Wednesday, September 17, 2008

OK, we love Sprinkles and all - but these are the cupcakes we'd really die for

Say hello to LinkedIn's new advertising platform

Will the first Android phone see the light of day on September 23rd?

Is Crystalline about to revolutionize the world of rapid prototyping?

How to build an SMS notification app

Need information on a website? Check out AbouThiSite

Ten things Jason Fried has learned while running 37 Signals

39 examples of creative advertising masterpieces

How to dress for a recession

Hey New Yorkers - say hello to your new RFID enabled drivers licenses

Semantics + Google = Semantifind

All the sex advice you'll ever need, courtesy of MIT

Labels: 37 Signals, ad platforms, advertising, Android, Crystalline, cupcakes, LinkedIn, MIT, New York, rapid prototyping, recessions, RFID, Semantifind, Sprinkles

posted by olli @ 19:50  

Monday, July 21, 2008

Is Internet radio on its last legs?

Why are Apple's investors suddenly so worried about Steve Jobs' health?

Say hello to the new ValueClick Precision Behavioural Targeting Tool

Why the battle for your television won't happen on your television

Where did all the Facebook ads go?

Nokia vs. Apple in the Internet mobile device market

Is the computer mouse heading for extinction?

Can EMI really bounce back and show that the music industry isn't really dead?

Venture Beat takes a look behind the new Facebook re-design

Are Web 2.0 startups wasting their time with early adopters of Web 2.0 tech?

This is a site detailing the interesting architecture of Mike Tyson's former mansion

This is a site detailing the interesting architecture of the Burj Dubai

The Password Chart will help you create stronger and more secure passwords

The Top 10 Female Product Advertising Icons & The Actresses Who Could Replace Them

These wine bottles may anger the purists, but they look fantastic!

Labels: advertising, Apple, Burj Dubai, EMI, facebook, icons, Internet radio, Mike Tyson, mouse, Nokia, Password Chart, Steve Jobs, television, Valueclick, Venture Beat, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 20:21  

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Glassdoor makes for some very interesting reading about your favourite companies

Why letting users rate your ads just might be a good idea

If you're looking for $200 art and live in Vancouver, The Cheaper Show is for you

How to exploit video advertising for fun and profit

"The Wrong House" takes a look at the architecture of Alfred Hitchcock

25 pieces of writing software you should know about

What freelancers should include in their Terms of Service agreement

What's the 2008 Font Of The Year? Say hello to PFCentroPro

CitySense is a real-time GPS application that tells you where the real hot-spots are in your city

The idiot's guide to fixing Yahoo!

Say hello to Muji's new upscale store in Shinjuku

If you're looking for more business leads online, you should check out Smibs

How cloud computing works

If you're looking to start your own company, the Start Conference is for you

Labels: advertising, Alfred Hitchcock, CitySense, Cloud computing, Glassdoor, GPS, PFCentroPro, Smibs, Start Conference, The Cheaper Show, The Wrong House, writing software, yahoo

posted by olli @ 07:09  

Friday, June 6, 2008

Sta.rtup.biz is a social network for small business. What's with the silly URL?

This is a cool video about advertising in Times Square

Who will rule the new Internet?

Oh yeah, baby. Say hello to the Handbook of Disco

Iceberg is a site that wants you to be a programmer without being a programmer

Why tiered broadband is the enemy of innovation

Here are some gorgeous news information graphics for sale

How to design user interfaces for bank ATM's

Say hello to Facebook's "Supercool School"

We'd rather be living in a Finnish summer house

What's going on with Google's 20% time ideology?

What are your last thoughts before falling asleep?

Labels: advertising, Disco, facebook, Finland, Google, Guardian, Iceberg, information graphics, programming, sleep, sta.rtup.biz, summer houses, tiered broadband, Times Square

posted by olli @ 06:52  

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  

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  

Monday, March 10, 2008

We're not sure about the "world's 50 most powerful blogs"

The NY Times takes a look at the future of web surfing

This is a blog that takes a look at The Future Of Work

FoundRead takes a look at the dangers of a democratic startup

Mindomo offers you free web-based mind mapping software

Have widgets killed privacy on the web?

Why widgets are the future of online advertising

More on that - Why widgets don't work

10 simple steps to keep your employees happy

If you're a SF based designer, Adobe will pay you for taking part in a research survey

If you're into live sharing of images and/or video - check out the Jing Project

How Bluetooth got its name

How to create awe inspiring local television commercials

Search.io is a search engine and not a search engine

Labels: Adobe, advertising, blogging, bluetooth, Jing Project, mind mapping, search.io, software, survey, the future of work, web surfing, widgets

posted by olli @ 20:06  

Thursday, March 6, 2008

How to inoculate your children against advertising

The top 10 do's and don'ts of mobile content marketing

Interesting: 37 Signals experiments with the four day work week

How to effectively talk to clients

ReadWriteWeb takes an in-depth look at Internet Explorer 8

Apple says Flash not suitable for iPhone - ORLY?

FriendFeed will tell you what your friends are sharing

Secrets of UX Design Productivity from Google are out

Say hello to Facebook's new iTunes music store

If you're into typography, you better get over to Type Camp

We want these Ben Sherman Pac Man shoes

Say hello to the "No Tears" method for User Centred Design

Lots of cool New York data visualizations from MIT here

If museums are so educational, why are their websites so dumb?

Is India losing its status as an offshore king?

Labels: 37 Signals, advertising, Apple, clients, data visualization, facebook, flash, Friendfeed, Google, India, iPhone, MIT, mobile marketing, museum, New York, offshoring, Type Camp, UX

posted by olli @ 23:01  

Monday, February 18, 2008

The Open Design Club is a website about design collaboration

HD-DVD is officially dead. I for one, welcome our new Blu-Ray overlords

Do poor people use Yahoo! while wealthier ones use Google?

