Friday, June 20, 2008

Looks like it's the end for MySpace favourite Helio

Say hello to iPhone porn

Will these tweets be a part of your kids historical record?

Is AT&T really subsidizing $325 for every iPhone it sells?

Will the high price of oil destroy the American suburb?

Yahoo!: The Failure. Myths versus Reality

Paul Oakenfold is making a comeback to London's KISS FM

Zoomii is an interesting alternative interface for Amazon

Gilmpse is a promising magazine for ex-pats and travelers (not tourists)

What exactly is universal design?

Hipster Runoff takes a look at some of the big music names bubbling under right now

We really love Michael Surtees colour studies of NYC

Labels: Amazon, American suburbia, Glimpse, Helio, Hipster Runoff, iPhone, Michael Runoff, MySpace, NYC, Paul Oakenfold, porn, twitter, universal design, yahoo, Zommii

posted by olli @ 22:04  

Thursday, 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 @ 21:05  

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Pull up a chair. Ad Age's 2008 Agency Report Index has arrived

How Google's checkbook stymied Microsoft

What next for Yahoo!?

How to bootstrap a niche social network

Let the Twitter backlash begin - Can Twitter not handle their own success?

User Experience Evaluation in Nokia (.pdf)

Information Design Patterns is a great resource for information architects

16 ways to keep a razor sharp focus at work

Tips for building next generation Web 2.0 applications

How not to build a stupid product roadmap

LiveJournal wants you to join its advisory board

How to build your own Iron Man suit for real

How city road networks grow like biological systems

Li Wei's photographs are amazing. Go check them out

Here's a great collection of print ads from the 1950's to 1970's

Labels: Agency Report, city road networks, Google, Information design patterns, Iron Man, Li Wei, Microsoft, niche social networks, Nokia, print ads, product roadmap, twitter, user experience, web 2.0, yahoo

posted by olli @ 20:55  

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Did you know? Mobile ads boost brand awareness by 19%

If you weren't at ROFLcon last week, you're not really here at all

Hansen Living not only make beautiful stuff but they're a rebellious bunch as well

And so it begins: brand management via Twitter...

Yureekah is a search engine for media professionals

Morgan Stanley says March's internet trends say social apps dominating

These bracelets are made from camera lenses

...but be careful you don't end up on The Twitter Blacklist

How to become a creative genius

How technology almost lost the war in Iraq

28 tips on how you can become a StumbleUpon superstar

Fasten your seatbelts - here are some new photos of the Airbus A380 and no - you can't afford it

Are you following Google's marketing strategy?

Interesting: Three emerging digital careers to watch

Labels: Airbus 380, brand management, camera lens bracelets, digital careers, Google, Hansen Living, Iraq, mobile ads, Morgan Stanley, ROFLcon, social applications, StumbleUpon, twitter, Yureekah

posted by olli @ 20:56  

Friday, April 18, 2008

Why journalists should not become bloggers

Why real people don't have time for social media

What's the perfect length of a pop song? 2:42, apparently

Should SEO be standardized?

What happens when abortions and art mix? You'd be surprised

Google offers you some useful best practices when transferring or moving your website

We'd love to get our hands dirty with 37 Signal's internal app - In/Out

Is this the new wave of web designers for 2008/2009?

Do you know the 12 Commandments of Twitter?

If you're suffering from Twitter overload, you should have a look at Twhirl

Celebrate the architect in your bird friend by giving them this special birdfeeder

Designing Magazines launches an Amazon store

Ars Technica takes a look at AT&T's idiotic new browser Pogo - do we really need another?

Say hello to the interactive lighting workshop in London May 10th and May 11th

The long, sad story of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours

Labels: 37 Signals, art, blogging, browser, Designing Magazines, Google, in/out, journalism, New Yorker, Pogo, pop songs, SEO, social media, Tinker.it, twitter, web designers

posted by olli @ 20:58  

Thursday, April 4, 2008

Fantastic! Say hello to the new Cloverfield ARG - part 2!

Could Government policy and debate be broadcast via Twitter? The UK says Yes!

Network World has a great roundup of iPhone/Haptic clones from CTIA

Cool! You can now book your JetBlue flight by PayPal

Wire and Twine would like you to Enjoy This Beautiful Day

Say hello to the N-Gage gaming service

What exactly is going on between MySpace and the major labels?

And what's going on between Jay-Z and Live Nation?

