lot, you're pretty promiscuous

Trendpedia can compare real-time brand, people or product trends in blogs

BeatEd is a drum machine for your Symbian 60 powered mobile phone

This is an analysis of developer incompetence

These are the first colour photographs of Britain and they are amazing

Here's a small but decent round-up of apps recently featured at the Web 2.0 expo

One Floor Up is a blog that's filled with cool things you really want

Templehof Airport - To close, or not to close. That is the question

The Disability Information Portal is a social network for disabled people

AgencySpy is a blog that covers all the shenanigans of the advertising industry in one place

This Ain't No Disco is a collection of the world's most gorgeous offices - if only all offices were like this

How to build a better airline seat

Labels: AgencySpy, airline seats, berlin, developers, Euphoria, facebook, GTA IV, media manipulation, One Floor Up, Pluck, Templehof, This Ain't No Disco, Trendpedia

posted by olli @ 17:28  

Friday, April 25, 2008

Just when you thought it was safe - COMP USA returns...to Florida, at least

Say hello to Facebook's "Insiders guide to viral marketing"

Looks like T-Mobile is getting ready to start shipping Android equipped phones

These are Google's user experience guidelines

Not a fan of Adobe Acrobat? Here are 30 alternatives

Clipblast has a nice overview of online video watching habits

If you think your office is competitive now - just try adjusting with the thermostat

Say hello to the new Yahoo! - sticky, viral and...friendly?

Are these really the five best transit systems in the world?

Do newspaper brands get diluted when they go online?

True or False: "There is no Web 3.0 or Web 2.0 - there is just the web"

Say hello to the MySpace iPhone web app

Are podcast ads effective or just really annoying?

The next time you're hiring someone - you might want to choose the one who has a family

The Pirate Bay has just broken the 12 million peer mark - eat it RIAA!

How to find great web development and design services

Fast Company has a short but sweet look at Chipotle's business methodologies

Germany wants to become the world leader in user experience design for the elderly

Labels: Acrobat, Android, Apple, Chipotle, Clipblast, COMP USA, eldery experience design, facebook, Google, Pirate Bay, podcast ads, viral marketing

posted by olli @ 07:34  

Thursday, April 24, 2008

What comes next after the API?

Advertising is dead. Long live "Tryvertising"

The Tennet's Mutual is a user generated music festival in Scotland

Here are 12 sites where you can download textures

Goodbye Santa Monica Place. Us and Frank Gehry will miss you

And since when did public toilets start winning prizes for architecture?

Who's the shining star of design these days? London? New York? No - try Buenos Aires

There are shining examples of Wayfinding. These are something else entirely

What do media planners really want from mobile?

This is a really nice post on Granular Social Networking

Neighborbee is a blog about what's happening in lower Manhattan these days

If you're the kind of person ready to die for your artwork, you might want to chat with Gregor Schneider

These YouTube videos will teach you how to become a Blacksmith

These are 4 tips for social media toddlers

Labels: API, Blacksmithing, Buenos Aires, Frank Gehry, granular social networks, Gregor Schneider, media planning, Neighborbee, Santa Monica Place, Scotland, Tennets Mutual, textures, Tryvertising, Wayfinding

posted by olli @ 07:06  

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Has Google been deceiving their ad clients?

MySpace and NBC news have partnered up for Decision 08

Are designers just stylists with insufferable egos?

These are some basic rules for corporate Tweeting

The beginners guide to small business SEO

Are logos really irrelevant?

Is User Centred Design really worthless?

Why the attitude of "No Macs!" is no longer a defensible IT strategy

No surprises here - 10% of ISP users use 80% of the available bandwidth

ReadWriteWeb has a look at Microsoft's new Live Mesh project

Why does Intel think it's a Web 2.0 startup?

This is a really good article on Brand Interactions and why you need to care about them

How to become a great developer

How to be more productive like GE

Labels: Apple, Decision 08, design, development, Google, Intel, IT strategy, Live Mesh, logo, MySpace, productivity, SEO, small business, UCD

posted by olli @ 07:15  

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The BBC Sound Index looks promising - but what an odd design

Check out CNN's new random headline t-shirts

Rip Lounge is a new 3-D chat world that features music heavily in its areas

Does an uncertain future lie ahead for ad networks?

Why do all the dictatorships get all the good architecture?

These robots are made out of sans-serif fonts

The Economist takes a look at the semantic web

Think Facebook has lost its way? Not so fast!

Did you know that April 21st was Alternative Search Engine Day?

Say hello to the iGoogle developer sandbox

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington tells you how to get press for your blog

There are clocks and then there is the Christiaan Postma Clock

What Web 2.0 things would you drop first and why?

