Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The new iPhone is nice and all - but Steve Jobs isn't looking so well these days
10 ways to make an iPhone killer
The Sound Of eBay makes music from your own eBay data
Loopt is a mobile social network
On that note...here are 10 more mobile social networks for you
7 habits for tackling the multi-tasking virus
How to create architecture for a crowded planet
Will parents shell out US$72 a year for a virtual Barbie?
What's holding up the NYC tech scene?
Are we nearing the end of celebrity endorsements?
How to write for print vs. the web
We think Boston really needs to get a sense of humour. These ads are awesome
If you're a freelancer, this tool will help you figure out how much to charge your clients
Labels: Apple, architecture, Barbie, Boston, celebrity endorsements, eBay, freelancing, iPhone, Loopt, mobile social networks, multi-tasking, NYC, Steve Jobs, writing for the web
posted by olli @ 06:42Thursday, May 15, 2008
Ad Age: Older PVR owners more likely to timeshift and skip ads
Got a Segway? Like social networking? Then Social Segway is for you
How to run Leopard on a desktop PC. Yes. PC
Say hello to the new Google reader for the iPhone
How to live small in the big city of Tokyo
What's more important than your wallet? How about your mobile phone?
Did Twitter really outshine the mainstream press?
The SuperSmoker is an electronic cigarette. Yes, really
Looking for Stock Flash components? If so - check out Flash Den
Husque make gorgeous plates - what is it with us and plates these days?
10 tips on managing a creative environment
Who will write tomorrows code?
Is the new front line in spam your Facebook profile?
Labels: architecture, coding, creative environments, facebook, Husque, Leopard, PVR, Social Segway, spam, Stock Flash, Supersmoker, timeshifting, tokyo, twitter
posted by olli @ 21:05Thursday, May 8, 2008
Say hello to last.fm + YouTube all in one place
Senator to ISP's - Think twice about Net Neutrality
If you're desperate to live and dress like a "celebrity", then Coolspotters is for you
Flare makes your house into one gigantic digital wall
Say hello to MSNBC's news visualizer - Spectra
5 examples of guerilla marketing gone wrong...or not
These portfolios accomplish goals. Does yours?
Are student architects rebelling against their superstar masters?
Do you have a favourite Table Of Contents?
Should Second Life be banned in schools and libraries?
Today's mission: Design a logo for Satan. Go on. You know you want to
Ars Technica takes a look at the future of the Internet
Labels: architecture, Ars Technica, Coolspotters, Flare, Internet2, last.fm, logo, Net Neutrality, portfolio design, Second Life, table of contents, YouTube
posted by olli @ 21:42Monday, March 24, 2008
Dapper can make your website readable by semantic search engines
Hey buddy! Nice tower - who's your architect?
How World Of Warcraft helps in the fight against terrorism
The Travel Industry Association is looking favourably on social networking
7 usability guidelines for websites on mobile phones
Vodaphone looks to change focus to on-the-go data services
Should employers use social networking profiles in the hiring process?
The American dream of a free wi-fi utopia is fading fast it seems...
The 6 phases of the web design development process
If you're a Comcast customer, your TV may soon be watching you
How 10 popular websites have evolved over the past 10 years
Wikinear shows you Wikipedia pages about or close to your current location
Three Internet careers that will soon cease to exist
The Trust Economy: Taking a look at the new ROI of the web
Labels: architecture, Comcast, data services, Semantic web, social networking, The Trust Economy, Travel Industry Association, usability, Vodaphone, web design, Wi-Fi, Wikinear, Wikipedia, World of Warcraft
posted by olli @ 19:52Wednesday, November 7, 2007
How will Open ID change your site?
Did you know? Google is coming to a petrol station near you
An excellent look at tag cloud UI best practice
Songza is a music search engine and jukebox
Say hello to the worlds narrowest house
These are more photos of London pubs than you could ever shake a stick at
62% of all visitors paid nothing for the new Radiohead release
This is an academic study of social network demographics
Say hello to Nokia's new touchscreen interface
If you're looking for customer management tools, this is a good place to start
Alpha Channel is MSNBC's in-house design blog
Your life is not complete without a garbage eating robot goat
Labels: alpha channel, architecture, customer management, msnbc, Nokia, Open ID, Radiohead, robotics, social networking, Songza, touchscreen
posted by olli @ 13:37Friday, October 12, 2007
Who gets empty TV spectrum? New media or old media?