60% of Editors Blog readers hate the new BBC News re-design

Zero House is a 100% completely self-sustainable dwelling

GigaOm (via Nielsen) knows who's got the best cellular network across the US

The War Against War was supposed to be so shocking - war would end. It failed

Good Viral: The Amsterdam Weekly is holding its readers ransom to create more content

The iPhone's best friend - Pwnage has been released. Get it here

How to fight feature creep - in your life

Believe it or not - Craigslist is now worth $5 Billion dollars

Labels: ARG, BBC News, Cloverfield, Craigslist, CTIA, Editors Blog, feature creep, GigaOm, haptic, music industry, MySpace, N-Gage, Network World, twitter, War against War, Wire and Twine, Zero House

posted by olli @ 21:46  

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  

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Say hello to The New Zealand Web Community

20 websites to make you a better web developer

Are Web 2.0 sites the future of education?

More lifehacks than you could ever want - say hello to Alltop

In the Netherlands, robots will put petrol in your car at the filling station

Ten things you need to know about GPS units

Crgslst is a super cool AJAX tool that searches Craigslist mighty quick

The NY Times takes a look a the many ways of online advertising tracking

Mark Cuban's rule for startups

Say hello to the brand new Behance Magazine

MyTrade now has a Twitter feed for following stock quotes and tips

Since when did the advertising industry get serious about "useful" sites?

The Essential Guide To The User Interface (.pdf)

Are American professionals overwhelmed with too much information?

Women! Look here! Shoe.tv is a whole video social network dedicated to shoes! Go now!

Labels: ad tracking, Alltop, Behance, Crgslst, GPS, information overload, Mark Cuban, MyTrade, New Zealand, nzwc, shoe.tv, startups, twitter, user interface, web 2.0, web community, web development

posted by olli @ 20:27  

Monday, March 3, 2008

Will Real Networks buy Scrabulous?

Do! You! Want! To! Promote! Yourself?! Take! A! Look! At! Traackr!

Edmodo is basically Twitter with an educational angle

Entrepreneurship and Fear: Stop being so scared

The 2007 Coroflot Design Salary Survey results are in

These are the world's best designed newspapers of 2007

If you're a LOST fan, this tour of the island stations is for you

10 really cool iPhone apps for you

7 great online image editing apps

How to sell the "kiwi attitude"

Adaptive Path wonders if the death of mobile applications is nigh

The Future Of Web Apps wonders if the death of e-mail is nigh

These are some great examples of shadows in advertising

What does leap day mean to online marketing?

5 works of art that could probably kill you

Labels: Adaptive Path, Coroflot, Edmodo, iPhone, killer art, LOST, New Zealand, newspaper design, online image editing, online marketing, salary survey, Scrabulous, shadow, Traackr, twitter

posted by olli @ 18:30  

Friday, February 22, 2008

We're particularly enjoying The Future Laboratory's THE magazine

What's Twitters role in the enterprise world?

Say hello to Yahoo!'s NewsGlobe - get it while you can

Cloudo is a really interesting web based operating system. Check it out

Sociagami is an application that mashes up your MySpace and Facebook accounts (Windows only)

And...Facebook reports its first decline in UK users - has it jumped the shark?

If you find yourself running out of hard disk space, why not use your DNA instead?

Why do these "boring" websites make so much money from AdSense?

Lawrence Lessig wants to build a "Creative Commons in Congress"

10 emerging technologies we'll hopefully see in 2008

Say what you want about this collection of band logos but Einsturzende Neubauten's beats them all!

When is design, design and style - style?

If you live in London, you might want to check out the London Profiler

If you live in Wellington, you might want check out Eye Of The Fish

Labels: AdSense, band logos, Cloudo, Creative Commons, DNA, emerging tech, enterprise, Eye Of The Fish, facebook, Future Laboratory, Lawrence Lessig, London, Newsglobe, Sociagami, twitter, Wellington

posted by olli @ 20:53  

Thursday, January 31, 2008

The 50 most popular web design blog posts, resources and cheat sheets of 2007

Say hello to Google's new experimental search features (most certainly in beta)

It's like deja vu all over again. MTV relaunches its website

What does the media business model actually mean?

AIGA asks if Monkey Magazine really is the future of publishing

Or - is the future of publishing more in line with Instapaper?

These are eight mistakes that web developers usually make

Is this the worlds most expensive PC?

Say hello to the Dieter Rams Flickr photo pool

Why Twitter is a platform for serious journalistic discourse

Venture Beat looks at the latest trends in online advertising

Uh-Oh. Is the Times Online spamming social media networks?

