Monday, June 30, 2008
Say hello to Rhapsody's new "Music Without Limits" campaign
Does the current deluge of data make theoretical testing models obsolete?
These are the BBC.co.uk web design guidelines
How to create an extended social profile using Twitter
How to get a job as a web designer
9 steps to achieving flow and happiness in your work
Should Google buy the Associated Press?
Say hello to the new last.fm API
Is LinkedIn getting into the insider trading business?
Say hello to the supermarket of the future
10 things to look for in a website health check
What are the best countries for business?
Labels: AP, API, bbc, design job, Google, insider trader, international business, last.fm, LinkedIn, Rhapsody, supermarkets, web guidelines, website health
posted by olli @ 22:24Wednesday, 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 @ 20:05Wednesday, June 11, 2008
AOL says radio isn't dead and launches online radio guide
Radio Privat looks like a promising online radio station from Chile
Is Google making us stupid?
The BBC to build webpage for every single TV show...ever made
Disney.com gets around to the Internet and will stream full-length movies from its website (for free!)
The user interface of the Formula 1 race car
Why photographers hate the Creative Commons license
Could Liquid Planner be the project management software that finally knows how to deal with flaky clients?
CNN has an interesting article about the continuing appeal of vinyl records
10 SEO rules for designers
Will somebody please Metallica out of our misery already?
Lingro is a promising new translation website
Hotpads offers you a real-estate heat map for home buyers or renters
If you're using Flash for the first time, here's a good tutorial for you
This is a visual history of the BBC TV Detector Van. Yes, it's the TV Police!
Labels: AOL, bbc, Creative Commons, Disney, flash, Formula 1, Google, Hotpads, Liquid Planner, Metallica, online streaming, photography, radio, radio privat, SEO, user interface, vinyl records
posted by olli @ 07:04Monday, May 26, 2008
gCap to BBC: Privatize Radio 1 and 2. Sour grapes or common sense?
Techcrunch offers you 10 PR secrets for start-ups
Eight different types of headlines that sell
Say hello to the encyclopedia of business cliches
The ATTIGO TT is an amazing touch screen turntable setup
5 simple no-nonsense SEO rules to follow
Is the mobile Internet really such a good thing?
Does the ad industry hold Web 2.0 in a death grip?
What is design anthropology and can it help your studio?
5 lasting rules for negotiating anything
Say hello to the CEO guide to virtual worlds
Labels: ATTIGO TT, bbc, business cliches, CEO, design anthropology, gCap, headlines, mobile internet, negotiation, PR, SEO, Techcrunch, virtual worlds, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 20:46Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Why the BBC needs radical reform
Say hello to the rise of social streaming
Check out Takeshi Miyakawa's Fractal furniture
Fifty habits of highly successful people
What the film Iron Man can teach you about business
Your guide to the crowdsourced workforce
Sarah Cihat helps you with Rehabilitated Dishware
Looking for culinary inspiration? Tastespotting has you covered
Where does Google go from here?
Blip is like a mash-up of last.fm and Twitter
The Economist has a nice preview of video on the semantic web
On that note - is Powerset the first foray into Web 3.0?
40 alternatives to Microsoft Word
How to enjoy your job
Labels: bbc, Blip, crowdsourcing, Google, Iron Man, Microsoft, Powerset, Sarah Cihat, social streaming, takeshi miyakawa, Tastespotting
posted by olli @ 06:50Tuesday, 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 @ 07:38Thursday, 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 @ 14:06Thursday, March 13, 2008
What you've been waiting for: Business Week finally spills Apple's design process
Now, YouTube really is everywhere
Which tools does Google use internally?
Tyler Brule has rules about how to launch a startup. Too bad he forgot "No Cliches"
How to get bloggers to write about you
Twiddla is a cool online whiteboard collaboration tool
Here are some nice thoughts on convergence and its role in the digital agency
Say hello to Pixel Qi - the $75 laptop
Africa will soon be lit up with cheap LED's
It looks like Yahoo! will be joining OpenSocial in April
If you're doing research on old ads, The TJS Labs Gallery Of Graphic Design is for you
It looks like America is finally catching up to the rest of the world in mobile usage
Does DAB really cost the British license fee payer £25 per set?
Labels: Africa, Apple, bbc, blogging, convergence, DAB, design, digital agency, Google, LED, mobile usage, Open Social, Pixel Qi, startup, TJS Labs, Twiddla, Tyler Brule, YouTube
posted by olli @ 21:31Thursday, February 28, 2008
Say hello to the new BBC homepage - with modules to play with!
Here's a look at what your new Facebook profile pages will look like
If you live in NYC, you'll be pleased to know The High Line now has a blog
Cloudfire allows you to share media from your desktop without P2P
Can a social network actually save your career?
The music industry announces - Music 1.0 is dead. Long live music 1.0!
