Links


7
Sep 10

Link: why you don’t want to start another social site

  • Just 5% of Twitter users account for more than 75% of Twitter activity.
  • No one joins an empty network just for the hell of it.
  • If you’ve nothing to offer users other than blank input boxes, and the promise that they too can have a row in your database then you’re in trouble.

These are just a few thoughts before you start building your own shiny social site.

Read the full article here.


31
Aug 10

Lanyrd – the social conference directory

Lanyrd.com is a directory of conferences focusing on web, UX and social media issues. Mostly targeted on audiences in Europe and Northern-America it helps you to find a conference by topic or location. It also has functionality for tracking ongoing conferences  or catching up on past events. A must bookmark for digital era creative professionals.


31
Aug 10

Music Video + Google Maps + HTML5 = Awesome

Check out this experimental video by Arcade Fire mixing up some nice browser technologies with music.

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

Read more about it here: http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/


30
Jul 10

Thoughts on designing for iPad

San Fransisco designer Derek Powazek did some hands-on work for iPad and posted his thoughts on his blog. Many of his observations may be self-explanatory yet easily overlooked by designers not familiar with this novel tap’n'swipe interface. A must-read for anyone interested in designing for touch based devices.

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