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  

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  

Monday, March 31, 2008

If iTunes is the king of downloaded music, who's number two?

Phillipe Starck says he's fed up with design and is retiring in two years

If you're serious about hacking your iPhone firmware, you should have a look at Pwned

Six suggestions on how you can be a better designer

The life and death of the American newspaper

More news: Reportercaps.com is a television news anchor stalkers paradise

Are biofuels our salvation or just a scam?

Will musicians custom networks create disarray on the social web?

Like FFFound? You might like We Heart It even more

Crime View Community allows users to view the current crime rate across Detroit

Noisy Decent Graphics takes a look at the infographics at Heathrow's Terminal 5

This is a nice tutorial on how to create HDR photos

Hivelogic takes a look at how office design relates to the "creativity zone"

XM and Sirius were first - are the big boys in MMS set to merge as well?

How to make yourself indispensable

How does Wicket write AJAX without using Javascript?

The 960 grid system is a great template for web developers

Should smart photos and smart text editors lead the semantic web?

Can Starbucks really help mom and pop coffeehouses?

Labels: AJAX, Apple, biofuel, Crime View Community, design, HDR, Hivelogic, itunes, newspapers, Phillipe Starck, Pwned, Reportercaps, Semantic web, social web, Starbucks, Terminal 5

posted by olli @ 21:27  

Thursday, 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 @ 21:31  

Friday, March 7, 2008

US Mobile Internet registers 154% growth in 2007

iTransit is a handy little New York MTA subway line map for your iPhone

Google Analytics benchmarks and the future of portable data

How to sell content in a content-free world

The iPhone SDK looks like it's exceeding developer expectations

FYI: The OLPC is looking for a CEO, PDQ

Say hello to the iPhone User Interface Guidelines

In the future, will all social networks be like air?

Indie Solo gives independent bands one day of fame

How exactly do you build a public library in this age of Google?

A List Apart offers you a healthy checklist of getting designs done right

Speaking of which - say hello to the Photoshop Disasters blog

For all your Mac Air Book needs, there is the AirMail notebook sleeve

Core 77 takes a look at the art of motorcycle design

Labels: AirMail, Core 77, design, Google, Indie Solo, iPhone, mobile internet, motorcycle, MTA, OLPC, photoshop, SDK, user interface

posted by olli @ 08:24  

Monday, January 14, 2008

Incredimazing looks like a low rent version of FFFFound!

A Pleo gets dissected. Think very carefully about how you feel looking at this link

Reverse Mobile offers to find out what that mystery number is

If you liked Autechre's Gantz Graf - you're going to love umfeld.tv

In the magazine world, what's more important? Finding content or producing content?

Why CNET is in the mess they're currently in

How to liberate the soul of your home

The NY Times takes an in-depth look at the afterlife of cellphones

If you like following the London Underground, you should check out the Tubelines YouTube channel

Textmap is a very interesting keyword based news aggregator

Is AOL encouraging its staff to spam their friends?

In Sweden, you'll be heating your train station with your own body warmth

Do you want to see a Portal 2? You can count our vote as "Yes"

Why the "revolution" will not be designed

UCLA takes a photographic look at Los Angeles from 1920 to 1990

Labels: AOL, CNET, content, design, Incredimazing, Los Angeles, mobile phones, Pleo, Portal, Reverse Mobile, Sweden, Textmap, Tubelines, Umfeld

posted by olli @ 07:04  

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Say hello to low-power Wi-Fi radio

Is this the worlds greatest copy shot?

The 25 most baffling toys from around the world

Say hello to MIT's stackable car

Essential tips for presenting your work to clients

What is the future of BitTorrent?

Say hello to Meta Serif

Did you know you can now get stainless steel in liquid form?

And if you really want to get crazy - these are 35 footer designs for you

We're really into the Out Of Office collective

And if you really want to get crazy - these are 35 footer designs for you

This is a really excellent print ad from Saatchi & Saatchi

Labels: BitTorrent, clients, copy shots, design, footer, liquid stainless steel, Meta Serif, MIT, Out Of Office, Saatchi, Toys, Wi-Fi

posted by olli @ 13:53  

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Read my lips: No Internet taxes for the next seven years

AugMe offers t-shirts with 3D barcodes on them

Serial Consign looks at architecture for digital spaces

This isn't a hotel - it's one of the new Airbus A380's

Two simple truths about producers and game designers

The ultimate cheat sheet for copywriters

Ten ways on how to avoid a Google reputation nightmare

Need to make the logo bigger? Then this cream is for you!

Has Phillips Design nailed the marketing behind getting virtual in Second Life?

Say hello to Facebook Music. It's about time you got here

Designing for e-commerce? You might want to read Amazon's crib notes on their re-design

How can design help communities afflicted with disaster?

The BarCamp conference hits Auckland on the 15th of December. Looks promising and its free!

This is a USB key holder

Labels: Airbus, Amazon, AugMe, BarCamp, copywriting, design, Facebook Music, Google, internet taxes, logos, Phillips Design, Second Life, Serial Cosign, USB

posted by olli @ 07:39  

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween and blessed be to all the pagans.
Don't eat all of my candy!

Say hello to....Banksy, is that really you?

This is a real levitating wirelessly powered lightbulb. Seriously

Move over P2P - The Pirate Bay is looking at something better

This is a real time application to see who is and where people are editing Wikipedia from

Vector Magic converts bitmap images to vector art

Say hello to the first look at Google's new competitor to Facebook

The importance of social media marketing and what you should learn from it

Vitamin takes a look at getting a startup right for the second time

Interesting - first Radiohead, now the magazine industry

Egads! Now even Cliff Richard is getting in on the alternative music pricing scheme

PC Magazine: Apple's Leopard is the greatest OS...ever?

