Monday, August 18, 2008

Has the online ad bubble returned?

Like David Hasselhoff? Then say hello to Hoffspace!

How design can transform a company into a powerhouse

Are we now seeing waiting lists for the Smart Car in the US?

Smashing Magazine takes a look at futuristic user interfaces

10 paradoxical traits of the creative personality

Why you might want to start investing in IPv6 addresses now

The evolution of brands on Twitter

What would the perfect music streaming service look like?

There is clueless and then there is AC/DC who are selling their new album only at Wal-Mart

Why Apple and China aren't compatible

Can undersea optic cables predict economic boom and busts?

Beware the horrors of FUI - The Fake User Interface

Say hello to the afterlife of American clothes

Labels: AC/DC, Apple, brands, China, clothing, creative personalities, design, Fake User Interface, Hoffspace, music streaming, online ad bubble, Smashing magazine, twitter, user interfaces, Wal-Mart

posted by olli @ 19:57  

Monday, August 4, 2008

Looking for anti-censorship tools? (Did you say you were in China?) Here they are

With money to burn in the Middle East, can culture really be bought?

How cloud computing is changing the world

Say goodbye to social.fm

The FT says the music industry should "embrace illegal websites". Even the FT is on our side!

Facebook may be the biggest thing since sliced bread but is it profitable?

The always excellent Smashing Magazine takes a look at some equally excellent album covers

This is a cautionary tale of why you shouldn't hire the former VP of a $100 Million dollar a year company

Is this the future of blogging?

Why mobile TV is a waste of time

How newspapers can turn problems into profit

Say hello to the Economist's style guide

If you're looking to commit the perfect crime, 15 Lombard Street is the book for you

So....Twitter's business model.....yeah, about that

Labels: 15 Lombard Street, blogging, censorship, China, Cloud computing, Dubai, Economist, entrepreneurs, FT, mobile TV, music industry, newspapers, Smashing magazine, twitter

posted by olli @ 20:12  

Thursday, June 26, 2008

(We're away for the long weekend so no posts on Friday - we'll be back on Monday.)

You need to read this: Icann relaxes top level domain and yes - it matters

Even Bill Gates hates Microsoft's Usability. Hello Office 2007!

Has WOW lost it's standing as the world's biggest MMO?

13 innovations in future transport and travel

What are the best US cities by design?

Can you really hack the power grid? The Chinese seem to think so

Say hello to MySpace's data availability API

This is a lovely information architecture breakdown of a newspaper redesign

Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?

This little piggy bank helps saves your pennies to buy stuff in an RPG

Further proof that MBA's are usually bad news for a creative business

Crunchgear takes a visit to the Dyson labs and brings back video!

If you're into the military or just blowing stuff up - RealMilitaryFlix is for you

Cool! Instinctiv turns your iPhone into Pandora

Hackers have finally cracked London's Oyster card system

Why you should do what you're great at

Labels: Bill Gates, China, hacking, Icann, information architecture, London, MBA, Microsoft, MMO, MySpace, Oyster, power grid, RPG, Transport, usability, WOW

posted by olli @ 22:05  

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Say hello to the next generation of the BBC iPlayer

Five sites to play old computer games once again

How to build your own widget

How Facebook stores billions of photos

More on that...say hello to China's Facebook clones

Are these the top 10 navigation menus on the web?

What's going with Spain and the Spanish obsession with SMS?

Amazee looks like a really interesting collaboration tool for your projects

The 10 commandments of web design

Why journalists must learn the values of the blogging revolution

Say hello to 30 apps for jailbroken iPhones and Ipod Touches

Say hello to the final designs for New York City's High Line

How technology is changing the world of Washington DC

How to explain post-modern life to management

Labels: Amazee, bbc, bloggin, China, computer games, facebook, High Line, iPhone, iPlayer, iPod Touch, jailbreak, journalism, management, NYC, politics, post-modern, SMS, Spain, technology, Washington

posted by olli @ 20:05  

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Can a dead brand live again?

Say hello to the digital replacements of the natives

What bands have the most dedicated, least rational following?

Is China building the next-generation police state?

Say hello to the new $100 XO laptop. Look familiar?

Adolf Hitler discusses his upcoming trip to the Burning Man festival

What are the leadership lessons of YouTube?

What could your clients do to make your job easier?

Why are companies still investing in the top 8 mistakes in usability?

Shops in the UK are now tracking customers via their mobile phones

Say hello to the new gap.com re-design

How to use social media for keyword research

Say hello to the Music In A Bottle campaign

Smart City Radio is a public radio show that looks at urban life

Labels: branding, Burning Man, China, client, gap, GPS, groupies, leadership, Music In A Bottle, Smart City Radio, usability, XO, YouTube

posted by olli @ 21:15  

Monday, May 19, 2008

Social network marketing - getting from zero to critical mass

So what exactly are these NEW rules of user engagement?

Here are 5 great ways to contribute to social media

Does Facebook really think it's the Internet's "cable company"?

Say hello to the ins and outs of lifecycle messaging

How to set up a pirate radio station

PingMag takes a good look at VEB Typoart - East Germany's type foundry

Why are people in Iceland so happy?