Looks like the iPhone/iTouch SDK kit hits on March 6th
Every agency tries to be different. Idealog tells you the tricks of the trade
This is a nice look at social architecture and the future of online markets
Say hello to Choplery - intellegent chopsticks for the western world
Say hello to the museum of beverage containers and advertising
Does IKEA give their ugliest products Danish names on purpose?
All Marketing Ideas is a great blog that looks at the ins and outs of marketing
Have you noticed the big rock and roll comeback of 2008?
Labels: All Marketing Ideas, Apple, bbc, Choplery, Cloudfire, facebook, High Line, Ikea, iPhone, music industry, rock and roll, SDK, social architecture, social networks
posted by olli @ 20:37Thursday, January 24, 2008
Say hello to last.fm's new on-demand music platform
Say hello to the beta BBC Podcast player
MTV closes the door on Flux, 15 months after launch
What to do if you're laid off in the 2008 recession
How to build a Facebook application
Designing Magazines takes a look at the advertorial
Why do some people adopt to certain technologies and not others?
Is Flash good for anything except video and audio streaming?
These are the living spaces of German techno DJ's
Let's talk about the future of urban shopping
The New Yorker on the psychology of product pricing
It's Nice That is another lovely blog about design and art
Jakob Nielsen on the 10 best Intranets of 2008
How fast is social media growing?
Labels: advertorial, bbc, DJ, facebook, Flux, intranet, Its Nice That, last.fm, mtv, New Yorker, product pricing, social media, techno, urban shopping
posted by olli @ 21:24Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Say hello to The Designers Monarchy
Why customer satisfaction surveys are useless
Polymer Vision's Readius phone has a screen that folds up when not in use
Din-Ink is cutlery obviously made for college students
Google named best company to work for in 2008
A List Apart takes a look at how IE8 handles DOCTYPES and CSS
Saudi Arabia is quickly learning from Dubai's architectural wonderland
The new Bape store in Shibuya is pretty amazing
It seems the new BBC iPlayer is not going down well in Parliament
How to architect a critical software update
Crispin, Porter and Bogusky give you the Dominos Pizza Builder
The Design Interaction Interim Show is in London until February 7th
Slashdot asks "How do I become an IT/IS manager?"
Labels: Bape, bbc, customer satisfaction, Design Interaction, Designers Monarchy, Dominos Pizza Builder, IE8, iPlayer, Polymer Vision, Readius, Shibuya, Slashdot, software architecture
posted by olli @ 18:21Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The BBC Radio Labs blog is back
Happy Birthday Wii! 1 year old and still looking youthful!
Say hello to 3D printing at home
Is user generated video becoming less attractive to viewers now that the pros are here?
What are the top 60 Japanese buzzwords of 2007?
A note to magazine publishers: Don't try to re-invent the web
Say hello to NME TV
Related: The NY Times profiles VBS TV
and of course, say hello to SYNC TV
This is a simplified map of London (and very accurate too!)
Magpie and Cake is a pretty cool arts and crafts blog
Blockbuster: From on the brink of death to...in-store kiosks?
Labels: bbc, Blockbuster, buzzwords, Japan, London, magazine publishing, Magpie and Cake, NME TV, Radio Labs, Sync TV, VBS, Wii
posted by olli @ 13:59Monday, October 22, 2007
Note to marketers: Nobody wants to pay for using a social networking site
The political history of Malibu and the fires it seems to attract
The Guardian asks: Does Mark Thompson really have a vision for the BBC?
Specialten brings you David Lynch and his thoughts about the brain
Beware: This UK school is now embedding RFID chips in its school uniforms
This is a timeline of automobile brands entering Second Life
How globalisation and information technology are spurring faster innovation
d|visible takes a look at the rise of neuro-architecture
Say hello to "participle" - a new form of social enterprise
Are we at the dawn of a new era of the mobile web?
How to bypass Comcast's BitTorrent throttling
Everything you've ever wanted to know about incorporating panoramas into virtual spaces
Is Orkut having legal troubles in Brasil?
How an ad agency would sell lemonade
Sprint now pushing exclusive entertainment content to the mobile phone
Say hello to the shopping roof apartments
Labels: ad agencies, bbc, Brasil, Malibu, mobile entertainment, mobile web, neuroarchitecture, Orkut, RFID, social networking, virtual spaces
posted by olli @ 08:10Thursday, October 18, 2007
If you work for the BBC, you might want to polish up that resume
Is Web 3.0 for real or just a brand re-launch?
Are graphic designers psychotic? (.pdf)
Why collaborative research analysis rocks out
This is a brilliant mash-up between last.fm and YouTube (Thanks, Ben!)
Did the web fail the iPhone?
Why Facebook apps are not exactly the golden egg of revenue generation
On that note - MySpace is going to an open platform
Say hello to the iPod Deathclock
Why startups should team up together to grow
How to add the portal gun to your Half-Life 2 gameplay. Awesome!