How to prepare yourself from the upcoming Vampire Weekend backlash

London Underground will be trialing some new schemes at getting people on and off tube trains

This is a London Underground tube map specifically designed for tourists

Labels: AIGA, Dieter Rams, Instapaper, London Underground, media business model, Monkey magazine, mtv, spam, twitter, Vampire Weekend, web design

posted by olli @ 21:17  

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Say hello to cumul.us, a new social network based around your local weather

Prologue is Twitter with a public timeline, aimed at the group blogging community

Nielsen says that 35% of US Tweens now own a mobile phone

current.tv files for a $100 Million IPO

15 important things you need to know about American executives

Say hello to the Dugg Analyzer

We're loving 3D Graffiti and would like to see a lot more of this, please

Can technology overload ruin your relationships?

This is the entire history of visual communication in a website

If you're a songwriter and happen to live in Canada, you might want to have a look at this

UI Patterns is a great resource for user interface designers

How to disarm 10 difficult client requests

Business Week debates the merits of user generated content

This is a pretty awesome 360 degree panorama of an Airbus 380 cockpit

Labels: 3D graffiti, Airbus 380, Business Week, Canada, clients, cumul.us, digg, Prologue, tweens, twitter, UI patterns, user generated content, visual communication

posted by olli @ 07:32  

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, November 2, 2007

Say hello to Google's new social network OpenSocial

...and The Economist has the analysis of what it could mean for social networking

Do virtual worlds threaten our moral values towards children?

The University of Reading has an MA course in typography

Time magazine's invention of the year.....yup. It's the iPhone

Beat reporting within a social network - can it work?

Art Lebedev have created the greatest clothes pins ... EVER

How to actually search Craigslist

Venture capitalists take note: "The Pattern Analysis of MegaMillions Lottery Numbers"

This is an interactive look at the Global Seed Vault

Say hello to the Strictly No Photography gallery

What is the state of the office 2.0?

The new version of Twitterific is out and it's pretty cool

Undercity is a blog about what's happening UNDER New York City

Labels: Craigslist, Economist, global seed vault, Google, Office 2.0, strictly no photography, twitter, Typography, Undercity, virtual worlds

posted by olli @ 07:45  

Thursday, September 20, 2007

NBC to offer DRM'd shows on-demand, on the web

Stephen Fry is a genius BUT did you know he's an expert on mobile phone UI?

Zipcar is now available on your mobile phone

Say hello to The Gloamer. He's made up of rolled up newspapers

Nobody puts on a fashion show like New York's Jack Spade

Ever wonder what happens when you open EVERY application on a Powerbook at once?

The Hoerboard is a really lovely custom made DJ workstation

The top ten laughably bad tech ads courtesy of CNET

These are the brand guidelines behind Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign

Looks like this faux-GPS iPhone hack actually works

Why Europe's mobile startups are singing

Twitter + audio and video? Say hello to Utterz

Is your taste in music determined at birth?

Labels: branding, CNET, DRM, Gloamer, Hoerboard, mobile, music, NBC, startups, Stephen Fry, twitter, Utterz, Verizon, Zipcar

posted by olli @ 08:36  

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Apple secures European iPhone revenue deals

Marketing alert: e-mail has overtaken snail mail for the first time in the UK

Wal-Mart launches mp3 downloads

MTV teams up with Twitter for the upcoming VMA's

This is a nice list of Web 2.0 API's

More Web 2.0 insanity: Simplespark is a Web 2.0 applications aggregator

Could YouTube become the next Craigslist?

More on that: How to get a job listed on Craigslist

How to design a menu for maximum revenue

Peepsnation is like Hot Or Not for your mobile phone

Say hello to Google Sky

Say hello to Microsoft's Tafiti

11 rules for life you won't learn in school

This is a USB cassette deck

Labels: API, Apple, Craigslist, email, Google Sky, iPhone, menu design, mtv, Peepsnation, Tafiti, twitter, WalMart, web 2.0, YouTube

posted by olli @ 07:37  

Monday, July 30, 2007

match.com goes mobile. Now you can flirt all day!

Looks like Google will filter out copyrighted video by September

Did you know - Luxembourg has the highest mobile phone penetration rate

Brace yourself for the coming patent apocalypse

Defense Ministry logos from around the world

Bubblegeneration looks at the current round of investing around Twitter

A list of swear words and their severity because we care

The NY Times says that everyone is a cartographer now

Say hello to John Peel - Teenage Kicks, the play

Should web designers really care about where the webpage fold is?

Flagxo lets you rate airports

Have you seen the "Items We Carry" pool on Flickr?