Australia's channels 9 and 10 looking to provide full content downloads next year
Why are companies now catching the human factors fever?
Is corporate jargon killing the English language?
The 16 different personalities of StumbleUpon users
If you work for Snocap, you might want to polish up that resume
Note to self: Don't bring Sigur Ros on your radio show to do an interview
Say hello to Microsoft's Live Events
Say hello to the upcoming Current TV web relaunch
Did Wal-Mart really teach Google how to dominate the Internet?
Social networking tools for internal communications
The information architect as an agent of change
Atelier A+D is a fantastic architecture and design blog
Labels: architecture, Australia, Channel 10, Channel 9, Current TV, design, Google, IA, internal communications, Snocap, Wal-Mart
posted by olli @ 09:01Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Is the BBC getting ready to shed 12% of its workforce?
Yahoo! to any labels selling DRM - drop dead
Led Zeppelin to eBay - drop dead
Marketers take note: 8 totally useless infomercial products
Say hello to the Dasher Project
10 businesses facing extinction in ten years
Max Kiesler takes a look at the design patterns of minimalist websites
Is the internet actually good for writers?
Say hello to the Liquid Cities Symposium
Is MySpace getting ready to roll out its own application development platform?
Should you trust Facebook with your business?
Allan Leinwand takes a look at the myth of infinite bandwidth
These are some great examples of shipping container architecture
Hand drawn credit card statements, anyone?
What can Star Wars teach us about handling money?
Labels: architecture, Bandwidth, bbc, Dasher, DRM, eBay, facebook, layoffs, Led Zeppelin, Liquid Cities Symposium, music, MySpace, shipping containers, Star Wars, yahoo
posted by olli @ 11:58Monday, October 1, 2007
The management philosophy of Craigslist's CEO - Jim Buckmaster
What's the problem with newspaper blogs?
Controversy? Say hello to Apple's Human Interface Guidelines for the iPhone
The NY Times steps up the promotion campaign for its newly subscription-free website
Meanwhile, the FT stubbornly holds on to the old media view of charging for online content
Is social networking a feature or a destination?
Is emotional design ready for the next decade?
Looking for creative talent? Check out TalentDatabase.com
Say hello to Adobe's new (branded?) media player
Step one in designing a new city: kill all the architects
If you're looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office, this is a good place to start
How digital natives are driving Web 2.0 adoption into your business
These candleholders need to be plugged in to an electrical socket
How to design an Antarctic polar station
Daytrotter is a bit like the US version of a Peel Session
The Guardian take a look at Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda
Labels: Accrasicauda, Adobe, Antarctic, architecture, Craigslist, Daytrotter, digital natives, FT, HCI, Jim Buckmaster, John Peel, Microsoft Office, subscription models, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 08:38Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Stop Press! Amazon creates its own DRM free music store
Is your user experience team too big?
Say hello to Nokia's Point and Find technology
More cool UI tech - check out Uniqlock's Visitor Atlas
Be a responsible parent and tell your kids to make their own fonts
Yesterday was not a good day to be Vonage
The top ten coolest American small towns
Why scary video games are better than horror movies
IPTV is growing in the UK
10 more future web trends
This Happened is an ongoing interaction design meetup in London
More on that - everything you ever wanted to know about improving your design skills
What are the nine most repulsive buildings on Earth?
Design Boom looks at how to design for Second Life
Labels: Amazon, architecture, Design Boom, design skills, DRM, interaction design, London, Second Life, This Happened, UX, Video games, web trends
posted by olli @ 08:28Friday, August 24, 2007
Say hello to the NY Times entry into web 2.0 - My Times
Does the Internet matter in election year politics?
Will all Americans have mobile phones by 2013?
Say hello to Kitchen Budapest - a rather excellent idea incubator
Will the future be about distributed media and comments?
How social media is conquering the web
More beautifully creepy photos from Chernobyl
The OLPC team shows off its user interface design
British children now becoming media junkies
And if that's not bad enough - will UK school uniforms soon be GPS enabled?