If you're looking for online research, you might want to have a look at Question Pro

Forrester Research says social networking means big business

A few tips on how to manage information overload

Labels: alternative search engine day, bbc, Christiaan Postma, CNN, facebook, iGoogle, Question Pro, Rip Lounge, robots, Semantic web, Sound Index, Techcrunch

posted by olli @ 07:38  

Monday, April 21, 2008

What does the future hold for the Zune?

Holy Star Trek Batman! Holographic Storage is coming next month for a mere $18,000

Apple profiles London design agency extraordinare Hi-Res

Make Five: An interesting site where you can discuss and share your favourite five things

Why the growing spat between Telstra and the ACCC is bad for all Australians

The impossible happens - how to turn an iTouch into an iPhone

Why your future will be filled with promiscuous friends

Say hello to Samsung's new Visual Gesture Control

Crave offers a nice look at the anatomy of an Ikea product

The Objective looks like a promising new film from the director of The Blair Witch Project

Do you really want to be a development team leader?

Can user-generated content actually generate revenue?

Say hello to the BBC Blog Network

And the most prestigious AV Brand is...Bang & Olufsen

Looking to record live music? The Yamaha Pocketrak 2G is just what you need

Labels: ACCC, Apple, Bang and Olufsen, BBC blog network, Crave, Hi-Res, Holographic Storage, Ikea, Make Five, Pocketrak, Samsung, Telstra, The Objective, user-generated content, visual gesture control, Zune

posted by olli @ 18:28  

Friday, April 18, 2008

Why journalists should not become bloggers

Why real people don't have time for social media

What's the perfect length of a pop song? 2:42, apparently

Should SEO be standardized?

What happens when abortions and art mix? You'd be surprised

Google offers you some useful best practices when transferring or moving your website

We'd love to get our hands dirty with 37 Signal's internal app - In/Out

Is this the new wave of web designers for 2008/2009?

Do you know the 12 Commandments of Twitter?

If you're suffering from Twitter overload, you should have a look at Twhirl

Celebrate the architect in your bird friend by giving them this special birdfeeder

Designing Magazines launches an Amazon store

Ars Technica takes a look at AT&T's idiotic new browser Pogo - do we really need another?

Say hello to the interactive lighting workshop in London May 10th and May 11th

The long, sad story of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours

Labels: 37 Signals, art, blogging, browser, Designing Magazines, Google, in/out, journalism, New Yorker, Pogo, pop songs, SEO, social media, Tinker.it, twitter, web designers

posted by olli @ 20:58  

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Plugged In is like Hulu, but for music videos. It's cool

This is a great collection of tools for Flickr

And this is a great sneak peek at Flickr on your iPhone

Archinect takes a look at the future of architecture: sustainable cities

CrunchGear has a nice little chat with inventor James Dyson

If you think there's junk in the trunk - wait until you see what's in Space

Why web analytics won't help interaction design

How social networking could kill web search as we know it

If you like Helvetica, here's another t-shirt for your collection

13 seed funding options for entrepreneurs

Did IBM just create document on how to switch to a Mac?!

80+ AJAX solutions for professional coding

Have you played the font game yet?

Brand Avenue takes a look at the Starbucks image

How to boost your email productivity

Labels: AJAX, CrunchGear, entrepreneurs, Flickr, font game, Helvetica, Hulu, IBM, interaction design, James Dyson, Plugged In, seed funding, social networking, Starbucks

posted by olli @ 20:50  

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Interesting: Barack Obama discusses social media

Say hello to Acudeo, a new video ad delivery system

If you're really obsessive about email, check out Google's Mail Trends

This is a nice resource for free icons

While we're at it - here are 7 principles of effective icon design

Why aren't there more Googles?

Russia wants all wi-fi devices to be registered

You can now VOIP on your iPhone/iTouch with Fring (It works! We're using it!)

Does the IRS have its eyes on iTunes?

5 fonts I wish would die

Does Facebook really have a Lifestream?

Ext JS looks like a pretty cool repository of javascript

This is a brief history of the ampersand

Why your rates are painfully lower than they should be

Did Perdue University just launch a P2P network to bypass the RIAA?

Delaycast is a website that tries to predict flight delays at your local airport

In the end, are we all just dating on the internet?

Labels: Acudeo, Barack Obama, Delaycast, facebook, Fring, Google, icon design, internet dating, iPhone, Mail Trends, Perdue, RIAA, Russia, social media, VOIP, Wi-Fi

posted by olli @ 07:12  

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

PingMag has a great look on new graphic design in China

IBM discusses the future of the mobile phone

American Apparel starts implementing RFID tags in its clothing

Have you heard the one about the information architect and the fighter pilot?

Is the secret to online success - the young man's business model?