How to get the best seat on the London Underground

Strukturform make gorgeous flower prints

What are the psychological rules of bartering?

Can good design actually cut crime?

Say hello to China's All-Seeing Eye

It's like the Push trend all over - say hello to Snackr

Labels: bartering, China, facebook, Iceland, lifecycle management, London Underground, PingMag, pirate radio, Snackr, Social network marketing, Strukturform, user engagement, VEB Typoart

posted by olli @ 20:51  

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  

Friday, March 28, 2008

The music industry looks to introduce stealth fees for music downloading via your ISP

Why are the web and print still so separate?

Will Microsoft Surface finally hit the stores in 2011?

Mysterious pianos are popping up all over Birmingham

Say hello to weather engineering courtesy of China

How to deal with email overload

If you have a manufacturing idea, you might want to have a chat with Ponoko

When the best service is actually - no service

If the news is really that important, will it just find you?

It just might - say hello to the Guardian's new developer network

66 Degrees is an interesting social network for artists and designers

Say hello to Arup's new Living Buildings initiative

Google's top 17 easter eggs, gags and hoaxes

Say hello to the new GTA IV street map - we can't wait to play this

70% of online marketers question online advertising

Zemanta is an interesting mix of blogging and the semantic web. Check it out

Labels: 66 Degrees, advertising, Arup, China, email, Google, grand theft auto, Guardian, ISP, living buildings, Microsoft, music industry, Ponoko, print, social network, Surface, weather, web, Zemanta

posted by olli @ 09:55  

Friday, March 14, 2008

HP have been doing serious research on Digg's front page

Who's hot and who's not in social networking?

The next user interface challenge? Information overload

These are some of our favourite record sleeves

The world's largest Internet market? That would be ... China

Six word reviews of all 763 SxSW mp3's

Your YouTube No.1 is still no match for the music industry

What is the learning curve of popular MMORPG's?

This is a really inspiring collection of Flash pre-loaders from you know who

17 ways to visualize the Twitter universe

Say hello to the Google office in Zurich

The 20 biggest mistakes of the music industry

Say hello to the iPhone and Lego

Ride a bike? You need one of these. Leah Buechley is a genius

Nine of the best rich text editors reviewed

Labels: China, flash, Google, iPhone, Leah Buechley, Lego, MMORPG, record sleeves, rich text editor, Smashing magazine, social networking, SxSW, twitter, user interface, Zurich

posted by olli @ 22:11  

Friday, January 25, 2008

Digg changes one lousy algorithm and all hell breaks loose

Are your internet companies doing enough to protect your data?

Adobe looks at fictional products and their importance in the design process

26 things freelancers can do when business is really slow

That's a lot of eyeballs - China's internet population tops 200 million people

Edward Tufte takes on the iPhone

How exactly does one capture ambient intelligence online?

I, for one, would like to welcome our new working from home overlords

The Future Of Web Design conference is coming to London - April 17 & 18

N+1 gives you an interview with a hedge fund manager

Great article: Is Yahoo! Finance doomed if the Wall Street Journal goes free?

Texture offers a great look at what's up in Wellington, New Zealand

How to write first thing in the morning

The women who are changing the face of design (En Francais)

We don't care how trendy they are, we love the new Vampire Weekend CD

Labels: Adobe, China, digg, Edward Tufte, fictional products, hedge fund, iPhone, N+1, Texture, Vampire Weekend, Wall Street Journal, working from home, writing, Yahoo Finance

posted by olli @ 21:29  

Monday, December 31, 2007

Should web giants let start-ups use the information they have about you?

Innovative minds don't think alike

User Experience consciousness in business magazines

If you're moving to Tokyo and want to rent an apartment, you better read this first

The Magazineer is a blog about magazine design and print culture

How to install Wikipedia on your iPod

Social Objects for beginners, courtesy of Gaping Void

What's going on with Australia's relentless desire to censor the Internet?

Search Twitter in real time with Tweet Scan

The NY Times takes a look at China's new evolution of surveillance systems

Jaga make some of the coolest home radiators you'll ever see

Cool Hunting presents the best of Transport in 2007

Labels: Australia, censorship, China, innovation, ipod, Jaga, Social Objects, The Magazineer, tokyo, Transport, twitter, user experience, Wikipedia

posted by olli @ 08:49  

Friday, October 19, 2007

How to disarm 10 difficult requests from clients

How do you market advertising to an audience that finds it unacceptable

The Guardian/Observer to launch online media archive

More on that - say hello to The Guardian - America

25 reasons you might be a hardcore web designer

How room colours can affect your mood

Art? Craft? Design? Why, yes. Say hello to Reform School

Techcrunch has a good dispatch from the recent Web 2.0 summit

PingMag takes a look at interactive architectual action in Tokyo

Need lifestyle management? Say hello to Consider It Done

Siemens has a fascinating look at factories of the future

Smashing Magazine gives a nice roundup of BIG typography

New Zealand's The Church has a lovely re-design

Is Twine the first mainstream semantic application?

Are Americans eternally restless?

Did China purposely re-direct search engine traffic because of the Dalai Lama?