These are some nice wallpapers for your iPhone
Say hello to the first annual Architecture & Design competition in Second Life
How to block YouTube's ads
Yelp is a new local social network and reviews site
18 tips for killer presentations
Five simple rules for being a successful teenage celebrity
Labels: architecture, celebrity, elections, GPS, iPhone, Kitchen Budapest, listings, MyTimes, OLPC, presentations, Second Life, Yelp, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:25Friday, August 3, 2007
These are really cool visualizations of activities in various scriptures
More cool visualizations about alternate London tube ticket designs
Ars Technica says it's not just one but many Google phones that are coming
This Ironman watch can control your iPod
Masha has a really nice collection of motion graphics on Yuxt
Anywhere FM allows you to upload your iTunes playlist and listen to it anywhere
Japanese companies aren't so thrilled with YouTube's copyright control
More on that - Yahoo! now gearing up its own video service against YouTube
Companies aren't so thrilled with Adobe either for adding a FedEx/Kinkos button into its software
How to use MySpace to build a blogging audience
These are some cool photos from The Soviet Union in the 1970's
Have you had a chance to play with LiveSurface yet?
There are iPod knockoffs and then there is the Meizu
Newser is an interesting news aggregator that reminds me of Google News meeting Newsmap
How to become famous architect
The Guardian offers a podcast that looks at new Canadian music
Labels: AnywhereFM, architecture, Canada, data visualization, Google, Ironman, Japan, LiveSurface, London, Masha, Meizu, music, Newser, Soviet Union
posted by olli @ 07:59Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Lifehacker has a nice round-up of all the new features in Apple's upcoming Leopard OS
Nokia doesn't seem very impressed with touch-screen interfaces
Everything I know about design, I learned from the Sopranos
How to hire the best people you've ever worked with
Hello Liverpool. Is that a rotating wall on your building or are you just happy to see me?
This Day In Type is a public typographic calendar
The Guardian weighs in on the 2012 London Olympics Logo
If you're into MMORPG's - TotalMMO is something you should check out
Say hello to the Storage Staircase. Brilliant!
In Finland, the amount you pay on a speeding ticket depends on your income
Rich? Bored? Into Architecture? Why not build a 60 story (yes - story) home?
Say goodbye to the 404 Page. Say hello to the Resurrect page
Say hello to Adobe Air
Center Networks nicely wraps up the FOOA conference
RCRD LBL is a new online record label offering ad-supported free music
Labels: Adobe Air, Apple, architecture, Day In Type, design, Finland, FOOA, Guardian, Leopard, Nokia, Resurrect Page, touch screen
posted by olli @ 07:37Friday, June 8, 2007
UBroadcast lets users create their own online radio station
Need a "Web 2.0 button"? Mycoolbutton has you covered
Confess your sins to a global audience anonymously with Penance
US Gen Y store Hot Topic get a makeover - goth out, light in
The fine art of Wikigroaning
MSNBC launches iPredict - user generated news trends and predictions
What are the top web apps in Hong Kong?
Searchthebeat is an AJAX powered music search engine
Live coverage of the Future Of Online Advertising conference is here
In case you haven't seen it - Interactive Paper is pretty fantastic
The CD Store is dead. Long live the CD Store
Here's a nice update on the One Laptop Per Child project
This is an interesting map of "buzz" happening in Brooklyn right now
Ask.com publishes a really interesting full page newspaper ad about its search algorithim
Say hello to The Festival of Xtreme Building
Labels: AJAX, architecture, Ask, FOOA, Hot Topic, music search, OLPC, Ubroadcast, web 2.0, Wikigroaning
posted by olli @ 07:54Monday, June 4, 2007
Say hello to the very first "proper" iPhone ads. Oh yeah - June 29th!
Are we entering the golden age of concert halls?
Goodbye Amp'd Mobile. We hardly knew ye
The ultimate mobile phone accessory - the drunken salaryman strap
Adaptive Path on being "hot for features"
How to make your own M41-A pulse rifle from Aliens
The International Herald Tribune begins podcasting
We're liking the direction of CNN.com's upcoming re-design
Have you played with Google's new Mashups editor?