Jakob Nielsen knows what bad design looks like

Gawker Media ditches Idolator, Wonkette and Gridskipper

Ashley Highfield leaves the BBC for what could be the UK version of hulu.com

Noel Gallagher says Jay-Z is wrong for Glastonbury. We agree

If you live in Berlin - have a look at berlin.unlike

If you live in the UK and want to complain to your local council - Fix My Street is for you

Business Week on the new economics of outsourcing

Is the mobile web dead? (Walled garden? Yup. True mobile web? Far from it)

On that note - here are 10 mobile services you might want to use

37 Signals has a nice post on how a 4-day work week is playing out for them

How to download YouTube videos as mp4's

Labels: 37 Signals, American Apparel, berlin, China, Fix My Street, Gawker, Glastonbury, IBM, Jakob Nielsen, mobile telephony, PingMag, RFID, YouTube

posted by olli @ 21:50  

Monday, April 14, 2008

How to plan a semantic web site build

TV marketers take note - this is how you promote your TV programmes

Where can you find open data on the web?

Say hello to light emitting wallpaper

Do you suffer from the "Dead Sea Effect" at work?

Why should we do ethnographic research?

Say hello to the new Discovery Channel re-brand

City Of Sound offers a nice view of Monocle's web design process

Ever wonder where all of Google's data centre locations are?

Say hello to the $20 disposable mobile phone

How do you measure productivity in your programming team?

What's the connection between user experience design and authenticity?

Say hello to Baby Couture magazine. Yes. Really

Labels: Baby Couture, dead sea effect, discovery channel, disposable phone, Google, Hulu, Monocle, Semantic web, UX

posted by olli @ 20:30  

Friday, April 11, 2008

Does the Internet need more roads or better traffic signals?

This is a great guide to Business Development 2.0

Say hello to MediaForge - interactive ad widgets

When you think about racist websites, you probably don't think about things like this

LOST, World of Warcraft and the obligatory sentient coconut

Here are 25 Web 2.0 generators just for you

How to install Quake on a Symbian 60 phone

Like kicking it old school? Then say hello to Low Tech Magazine

Is Australia about to get a no contract, unlocked out of the box iPhone?

Why we all need a new path to liquidity

There are post-it notes and then there are interactive, sticky notes!

The NY Times explains what those kooky trader hand signals at the NY Mercantile Exchange really mean

Mobile barcodes don't look to be very popular on US college campus'

What are the social and legal consequences of virtual identities?

If you're looking for the 2008 OFCOM consultation into public service broadcasting, you'll find it here

Labels: Australia, biz dev, iPhone, Low Tech Magazine, Media Forge, mobile barcode, OFCOM, Quake, Rushmore Drive, sticky notes, Symbian 60, virtual identity

posted by olli @ 20:18  

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Watch this space - Say hello to a new mobile social network for the iPhone

How to design and develop an Alternate Reality Game

Say hello to In-Cinema Gaming

How to divorce unsuitable customers

Cushy looks like an interesting, if not basic, CMS

What kind of Microtrend are you?

If every subway car was decked out with Ikea furnishing, it would be a good thing

Looks like the failing US economy is finally hitting Silicon Valley

How Nokia can create mobile phones out of recycled materials

How to get your band discovered on MySpace

And Skynet begins - say hello to the remote controlled sentry

Douglas Merrill, the new President of Digital for EMI does a Q&A with Billboard

The BBC vs. UK ISP's - greed, egos and absolute stupidity

Does the 60's counter-culture revolution come to nothing?

Labels: ARG, bbc, counterculture, Ikea, in-cinema gaming, ISP, MySpace, Nokia, sentry

posted by olli @ 14:06  

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What drives your strategy for web design?

FontStruct allows you to build, share and download your own fonts

The top 10 traits of a rockstar software engineer

The Simpsons as Manga - absolutely brilliant image (.jpg)

If you're disappointed with Netflix's recommendations - you should have a look at Dyslexflix

Believe it or not: There are more avatars than people now in the United States

Why smart cards will be good for Montreal

Swisster is an interesting English-speaking magazine for ex-pats in Switzerland

These sneakers come with a GPS chip in them

Say hello to Nokia's new "iPhone killer"

10 common errors when implementing web accessibility

Say hello to the Google App Engine

A List Apart shows you how to take control of your maps

An interesting look at the divorce industrial complex

Labels: A List Apart, avatars, divorce, Dyslexflix, FontStruct, Google App, GPS, iPhone, Manga, Montreal, Nokia, Simpsons, software engineer, Switzerland, web design

posted by olli @ 21:48  

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Digital music firms pay a heavy price for label support

The next evolution in mobile handsets - thanks to Apple?