A nicely in-depth article about the legendary punk band Crass

Labels: Americans, China, client management, Consider It Done, Crass, Guardian, mobile advertising, New Zealand, The Church, Twine, Typography, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 08:10  

Friday, September 28, 2007

It looks like the new iPhone update really does cripple any 3rd party hacks

Is Apple losing interest in Apple TV?

The new Facebook? College.com is for college students only

Is China aiming to close their own digital divide?

These are good questions for user experience design roles

Why executives are stumbling in a new media world

Julius Popp creates text from streams of water

Say hello to the nine new types of consumer types in today's marketplace

How to deal with invasive clients

Say hello to the Web 2.0 simulator

These are PHP video tutorials for web designers

Say hello to Blyk, the ad-supported mobile virtual network

So are photos good or bad for LinkedIn?

This is an interesting article about social networking and narcissism

There are paintballers and then there are paintballer Panzers

Labels: Apple, Blyk, China, college.com, iPhone, Julius Popp, LinkedIn, Paintball, PHP, social networking, usability, user experience, web 2.0, web design

posted by olli @ 08:11  

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Shulze & Webb talk about the Experience Stack

There is information design and then there is the genome of Craig Venter

I, Cringley takes on Steve Jobs

On that note - iPhoneSIMfree goes retail - let the unlocking begin!

Is China hacking Germany, the UK and the US?

The Economist asks - If Belgium stopped existing, would anyone care?

Belle & Sebastian need vocalists/extras - here's how to submit

Say hello to TypePad for the iPhone

The Good: Say hello to the Yahoo! design innovation team

The Bad: Is Yahoo! about to axe Yahoo Music?

Fifteen last.fm power tweaks for you

How to bootstrap your startup

Say hello to Ringles. Yes. Ringles

How to retain younger workers in the workplace

Labels: Belgium, Belle and Sebastian, China, Craig Venter, DNA, Experience Stack, iPhoneSimFree, last.fm, Ringles, startups, workplace, yahoo

posted by olli @ 08:56  

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Most Chinese children spent their summer holidays online

The BBC's John Humphries on the threats looming over the BBC's Today programme

Corporate Vandals Not Welcome is a blog that focuses on anti-advertising campaigns

Yahoo! takes a look at sites that blur the lines between video and the web

7 reasons why Microsoft is doomed

5 facts about the upcoming Google Phone

Sarkis Parazyan creates art out of spray paint cans. We like

The X-Base is a laptop stand that acts as a heat sink

Ridley Scott creates a new edit of Blade Runner which is "the way it should have been"

Do you remember your first experience with the Internet? We do. It was at college in 1993

What do you think the top web technology will be in 10 years time?

Here's a hint - a quick roundup of the future of media from Great Blend

The NY Times takes a look at the world of mash-ups

interactivearchitecture.org is a blog about just that

Like tea? If so - you'll be needing a Serapot

Everything you've ever wanted to know about lucid dreaming

Labels: bbc, Blade Runner, China, Corporate Vandals Not Welcome, future, Great Blend, internet, Lucid dreaming, media, Microsoft, NY Times, Serapot, web technology, X-Base

posted by olli @ 07:51  

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The self-censoring Google China goes live

Helium looks to be a social network for writers

The BBC's Olinda digital radio is a really interesting concept

Is AOL on its last legs in the US?

Say hello to Derinkuyu, the underground city

This billiard table is made from a Volkswagen Bus

Pic of the day: "Mall Death Metal"

Looks like Paramount and Dreamworks have dropped Blu-Ray in favour of HD-DVD

Bokardo looks at the psychology of social web design

More on that - interesting thoughts on the Social Graph

Is the decline of hip-hop music sales because of....whitey?

Vlingo is voice recognition software for your mobile phone

Remember that recent Skype outage? Blame Microsoft

The Magnetic Wrist Band is great for people who always lose things

Labels: bbc, Blu-Ray, Bokardo, China, Derinkuyu, digital radio, Dreamworks, Google, HD-DVD, hip-hop, Microsoft, olinda, Paramount, Skype, social web psychology, Vlingo, Volkswagen

posted by olli @ 07:37  

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Startup 2.0 is a contest for European based Web 2.0 sites

Are paid online video downloads like iTunes a "dead end"?

Music to our ears: Indie labels now offering vinyl/mp3 hybrid records

Ars Technica reports on the cultural baggage of emoticons

Jakob Nielsen (unsurprisingly) not so keen on Web 2.0

This high-rise tower in Dubai creates its own energy

Say hello to China's smart information-rich traffic signals

How to change the font on your Symbian S60 device

Scene 360 inteviews some big names about web art direction, form vs. function and more

The Guardian on where the BBC's new media revolution went wrong

These are real chairs that look like children's drawings

BioMapping is an experimental community mapping project

FlightMemory allows users to log, track and share stories about recent flights

How to unlock your car door with a mobile phone

How to make your make your website mobile friendly

Twitter may be about WHAT you're doing, but Twatter is about WHO you're doing

Labels: Art Direction, bbc, biomapping, China, Dubai, emoticons, indie, itunes, Jakob Nielsen, new media, Symbian, twatter, twitter, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 07:55