Dasher is an interesting new text entry interface
The evolution of Microsoft Windows: from 1.0 to Vista
Reboot is looking at how Web 2.0 will change the future of the web
The Guardian offers an interactive look at this years UK music festival season
Labels: Amp'd, Apple, architecture, CNN, concert halls, Google, Guardian, IHT, iPhone, mashups, mobile, Reboot, redesign
posted by olli @ 08:06Wednesday, May 30, 2007
CBS purchases last.fm for $US280 Million. Congrats guys!
Apple releases iTunes 7.2 today - DRM Free!
Say hello to the next volley against Apple - it's called Microsoft Surface
More Apple influence - Nokia's mobile phone design ideas for 2012
Social networking grows significantly in the UK
How to build your personal brand online
UFO theme park coming to Roswell, New Mexico
Branding network TV in an era of mass-less media
Wikipedia's list of cognitive biases
Designing cities for people, rather than cars
Newsgaming is a site that marries video games and current events
This (unofficial)Modest Mouse video was made by animating 4133 photocopies
A rather extensive list of mobile phone related art from Golan Levin
Fordesign.biz is your essential online design event calendar
The best place to live in the world? Vancouver
EA sells movies rights to the Sims - can they really make it a film?
Labels: architecture, bias, design, itunes, last.fm, Microsoft surface, mobile, Modest Mouse, Nokia, Sims, UFO, Vancouver, Wikipedia
posted by olli @ 07:59Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Google's recent DoubleClick acquisition under the microscope of the FTC
On that note - is Aussie startup MyLiveSearch a serious competitor to Google?
It's not Joost. It's Joox.
A List Apart offers some excellent advice for writing headlines
Is MySpace the next Prodigy? (10 points if you've actually used Prodigy)
JamJunky is like open project management software for musicians
Live in London? Check out 192.com for your mapping needs
The speaker list for 2007's Semi-Permanent Auckland has been announced
The high price of creating free ads
Lots of buttons here for your e-commerce design inspiration
Say hello to Japan's Handshake Company
More London: What you need to know about commuting by London Underground
Newspapers getting ready to take on Google News
Say hello to parasite architecture
Labels: 192, A List Apart, ads, architecture, Auckland, commuting, Google, headlines, Jamjunky, London, MyLiveSearch, MySpace, newspapers
posted by olli @ 07:52Tuesday, 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 @ 22:05Thursday, May 17, 2007
Feel free to test out some of Google's experimental search interfaces
Yahoo! offering a sneak peek at some new enhancements for My Yahoo!
The New Yorker on how use, not innovation drives technology
Amazon will sell non-DRM'ed mp3's by the end of the year
We Are Food Geek is a blog about the future of food
The onomatopeta of Batman's "Biff!", "Bang!", "Pow!" cutaways
Seven tips on how to run a successful community online
Are you a music blogger? If so - b5Media might want to hire you
Foster + Partners to create the world's first zero carbon, zero waste city in Abu Dhabi
Burst Labs have a great experimental interface for finding content. Check it out
Nielsen says if you want online buzz, you better have a campaign
Design By Grid is a resource for web designers
Wired Magazine offers a pictoral on 40 years of video gaming
The Guardian turns A&R with a "band of the day" feature
Labels: Abu Dhabi, Amazon, architecture, Batman, blogging, DRM, food, Google, Grid, Guardian, innovation, marketing, music, New Yorker, Nielsen, Video games, Wired, yahoo
posted by olli @ 14:29Friday, May 11, 2007
Say hello to the new Guardian website re-design
How social media will change the world
BT enters the convergence market - say hello to BT Vision
Are gmail users younger, richer and really better in bed?
These lithographs are of post-apocalyptic Toyko
Ticket Design create excellent telematics devices from India
In Japan, you can watch an ad and get a free drink
Motorola now stepping up against the iPhone
Who are the five enemies of the future?
Everything you wanted to know about fake brands in China
70 expert ideas for better CSS coding
What's next for US cities?
Emergency Architects create buildings for disaster relief
Labels: architecture, BT, convergence, CSS, future, gmail, Guardian, iPhone, motorola, sensory branding, social media, telematics, tokyo
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