US House Of Representatives passes federal journalist shield that includes bloggers
The Greenwich Phantom is a blog about Greenwich in southeast London
Say hello to PBS's Idealab
Labels: bbc, bloggers, graphic design, Greenwich, Idealab, iPod Deathclock, MySpace, PBS, startups, Web 3.0
posted by olli @ 08:04Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Russell Davies looks at how we can "unbrand" and "unproduct"
Say hello to NYC indie band blogcast New York Noise
The BBC teams up with Adobe to enhance iPlayer
Also - the BBC's iPlayer will be free on the UK's Cloud network
Putting People First looks at the "fifth screen" - mobile interaction in the future
Etsy has some really fabulous wall graphics for your home
Eos Mexico also make some really lovely things for the home
Will TV networks actually matter in the future?
It looks like the glory days are really over for Napster
Why RSS is broken
Is a pay-per-click recession looming?
Say hello to the current.tv re-design
The 15 most ill advised career re-inventions in rock music
Dick Tracy at last? Say hello to the Hyundai watch phone
Half vinyl, half CD - is this the future of music?
Labels: bbc, Cloud, current.tv, Eos, Etsy, Hyundai, interior design, iPlayer, music, music comebacks, Napster, New York, pay per click, RSS, unbranding, watchphone
posted by olli @ 08:18Wednesday, 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, September 24, 2007
Flashsourcecode.com offers excellent open source flash code for you to play with
EU Benchmark showed mixed results on public service UX
MySpace to launch ad supported mobile phone
Say hello to the new BBC brand portfolio
Resonance FM gets a nice re-design
The ten rules of Twitter and how to break them all
Will Internet video really deliver a Nielsen ratings point?
City Of Sound looks at the recent Tokyo Type Directors Club exhibition in Sydney
Bokardo looks at the value to visualizing information
Great infographic on mobile phone OS usage by region - what's up with the US?
6 ways on how to find a parking spot via mash-up
More on that - Intel wants you to mash it up with MashMaker
Copwatchers is a YouTube page that watches out for police brutality
XM Radio launches a radio station dedicated to the '08 US Election
The Economist now offering unpublished content to bloggers
Megadeth will webcast a performance in real time on YeboTV
Labels: bbc, Bokardo, brand identity, Copwatchers, Economist, Flashsourcecode, Intel, mash-ups, Mashmaker, Megadeth, mobile, MySpace, Nielsen, Public Service, Sydney, Tokyo Type, UX, XM, Yebo
posted by olli @ 08:43Tuesday, 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 @ 07:51Tuesday, 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 @ 07:37Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The OPA say website visitors spend half of their time on content, half on search
ReadWriteWeb offers you a rather tasty directory of online music services
12x12 is a blog that looks at album cover art
Why journalists must enter the race for innovation
Common mistakes designers make when designing online shopping carts
UK ISP's to BBC - Pay us or we'll throttle iPlayer bandwidth
Newsweek takes a look at the Facebook phenomena
T-shirt art is dead. Long live Deck Chair Art
The LA Times launches a Los Angeles homicide mash-up with Google maps
How China is planning to track its citizens
A beginners guide to mind mapping meetings
What's a big problem for Joost? American Broadband
This microscope can create 3-D movies of living cells
Labels: bbc, broadband, deck chairs, facebook, Google, innovation, Joost, journalism, microscopes, Newsweek, OPA, ReadWriteWeb, search, web design
posted by olli @ 21:31Thursday, August 9, 2007
Say hello to scrollovers
NBC Universal launches its own YouTube competitor - Didja
Tengu is a perfect companion for the cubicle shut-in
For those who have a lot of parking tickets, the PhotoViolationMeter might be something to look into
21 tips to deal with information overload
An interview and examples of some great work from Lichtfaktor
The right way to fix inaccurate Wikipedia articles
The Guardian Weekly relaunches with a social networking focus
10 things your favourite restaurant won't tell you
Can't say we didn't see this coming: Blockbuster acquires Movielink
Bokardo takes a look at the spectre of Feature Creep
Here's some nice cartoon inspiration for your 404 pages
What are your thoughts on the new BBC Radio idents?
Labels: 404, bbc, Blockbuster, feature creep, information overload, Movielink, restaurants, scrollovers, Wikipedia, YouTube
posted by olli @ 08:06Tuesday, 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 @ 07:55Thursday, May 3, 2007
Qoob is MTV Italy's little YouTube project
Where are you in the Diggsophere?
MetaMedia takes a look at Second Life and the French presidential debate
Pandora now blocked to most international users (UK not affected...for now)
Only in Japan: The virtual dog walking video game
300 icons for your web design needs
What last.fm learned while building their site
Arrrgghh! It's boo.com!
Saul Williams writes a letter to Oprah Winfrey
Loud Graphix is a Berlin based conference around music and graphic design
12 important laws every US blogger needs to know
Local Life is an audio blog that looks at everyday life across the UK
Jason Daponte of BBC Radio 1 demonstrates how to share media playlists
Labels: bbc, berlin, blog, boo, digg, icons, last.fm, local life, loud graphix, mtv, qoob, radio 1, uk
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