Archive for 2009

Creative & Technical Development

• Prototyping Experiences by Jared Spool
• If You Build It, Will They Come? by Digital Media Buzz
• It’s Brand New, But Make It Sound Familiar by NY Times
• Understanding Day Rates Used By The Service Industries by Red Evolution
• Web Page Analyser by Website Optimisation
• 69 Tools To Improve Your Website by Bryan Eisenberg

Promotion & Distribution

• Analytics And Metrics For Branding Companies by Avinash Kaushik
• Companies Must Plan Holistically by Jeremiah Owyang
• 11 Fundamental Laws Of Building An Online Community by Fever Bee Blog
• Monitoring Your Online Audience by ClickZ Experts
• White Paper Guidelines by Venture Beat
• Slicing Radian 6 For Key Properties by Craphammer
• The Social Future Of TV by Ethan Zuckerman

Business & Monetisation

• Online Video Advertising, What’s Wrong With This Picture by Streaming Media Magazine
• From Monitor To Monetise by NewTeeVee
• An Update On The State Of Indie Film Online by CinemaTech

Technology & Infrastructure

• The State Of The European CDN Market 2009 by Streaming Media Magazine
• Does The iPhone Support HD Video? by Dan Rayburn

Tips & Tutorials

• Your Web Analytics Checklist by ClickZ Experts
• The Infinite To-Do-List by Venture Beat

Creative & Technical Development

• A Lesson In Strategy by Good Experience
• Fresh Vs Familiar by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• 3 Pillars Of User Experience by User Experience Blog
• Inexpensive Ways To Target Problem Areas by Adaptive Path
• A Solid Case For Investing In UX by UX Matters
• Testing Your Own Designs: Bad Idea? by UX Matters
• The Lazy IA’s Guide To Making Sitemaps by Boxes & Arrows
• Spreadsheet: Rapid Prototyping Tools by Adaptive Path
• How To Keep Visual Design Consistent While A/B Testing by Andrew Chen
• Inline Validation In Web Forms by A List Apart

Promotion & Distribution

• Monitoring Tools For Social Media by Web Worker Daily
• Developing A Brand Content Integration Strategy by ClickZ Experts
• 5 Crucial Stages In Designing Your Viral Loop by Andrew Chen
• Develop A Successful Advocacy Program by Jeremiah Owyang
• Online Video Advertising FAQ by ClickZ Experts

Business & Monetisation

• The Shift From Ad Models To License Fees by Beet.TV
• Age And ARPPU Ain’t Nothing But A Number by Andrew Chen
• Put The Compiler Down And Learn Why They Are Not Buying by A Smart Bear Blog
• CDN’s Need To Evolve by Dan Rayburn

Technology & Infrastructure

• Videos On Augmented Reality For Business by Jeremiah Owyang
• The Future Is TV-shaped Says Intel by BBC Technology Blog

Tips & Tutorials

• The Duct Tape Programmer by Joel On Software
• Beginner’s Guide To Attending Conferences by Quick Sprout

Creative & Technical Development

• Rapid Prototyping Tools Revisited by Adaptive Path Blog
• Low Fidelity Prototyping For Customer-Driven Design by Andrew Chen
• Discount Usability: 20 Years by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Design Patterns & Best Practices by Usability Counts
• Vinay Venkatraman On Interaction Design by Putting People First
• The 3 Spheres Of Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang

Promotion & Distribution

• PR Startups With Peter Shankman by ReadWriteStart
• A Social Media Strategy Checklist by ClickZ Experts
• Debunking Social Media Myths by Harvard Business Publishing
• Going Viral In 6 Questions, Part 1 by ReadWriteStart
• Hoping To Reverse The Online Video (Cash) Flow by Broadcasting & Cable

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• Peer Pressure And Other Pitches by Wall Street Journal

Business & Monetisation

• Interview: Balsamiq Studios by A Smart Bear Blog
• Internet Advertising Lifts Sales 4x Faster Than TV Advertising by Beet.TV
• Adobe’s Acquisition Of Omniture Could Help Define Monetisation Analytics by Dan Rayburn