Looks like New York won't be getting a congestion charge after all

April 19th is Record Store Day

What are the five best design hotels in Japan

Techcrunch takes a look at bridging the gap between desktop and web apps

Children are flocking to social networks in droves

And to prove it - Social Penguin is a social network designed for kids

Nice infographics mapping Iran's online public bloggosphere

More on that: Arabesque is a lovely book about graphic design from Persia

Interesting: EU search engines warned about data retention

360 cities gives you the world's best cities in "virtual reality"

Feel the need to stream your life? You might want to have a look at Lifestream

Labels: 360 cities, blogs, congestion charge, EU, hotel design, infographics, Iran, Japan, Lifestream, mobile UI, New York, Persian design, record store day, social networks, Techcrunch, web apps

posted by olli @ 22:03  

Monday, April 7, 2008

Has blogging become a modern day version of the sweatshop?

Independent filmmakers should say hello to Cinema Daily Motion

This is a great cheat sheet on Software Engineering for Internet Applications

Say hello to really, really superfast Internet courtesy of Grid Computing and the Large Hadron Collider

Say hello to Yahoo!'s new ad sales system

David Seah has a nice look at issues around "inadvertent branding"

Say hello to talking photos on Facebook

HA! A recent study says 95% of 18-24 year olds "illegally" download music

The Audiotool is a great virtual TR-909 and TB-303 player

What's driving innovation in food packaging?

How To Personalize The Web - nice, short article by last.fm on GigaOm

11 innovation lessons from the makers of World Of Warcraft

Labels: Audiotool, blogging, Cinema Daily Motion, David Seah, digital music, facebook, food packaging design, GigaOm, Grid computing, last.fm, Razz, software engineering

posted by olli @ 07:49  

Thursday, April 4, 2008

Fantastic! Say hello to the new Cloverfield ARG - part 2!

Could Government policy and debate be broadcast via Twitter? The UK says Yes!

Network World has a great roundup of iPhone/Haptic clones from CTIA

Cool! You can now book your JetBlue flight by PayPal

Wire and Twine would like you to Enjoy This Beautiful Day

Say hello to the N-Gage gaming service

What exactly is going on between MySpace and the major labels?

And what's going on between Jay-Z and Live Nation?

60% of Editors Blog readers hate the new BBC News re-design

Zero House is a 100% completely self-sustainable dwelling

GigaOm (via Nielsen) knows who's got the best cellular network across the US

The War Against War was supposed to be so shocking - war would end. It failed

Good Viral: The Amsterdam Weekly is holding its readers ransom to create more content

The iPhone's best friend - Pwnage has been released. Get it here

How to fight feature creep - in your life

Believe it or not - Craigslist is now worth $5 Billion dollars

Labels: ARG, BBC News, Cloverfield, Craigslist, CTIA, Editors Blog, feature creep, GigaOm, haptic, music industry, MySpace, N-Gage, Network World, twitter, War against War, Wire and Twine, Zero House

posted by olli @ 21:46  

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Want to know what the iPhones user base is all about? Here you go (.pdf)

Say hello to Amazon's new SMS purchasing service

Not an April Fools Joke - Google's CIO defects to EMI. EMI?!!!!

10 things the IT world needs to know about AJAX

Own Your Identity is an interesting blog about social networking

Vivox is doing some interesting things with audio chat in virtual worlds

Digital Web takes a look at the web beyond the desktop

Is this the most annotated photo on Flickr?

How to manage for ROI

If your mom is sending you email these days, chances are it's probably on Postcardsfromyourmama.com

Say hello to Sprint's iPhone killer - er...competitor - the Instinct

Using your mobile phone on a commercial airplane just got a step closer to reality

The 5 most ridiculous lies you were taught in your American history class

This website explores 20th century London

Labels: airplanes, AJAX, Amazon, American history, CEO, Digital Web, EMI, Flickr, Google, Instinct, iPhone, London, micropayment, Own Your Identity, Rubicon, Samsung, SMS, Sprint

posted by olli @ 20:51  

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Web surfers know the advertisers are watching and they don't like it

"Advertising is dead. Long live content"

Is the art of multitasking really just a myth?

Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?

If you're looking to kick off your start-up - this is a good place to start

Captain obvious says: The average iPhone user is young, rich and technically savvy

Say hello to Fox's new mobile store

More mobile: AdVideo streams ad content to mobile phones

Sokwanele is attempting to Google map incidents of post-election violence in Zimbabwe

Is Australia's new North West Metro so fast because they forgot about the passengers?

Microsoft Surface looks to hit AT&T stores on April 17th

Can we develop Agile software in traditional organizations? Good luck!

Can Ford afford a brand overhaul?

Everyone needs a biography. Get yours at Biographicon

We're loving this new Bomb The Bass' Butterfingers music video

Labels: advertising, AdVideo, Agile, Australia, Biographicon, Bomb the Bass, branding, content, Ford, Fox, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, multitasking, North West Metro, Sokwanele, startup, Surface

posted by olli @ 07:45