The Sonic Chair is a must for music lovers who like interior design

Labels: Bubblegeneration, Defense Ministry, Flickr, Google, John Peel, Luxembourg, match.com, patents, Sonic Chair, twitter

posted by olli @ 13:16  

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Google developing niche search for mobile content

How to post to Pownce, Twitter, Jaiku and Tumblr at the same time

On that note - Xoocle is an interesting new Web 2.0 aggregator/mash-up

This is what the lucky people at Google get to eat every day

More from Google - Check out their Mapplets Documentation API

You can now pimp your iPod with People Like Us

Typisc is a really nice new font foundry

If you're an audio geek and like the Beatles, this book is for you

Old media behind the times - finally realize that TV networks are becoming irrelevant

Why is Pownce so popular, anyway?

Brilliant! MIT updates its OpenCourseWare site

101 ways to know your software project is doomed

The Open Library aims to collect every single book on the planet

The BBC says "Sorry!" to Heavy Metal fans

Are there really free bus routes in London?

Labels: Beatles, Google, ipod, Jaiku, London, Mapplets, MIT, Open Library, Pownce, software, Tumblr, twitter, Typisc, Xoocle

posted by olli @ 07:55  

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  

Monday, May 14, 2007

The New Yorker profiles Banksy in extraordinary detail

Say hello to the Wall Street Startup Journal

Alan McGee folds his label and comes around to our way of thinking

Why does Google remember information about searches?

Seomoz has announced the winners of the Web 2.0 awards

How US soldiers in Iraq are learning to love their robots

Monitwitter uses Twitter to montior your website

A look at the alternative side of the UK music festival scene

Ficlets allows users to write, share and contribute to each others short stories

Say hello to Honeyshed where "MTV meets QVC"

Is the future of the user interface...the command line?

These photos offer a rare glimpse of Heavy Metal's glory days

Labels: Banksy, Ficlets, Google, Honeyshed, Monitwitter, New Yorker, Searech, Seomoz, startup, twitter, UX, Wall St. Journal, web 2.0, writing

posted by olli @ 14:15  

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Live in the US? Then say goodbye to ad skipping on ESPN and ABC

The City List is a Digg type ratings system for local venues

Telephia says MySpace dominates mobile social content

Say hello to the new Google Analytics

BrandExperienceLab's Crowd Control is a new interactive experience for cinema audiences

Good for Party is looking for bloggers

So, is Twitter as popular as you think?

Why the BBC's new iPlayer "sells us all short"

What is so interesting about interactive environments?

Say hello to Yahoo!'s new mobile search

What exactly is a rathole?

Nine attitudes of highly creative people

Say hello to some really brilliant business card designs

Labels: ABC, ad skipping, blogging, business cards, creativity, digg, ESPN, Good For Party, iPlayer, mobile search, MySpace, Telephia, The City List, timeshifting, twitter, yahoo

posted by olli @ 07:46  

Monday, May 7, 2007

Tumri bring advertising to widgets via the AdPod

The social technography of Web 2.0

More images have been discovered in music by Venetian Snares, Plaid and Aphex Twin

Conspiracy theorists unite! UK MOD to open its X-Files to the public

Techcrunch looks at the growing Web 2.0 divide in the USA

Grindhouse movie poster makeovers of your favourite films

World of Warcraft now offering a credit card

Comscore says its the Europeans who dominate Second Life

Adam Smith has a great read on interaction (.pdf)

How to get Twitter on your mobile for free

Freelance Switch is a blog for freelancers

Things you should know about Microformats

Ritmonio make gorgeous digital faucets

Remember Uniqlo's canned t-shirts? They now have a store

Labels: adpods, faucets, freelancing, interaction, microformats, mobile, movie posters, twitter, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 09:59  

Friday, May 4, 2007

The ultimate insiders guide to Best Buy's Geek Squad

Check out this tunning site from Red Interactive Agency

Why making mobile phone software is a losing battle

MSNBC takes a look at Twitter

A Motorola survey says that 45% of Europeans watch TV online

Yahoo! finally shuts down Yahoo! Photos in favour of Flickr

These clothes are made from condoms

How to learn media consumption rules from iTunes

More iTunes: Magnetosphere is a cool iTunes visualizer

Looking at human computer interaction in science fiction movies

This rug has zippers

Is Disney's foray into Silverlight apps the future of marketing?

The In The City music conference comes to New York

Say hello to Sweden's talking ATM's

What's the deal with indie bands and choreographed dance moves?

Labels: agency, clothing, geek squad, indie, itunes, marketing, motorola, msnbc, music, silverlight, tv, twitter, yahoo

posted by olli @ 16:45