Technology & Infrastructure

• Find Out If You Are Paying Too Much For CDN Services For Free by Dan Rayburn
• Building A Website How To Choose The Right CMS by Venture Beat

Tips & Tutorials

• Building The Initial Team For Seed Stage Startups by Andrew Chen
• 9 Ways To Run Smarter IT Projects by Harvard Business Review
• Creating Interactive Prototypes by Adobe TV

Creative & Technical Development

• Social Media Outsourcing Can Be Risky by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Organisational Culture 101: A Practical How-To For Interaction Designers by Johnny Holland Magazine
• Styling An Input Type=”file” by Quirks Mode
• Interview With Brian King by Good Experience
• Design For Startups: The Aesthetics Of Web Apps In 6 Questions by ReadWriteWeb

Promotion & Distribution

• How To Determine If Your Marketing Is Worth The Cost by Venture Beat
• The Cardinal Sin Of Community Management by Lessons Learned

Business & Monetisation

• What Can We Learn About Pricing From Menu Engineers by GigaOM
• 7 Ways I’ve Almost Killed FreshBooks by Venture Beat
• Steve Jobs Does Customer Development by Venture Hacks
• Debate: The Future Of Monetising Content by CinemaTech
• YouTube Movie Rentals: An Intriguing But Dubious Idea by Video Nuze

Technology & Infrastructure

• Adobe Announces DRM For Downloads by Contentinople
• Is It Time For Businesses To Embrace The Cloud by Venture Beat

Tips & Tutorials

• Master The Art Of Working Remotely by Harvard Business Voices
• Moderating Conference Panels by Fast Wonder

Creative & Technical Development

• ForeUI: Create Skinnable & Interactive Prototypes by Konigi
• Creating A Usable Contact Form by UX Booth
• Card Sorting by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Promotion & Distribution

• Words Is Broken by Ideas On Ideas
• Online Video Advertising Shows Signs Of Life by ClickZ Experts

Business & Monetisation

• When Should A Start-Up Start Charging by Sean Ellis
• Book Publisher, e-Books Will Be Our Downfall by GigaOM

Technology & Infrastructure

• Level 3 Comments On The Future Of HTTP Streaming by Dan Rayburn
• Smooth Streaming – Silverlight’s Trojan Horse by Streaming Media Learning Center

Tips & Tutorials

• Launching A Start-Up And Having A Family Life by Venture Beat
• Other Companies Should Read This Internal Netflix Presentation by Techcrunch
• You’re A Small Company, Now Act Like One by A Smart Bear

Creative & Technical Development

• Barry Schwartz On The Paradox Of Choice by Konigi
• Managing UI Complexity by Brandon Walkin
• When Cheap & Simple Is Just Fine by Wired Magazine
• The Case For Conservative Web Site Design by Fast Company
• Nobody Cares About Your Website by Giraffe Forum
• The Most Important Question In Branding by Ideas On Ideas
• Marching Through Quicksand by Lessons Learned
• Top 10 UX Myths by ThinkVitamin
• Baseline CSS by ProjectUrbain.com

Promotion & Distribution

• Should You Super-Syndicate Your Web Series? by NewTeeVee
• Twitter Postings: Iterative Design by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• How Customers Saying “No” Can Become A Consumer Experience “Yes” by Fast Company
• Using And Assessing Feedback From Online Communities by Community Spark
• How Smartphones Are Transforming Our Lives by New Scientist

Business & Monetisation

• How Desktop Apps Beat Websites At Building Large Active Userbases by Andrew Chen
• Forget The Fortune 500, It’s All About The Fortune 5,000,000 by Quick Sprout
• The Power Of Continuous Improvement by GigaOM

Technology & Infrastructure

• At The Dawn Of The Augmented reality Industry by Wired Magazine
• Our Tube by MIT Technology Review

Tips & Tutorials

• 6 Tips For Improving High Bounce/Low Conversion Web Pages by Avinash Kaushik
• Download: The Importance of Reporting & Analytics In The Video Ecosystem by Streamingmedia.com

Creative & Technical Development

• Customisation Of UIs And Products by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Expert Advice From YouTube by ClickZ Experts
• Communicating Colour Efficiently by KISSmetrics
• 75 Free Useful Icon Sets by instantShift