More Apple: NBC's Jerry Zucker speaks in detail about why he isn't too pleased with Apple

A-Cero have some really interesting stuff going on in Dubai

design.nl is a blog that covers the Dutch graphic design scene

35 great print ads you've probably never seen

If you're really stretching for a Halloween costume - why not be Steve Ballmer?

Labels: A-Cero, Banksy, Cliff Richard, design, Dubai, facebook, Google, Jerry Zucker, Leopard, levitation, magazines, marketing, Netherlands, P2P, Pirate Bay, print ads, social media marketing, Steve Ballmner

posted by olli @ 09:22  

Friday, 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 @ 09:01  

Monday, September 3, 2007

The IHT has a great profile of Rick Rubin and a look at the future of the music biz

There's Google Search and Google Search from your BMW

Jeff Jarvis on correcting errors when publishing content

Idents.tv is a blog that looks at the design of television and news idents

Boxes and Arrows looks at banking form usability

BLDGBLOG takes a look at making music from plants

Confessions of a wedding photographer

kAk is a Russian design magazine

Check out this highly stylized users manual for the original Macintosh 128 circa 1984

FiLife is a finance blog from the Wall Street Journal

Is Facebook blocked for you at work? Here's how to get around the block

Format is a magazine that looks at urban art and fashion

One man and his 100mbps fiber connected life

MMS and Buy will be an on-demand e-commerce mobile phone service

Say hello to Beijing's Internet police force

Have you played with Google Earth's hidden flight simulator yet?

The Guardian looks at the UK's Top 50 designers

Labels: Apple, avant-garde, Beijing, BLDGBLOG, BMW, Boxes and Arrows, design, facebook, Flife, Format, Google, Guardian, Jeff Jarvis, kAk, MMS and Buy, usability, wedding photography, wideband

posted by olli @ 07:47  

Monday, July 16, 2007

Seatbelts fastened? Question - Will Apple start a record label with Jay-Z and Beyonce at the helm?

Real world companies are getting cold feet about their Second Life stores

Techcrunch has a round-up of new social news aggregator Streamy

Looking for applications for your iPhone? This site has you covered

FiveFootWay offers a nice look at architecture in Singapore

Did you know? Fonts can help you get a job, loan or a girlfriend

Happy 10 year Blogiversary!

Should design schools stop focusing on forms and focus instead on systems?

Damien Hirst gets pranked but good

The pictures behind the portraits on US currency

A nice treat for us Londoners - what the tube driver sees on their daily run

Labels: Apple, blogs, currency, design, FiveFootWay, London, music industry, Second Life, Streamy, system design, Typography

posted by olli @ 22:37  

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Why newspapers should get out of the internet business before it kills us all

Ever wondered what the New York Times actually sounds like?

Nexx make motorcycle helmets like no other

Business Week takes a look at some of the design world's most cutting edge designers

Comscore now tracking widgets on the web

Interesting article on why hip-hop is not only about black culture

How to make a photo cube

Apple now dipping its toes into the London music festival scene

Need to surf the web inconspicuously? Say hello to Ghostzilla

PSFK gets a hands on review with Microsoft Surface

Digg now available for those lucky enough to already have an iPhone

Take-g make some really wonderful wooden toys

10 t-shirts every geek should wear

Bad reputation online? Don't call Joan Jett. Others are here to help you

Labels: Apple, Comscore, design, hip-hop, London, Microsoft surface, New York Times, newspapers, Nexx, photocube, T-shirts, Toys, widgets

posted by olli @ 08:11  

Tuesday, 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 @ 07:37  

Wednesday, 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 @ 07:59  

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  

Friday, May 18, 2007

London's XFM axes its daytime DJ's in favour of an all music format

Wallpaper* magazine showcases what magazines it reads

Japanese fashion houses focus on Tokyo's youth to promote new products

How social media is becoming a hardcore marketplace for traffic

Gene2Music aims to create music from protein sequences

The 2007 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards have been announced

Design your own skateboard deck at BoardPusher

Stanford University profits over DMCA complaints

Say hello to Apple's patent for a theft-alert enabled iPod/iPhone

Bored of Second Life? Say hello to Entropia

Labels: design, DMCA, Entropia, Fashion, Gene2Music, Second Life, social media, Wallpaper*, XFM

posted by olli @ 07:59  

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

US TV Network NBC enters the realm of social networking...sort of

Say hello to virtual world intranets. Yes - intranets

More from the virtual world: The Virtual World Awards are coming

Ruckstuhl make beautiful carpets

Wufoo is an interactive online form builder

Bibme is a free online Bibliography maker

IndieHIG aim to update the Apple Human Interface Guidelines

The Harvard Business Review on Viral Marketing

These are design cliches you probably want to avoid

Users can now upload YouTube content to their NowPublic accounts

Norway proposes that ODF and PDF should be its standard document formats

Are US baby boomers happy with what's actually on television?

50 Matches is a social powered search engine

Just Add New Zealanders highlights top notch film/video work from NZ

Labels: 50 Matches, Bibme, cliches, design, IndieHIG, intranet, NBC, New Zealand, NowPublic, ODF, PDF, Ruckstuhl, US, video, virtual worlds, Wufoo, YouTube

posted by olli @ 07:39