February 28, 2006 in
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A ezine for ‘creative people’ but there some interesting articles for those of us less blessed in pixel pushing, including ‘when to fire your client’, and a ‘web designers survival guide’. Worth a browse.
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Russell goes berko at all those out here who are turning 2.0 into bubblev2. I’m with him. Stop all this building to flip stuff and start building things that actually have a business model. Or you’ll ruin it for all of us! (Russell, with his bg in mobile has a particularly interesting take on this)
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absolutely incredible portfolio site. Wow. This guy is going to get a lot of job offers. Beautiful use of video and narrative. Great work Dave :)
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a gem of a parody and at the same time a great lesson in brand and visual communication (not only for packaging!)
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Some more thoughts on the importance of ensuring that interactivity is discoverable in the design of Rich Internet Applications
February 27, 2006 in
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handmade stuff sold online, and gorgeous, interesting interface design for online shopping make this site my new favourite :) I just wish more sellers were happy to ship stuff internationally!
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Spell with Flickr is a small program that lets you type in whatever you want, then goes to flickr and grabs pictures for each an every letter! It also allows you to change the images that you see, so you can find better images for your word or phrase!
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Web Monkey runs us through some of the coolest Flickr offshoots. A few I’ve seen before, a few I haven’t. V. cool.
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Wikiscripts is a collaborative script writing site, which decentralizes the movie and television script writing process. Anyone can edit a script and add their own creative skill and talent.
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Dion Hinchcliffe has put together a draft list of the first-order elements of Web 2.0 thinking. Its a good foundation for anyone developing a web based service or application these days.
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the guys at 37 Signals have been advocating the end of functional specs for a while now. I’m brewing on a post that disagrees with that (but agrees that there does need to be a shift in the process). Here’s a few steps in the 37 Signals process
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February 24, 2006 in
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Friday linkey goodness :)
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Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes. Due to overwhelming demand the Beta is by invite only so you’ll need to give them your email address and wait till they call you!
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UK Design Council talks about Interaction Design, what it is, why it matters, current trends etc.
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Joe Lamantia looks at what the future may hold for tag clouds. (Finally, someone who is not hoping they’ll be dead and gone!)
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Joe Lamantia looks at the evolution of tag clouds and makes some predictions about how they might evolve in the next 12-18 months
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a great little post showing that a picture often *needs* a few words (or one) to explain it. ‘Instead of icons explaining, we have found that icons often require explanation’. Reminds me of some Fitts’s Law stuff I’ve been reading lately…
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upload your contacts file and see who know know who has a flickr account. A little bit naughty (privacy anyone?), but then… if you choose to post photos publicly, you’ve got to be prepared for the possibilities.
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a little bit funny, and much too true.
February 23, 2006 in
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Just the one today. Must have been busy!
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you know, its pretty hard to find developers in Sydney who claim to have expertise in all, or any of the 2.0 flavourd technologies. These are the first ones I’ve found. Are there more out there? Do they all spurn SEO? I’d love to find more.