Promotion & Distribution

• The Future Of Facebook by Jeremiah Owyang
• Why Do UK Videos Always Seem To Go Viral? by Advertising Age
• Funny Business Goes Online by Streamingmedia.com

Business & Monetisation

• Has Alloy Quietly Found Web TVs Formula by Tubefilter
• Internet Ads Can Be As Effective As TV Ads by Netimperative Daily

Technology & Infrastructure

• The Future Of The CDN Market by Dan Rayburn
• Amazon Confirms EC2/S3 Not PCI Level 1 Compliant by Slashdot

Tips & Tutorials

• Video Tutorials: Flex In A Week by Adobe Developer Connection
• 11 Things To Measure Besides Clicks And Conversions by ClickZ Experts

Creative & Technical Development

• Is Tim Ferris Acting Like An Asshole? by Ideas on Ideas
• A Visual IA And IxD Vocabulary by jig.net
• Where The Wireframes Are by Boxes And Arrows
• 20 Tips For Writing For The Web by FatDUX
• 10 Tools To Improve Usability On A Budget by Webdesigner Depot
• Guide To CSS Support In Email Clients by Campaign Monitor
• UX For Videogame Design by 90 percent of everything

Promotion & Distribution

• How To Kick Start A Community by Jeremiah Owyang
• P2P Not To Blame For Content Industry Failures by ReadWriteWeb
• Handling Video Traffic Spikes by NewTeeVee

Business & Monetisation

• Do Consumers Really Want To Pay For Media by NewTeeVee
• Mark Cuban On Selling Content by paidContent.org

Creative & Technical Development

• Do You Require A Consultant Or An Agency by UX Matters
• How To Create Personas Your Design Team Will Believe In by User Focus
• Content Analysis: A Practical Approach by UX Matters
• Minimum Viable Product: A Guide by Lessons Learned
• Social Networking On Intranets by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Do I Need An App Or Mobile Web Site? by ClickZ Experts

Promotion & Distribution

• Study: A Third Of All Online Videos Are Shared by Media Post News
• The Four Kinds Of Fans by CinemaTech
• Create A Media & Engagement Plan by ClickZ Experts
• Approaches To Building An Email List, Part 1 by ClickZ Experts
• 9 Tips For Inspired Text Communication by Community Guy
• BitTorrent Is Uniting The World’s Movie Buffs by NewTeeVee

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• Report: Advertising No Longer King Of Content by NewTeeVee
• Report: TV & Movie Streaming Soared In The Last 6 Months by NewTeeVee
• Yahoo Study On Online Video Consumption by paidContent.org
• MTV’s Winning Ad Format by Beet.TV

Business & Monetisation

• Your Customers Are Not Who You Think They Are by VentureBeat
• Will Anyone Pay For Anything by OPEN Forum
• Murdoch Vows To Charge For All Online Content by Financial Times

Technology & Infrastructure

• Evaluating The Adaptive Streaming Technologies by Streamingmedia.com
• Google’s Acquisition Of On2 Not A Big Deal, Here’s Why by Dan Rayburn

Tips & Tutorials

• Free Access Online To Printed Books On User Experience by UX Bookmark

Creative & Technical Development

• Formatting For Maximum Readability by Usability Counts
• Three Principles Of Social Software Creation From Andy Baio by ReadWriteWeb
• Quality Is Key To Online Video by Contentinople
• 5 Tools To Increase Accessibility by UX Booth
• Demo: Prototype Composer by Serena Applications

Promotion & Distribution

• The Startup Pyramid by Sean Ellis
• YouTube Drafts Freewheel To Serve Ads by NewTeeVee

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• One Quarter Of Web Users Watch Online TV Shows by NewTeeVee

Business & Monetisation

• The Little Secret Of Web Startups by TechCrunch
• Subscription Overload Is On The Horizon by VideoNUZE
• Can Streaming Offset Losses In Traditional Revenue? by Streamingmedia.com
• Velocix Acquired by Dan Rayburn

Technology & Infrastructure

• Google Checkout’s New Gadget by ReadWriteWeb

Tips & Tutorials

• Tracking Web Performance Tips & Tools by GigaOM
• Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule by Paul Graham