121 tips, hacks and resources for your Blackberry. Go on - you know you want to

Stay tuned for the "Hulu for MySpace"

Cookthink is a social network recommendation engine based around cooking

In other news, World of Warcraft can ruin your marriage

Did Yahoo! just fire their entire design team?

Check out this really interesting visualization of internet traffic from Juice and ComScore

Where is the "bad neighbourhood" in your city?

Can social networking be blamed for a rise in teen suicides?

25 questions to think about before your next job interview

What does the semantic web represent?

AgencyFAQs is a website that focuses on the world of advertising in India

Hate doing laundry? Self-cleaning clothes may be just two years away

Labels: advertising, Blackberry, Comscore, Cookthink, Google, HD-DVD, India, Juice, Open Design Club, semantic, social networking, web, World of Warcraft, yahoo

posted by olli @ 17:45  

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Is DAB the Betamax of 21st century radio?

Why the online subscription model for journalism fails

Speaking of which, say hello to The Fail Blog

Say hello to Facebook - The Magazine. No, really

50 social sites that ever business needs a presence on

GroundViews is a Sri Lankan citizen journalism initiative

Bokardo on why the Amazon wish list sharing function gets it wrong

Check out these interesting portable homeless shelter concepts

These are 19 classic ads featured on UADDit

AALog.net is the The Architectural Association School of Architecture's real-time blog

How to master the informational interview

How will the content providers win the convergence game?

Smashing Magazine takes the usual great look at the grunge movement in graphic design

Designing a logo? Check out these top 50 logo design tutorials

AdTalkOnline is a social network for you crazy kids who work in advertising

Labels: AALog.net, Adtalkonline, advertising, Amazon, Bokardo, convergence, DAB, facebook, fail, Ground Views, grunge, informational interviews, journalism, logo design, social sites, Sri Lanka, UADDit

posted by olli @ 22:31  

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Charlie Brooker proudly presents "The 10 Biggest Cocks In Advertising"

More advertising fun: The top ad music of 2007

36 start-up tips from Software Engineering to PR

Moscow's Crystal Island will soon be the world's largest building

Gullwings are so last year. Say hello to the Disappearing Car Door

Why does everyone want to keep blowing up New York City?

Great story on CNN.com about how the OLPC is a huge hit in one Peruvian Village

Congrats! John Maeda named new president of Rhode Island School of Design

Is it just us or does Dasher look like a complete usability nightmare?

Open Source Living is a really nice aggregator of Open Source services and programmes

Labels: advertising, Charlie Brooker, Crystal Island, Dasher, Dissapearing Car Doors, John Maeda, Moscow, New York City, OLPC, open source, start ups, usability

posted by olli @ 09:06  

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Say hello to YouTube's Project Direct film competition

What does the future hold for the Firefox browser?

Isn't it amazing that Radiohead are one of the few bands that really understand the music business in 2007?

Say hello to the Micropolitan Museum

Could PIFR have a solution for ensuring network neutrality regardless of ISP?

Architecture 101: How a wasp builds a house

Is social networking the next big thing for Google?

Frontline has a great documentary on the branding/advertising/marketing industry. Yes - it's all about you

Colour management for web designers and developers

Nokia has some great posters out mocking Apple's recent iPhone locking controversy

If you work in a recording studio, you NEED the Virtual Studio Visitor

These are amazing colour photos of the US pre-1960

Coghead is an interesting piece of software for extreme programming task management

Coroflot gives you 9 tips for killer presentations

Newspapers are adding blogs left and right, but where to put them?

The Guardian takes a behind-the-scenes look a the impressive new Pet Shop Boys video

Labels: advertising, Apple, Coghead, extreme programming, Firefox, Frontline, Micropolitan, Newspaper blogs, Nokia, Pet Shop Boys, photos, Project Direct, Radiohead

posted by olli @ 08:25  

Thursday, September 13, 2007

iPhone now unlocked in 32 countries with 69 carriers

Business Week takes a look at service prototyping

RodCorp has good round-up of this years DConstruct activities

Related - A round-up of the Yahoo! Hack Day

Top 10 Wikipedia tricks

If you're in London - get ready for the London Design Festival on 15 Sept.

Also on 15 Sept - The Chicago Renegade Craft Fair

This is an interactive tour of Amsterdam's Schiphol's airport

Social network types, motivations and the future

Lessons on shutting down a service from 37 Signals

Will the recent slowdown in ad spending also reach the web?

Is MySpace the new MTV? Will launch original show "Quarterlife" in November

Are Digg headlines real news?

Verisign launches multi-screen content delivery platform

Burning World creates mix tapes for you

Labels: 37 Signals, advertising, Amsterdam, Burning Wold, digg, iPhone, mtv, MySpace, service prototyping, VeriSign

posted by olli @ 10:24  

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

A 1-D skyscraper with a single corridor?

More architecture fun: The Death Star comes to Dubai

ZDNet on the webification of advertising

How to design for word of mouth

Your Broadcaster is a social network for filmakers

The teen bands who have the music industry on the run

TVersity offers content "any time, anywhere, on any device"

Neighbourhood Fix-It - Web 2.0 comes to local UK councils?

Salon looks at the marriage industrial complex

Smashing Magazine on 60 more lovely web designs for you

More fun with the clients from hell

Passive-Agressive notes from roommates, neighbours, coworkers and strangers

We're really loving The Softlightes these days

Labels: advertising, architecture, design, Dubai, marriage, music licencing, Salon, Smashing magazine, Softlightes, teen bands, Tversity, uk, web 2.0, Your Broadcaster, ZDNet

posted by olli @ 22:05