October 2010
2 posts
The Real Impact of Social Media for Business →
Slideshare presentation on the impact of social media for business.
5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2011 →
September 2010
4 posts
25 Tips for Killer Facebook Marketing →
/via @smashingmagazine.
How Social Media Marketers Can Convert Attention... →
“Engagement through conversation is a start, but reaching people where their attention is focused and compelling them to take an action is powerful” /via @mashable.
Twitter, Facebook, and social activism →
“Why the revolution will not be tweeted.”
Top 5 Emerging Brand Trends on Facebook →
Big brands are ditching old avenues of advertising in favour of Facebook. Mashable examines five of the emerging trends.
August 2010
13 posts
You Are Not So Smart →
Debunking popular misconceptions.
HTML5 Boilerplate - A rock-solid default for HTML5... →
“HTML5 Boilerplate is the professional badass’s base HTML/CSS/JS template”.
5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now →
/via @Mashable.
Super Conversion Button →
Handy little call-to-action button builder.
Twitter: 10 Psychological Insights →
Psychological research on Twitter reveals who tweets, how much, what they talk about and why.
IE CSS3 pseudo-class selectors →
Super useful little JavaScript file that takes the pain out of IE development.
Human pylons carry electricity across Iceland →
A new take on electric pylons. Beautiful. /via @blaine.
HTML5 Reset →
A collection of HTML and CSS templates. /via @zeldman.
The Undesign →
“Even when we don’t design we design. That’s the thinking that goes on when we look at a website with a crappy design.” /via @Malarkey.
CSS3 Gradient Generator →
Useful little tool for quickly creating gradients in CSS3.
Cultured Code's Progress Status →
Cultured Code’s page for showing project progress for clients.
Web Pap - A Newspaper Written and Curated by Web... →
/via @goodonpaper.
Old Spice Sales Double With YouTube Campaign →
/via @mashable.
July 2010
2 posts
Gillian McKeith vs. Ben Goldacre →
How not to use conversational media.
Old Spice and Conversational Media →
Old Spice displays a great understanding of how best to use conversational media with the oldspice YouTube channel.
June 2010
15 posts
Use Social Media for Lead Generation →
/via @Mashable.
Apple Wants To Share Your Location With Others →
“In an updated version of its privacy policy, the company added a paragraph noting that once users agree, Apple and unspecified ‘partners and licensees’ may collect and store user location data. When users attempt to download apps or media from the iTunes store, they are prompted to agree to the new terms and conditions. Until they agree, they cannot download anything through the...
Finally a fluid Hicksdesign →
“Inspired by A List Apart’s ‘Responsive Web Design’ and media queries, John Hicks plays with a fluid layout on his blog.” /via @Hicksdesign.
The Elevator Button Problem →
“User interface design is hard. It’s hard because people perceive apparently simple things very differently.” /via @SmashingMagazine.
Stop Forking with CSS3 →
“As a library, eCSStender has a few modest goals. First and foremost, it aims to offer robust tools for designers and developers to make working with CSS better.” /via @Alistapart.
Hourly work vs. linchpin work →
Seth Godin examines the difference between hourly work and linchpin work.
I'm Comic Sans, Asshole. →
A few well-crafted words from Comic Sans who “will not rest until every uptight armchair typographer cock-hat like you is surrounded by my loveable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery”.
MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey →
MTV offers a new type of job offering, connecting its audience with the brand. People are now Twittering for a living. /via @SeanGMcKenna.
Modernizr 1.5 →
“Modernizr is a small and simple JavaScript library that helps you take advantage of emerging web technologies (CSS3, HTML 5) while still maintaining a fine level of control over older browsers that may not yet support these new technologies.” /via @Malarkey.
Type Folly — Google Font API web fonts preview →
/via @Malarkey.
Mind Over Mass Media →
“It’s not as if habits of deep reflection and rigorous reasoning ever came naturally to people.” /via @cshirky.
Safari Extensions →
A Tumblr blog of all existing Safari 5 Extensions..
75 Books Every Writer Should Read →
/via @webtrendmap.
Scott Adams — The Value of Ideas →
“Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything.” /via @smashingmag.
Startup Quote →
A collection of inspirational start-up quotes from the guys who made it. /via @problogdesign.
May 2010
45 posts
CSS3 Watch →
Collection of creative, innovative, and unexpected use of CSS3.
Gestural Interfaces: A Step Backwards in Usability →
Don Norman looks at why gestural UIs are a step backwards in usability. /via @iA.
Colorcubic — Multidisciplinary Creative Studio →
Interesting work and content curation on the blog.
Responsive Web Design →
/via @andymangold.
Google Launches Secure Search →
/via @mashable.
Bill Hicks quotes on Twitter →
Tweet your favourite Bill Hicks quote with the click of a button. /via @nomoreart.
The Illusion of Open →
“Unless Google resumes direct sales or puts licensing limitations on the carriers to prevent them from locking down Android phones, “open” will be just another empty marketing slogan. And I suspect that’s what it will be. Google doesn’t really care about the user experience…” /via @jeffmarche.
iamfriendly.com →
/via @Malarkey.
Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’ →
/via @danrubin.
Image Forensics : Error Level Analysis →
“Error level analysis is a quick and easy image forensics method, allowing one to determine if an image has been modified by programs such as Adobe Photoshop.” /via @gruber.
Creativity Tools →
Creativity Tools, Creative Solutions & Creative Problem Solving Techniques.
How social media is changing the business... →
“Now that many corporations have mastered the tricky art of signing up for a Twitter or Facebook account, the next step is leveraging social media tools in a meaningful way that impacts your brand and your bottom line.” /via @Woork.
Webkit CSS Properties →
/via @smashingmagazine.