Archive for the ‘Links’ Category

Creative & Technical Development

• The Romeo & Juliet Effect by 90 Percent Of Everything
• The Myth Of The Page Fold by CX Partners
• Adding Design To An Agile Development Process by Andrew Chen
• Product Design Debt Versus Technical Debt by Andrew Chen

Promotion & Distribution

• How To Use Social Media by Open Forum
• Social Business: Creating A Foundation For Growth by ClickZ Experts
• The Importance Of A Corporate Internet Policy by ReadWriteWeb

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• Velocity Of Media Consumption: TV vs. The Web by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Social Media Analytics: Twitter by Avinash Kaushik

Business & Monetisation

• User Reviews: Increased Sales, Traffic & Transparency by UX Booth
• If eBooks Are The Future, Do Publishers Have A Plan? by Fast Company
• Who To Hire? by Ideas On Ideas

Technology & Infrastructure

• How Video Is Changing The Internet by GigaOM
• Internap’s MIRO Platform Takes Its CDN Technology In A New Direction by Fierce Online Video

Tips & Tutorials

• You’ve Been Hacked. Now what? by Venture Beat
• Metadata: What You Need To Know by Streaming Media Global

Creative & Technical Development

• 6 Things Video Games Can Teach Us About Web Usability by Atlantic BT
• First Do No Harm by UX Matters
• Untangling Brand & Customer Experience by Adaptive Path
• 3 Ways To Use Content To Engage Your Audience by ClickZ Experts
• Usability Testing On A Budget by UX Matters
• CSS Box Model by W3C Recommendations
• Super-Light HTML Prototyping by Konigi
• The Ideal CMS by Digital Media Buzz

Promotion & Distribution

• Twitter, Blogs & Email – Do You Have To? by ClickZ Experts
• 3 Customer Development Case Studies by Venture Hacks
• 16 Voice Of The Customer Recommendations by Customer Experience Matters
• Social Media Impacts Every Customer Touchpoint by Jeremiah Owyang
• 4 Social Support Strategies by Jeremiah Owyang

Business & Monetisation

• How To Price Software by On Startups
• New Tech Spec Licensing Agreement Could Open Floodgates Of Web Innovation by ReadWriteWeb

Technology & Infrastructure

• Video In HTML5: Still An Unresolved Issue by ReadWriteWeb
• Asa Dotzler Firefox & IE9 by Paris Lemon
• Open Source Alternative To Sharepoint & Salesforce.com by ReadWriteWeb
• The OVP Space And The Nature Of Change by Fierce Online Video
• Cloud Computing Security Issues by Digital Media Buzz
• See Adobe AIR 2’s Best New Features Demoed In 9 Sample Apps by ReadWriteWeb

Creative & Technical Development

• User Stories: A Strategic Design Tool by Johnny Holland Magazine
• Matt Webb: Design Is In Your Hands by UX Week 2009
• The Content Delusion by Ideas On Ideas
• The Internet Is Killing Storytelling by Times Online
• Content Strategy For The Web by ThinkVitamin
• Ultimate Guide To Grid-Based Web Design: Techniques & Tools by Noupe
• How To Cultivate Or Dissolve A Community by UX Booth
• Review Of UserTesting.com by UX Booth

Promotion & Distribution

• Let’s Move Away From Social Media And Get Down To Business by ReadWriteWeb
• A Blog Is A Better Social Media Hub Than Twitter by Socialized
• 3 Tips For Social Media Management by Social Media Explorer
• The 8 Stages Of Listening by Jeremiah Owyang
• Two Approaches: Shotgun vs. Laser by Jeremiah Owyang
• Distribution U Conference: Wrap-Up by CinemaTech
• New Forrester Report Evaluates 6 Online Video Platforms by Video Nuze
• Letting Technology Lead by Amy Sample Ward

Consumer Behaviour & Statistics

• Empirical Data For SEO & Social Media Marketing Strategies by Smart Bear Blog
• PDF: Does Changing Content Improve Search Engine Rankings by PR Engines

Business & Monetisation

• The Returns To Entrepreneurship by Startup Boy
• Doubts Cast On BBC’s Project Canvas by Streaming Media Magazine

Technology & Infrastructure

• Cloud Computing In Plain English by Common Craft
• Video Interview: Dave Stubenvoll, CEO Wowza by Streaming Media Magazine
• Rackspace Says It’s Closing The Gap With AWS by ReadWriteWeb
• Sending SaaS Apps In To The Future by Digital Media Buzz

Tips & Tutorials

• Feedburner & Google Analytics: Together At Last by ReadWriteWeb
• Web Analytics 2.0 Book: In Stores Now! by Avinash Kaushik

Creative & Technical Development

• Agile User Experience by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• How To Recover From Project Failures by Adaptive Path
• What The Hell Have We Done To Design? by DMI
• The Future Of Interface Design by UX Booth
• Optimising Internal Knowledge Sharing by UX Matters
• Smart.fm Developing A Great Experience by Adaptive Path
• Steve Smith On HTML 5 & CSS 3 by Think Vitamin
• Sketchy Axure Widget Library by Ascentium

Promotion & Distribution

• Where Measurement Falls Short by Altitude Branding
• The New Rules: Update Your SEO Tactics by Digital Media Buzz
• YouTube As The Ultimate Brand Engagement Platform by VideoNuze
• How To Get Found by American Express: Open Forum

Business & Monetisation

• Lean Startups Aren’t Cheap Startups by Venture Beat
• Google Redefines Disruption: “The Less Than Free” Business Model by Above The Crowd Blog
• Guess Who Else Is A White-Label Video Company by NewTeeVee

Technology & Infrastructure

• Yahoo Open Sources Traffic Server by TechCrunch
• New Features Abound In Sorenson Squeeze 6 by Streaming Media Magazine
• Intranets: From Catalogues To Collaboration by Digital Media Buzz

Tips & Tutorials

• 10 Most Common API Pitfalls by TechCrunch IT
• Building Video Players With Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework by Adobe Developer Connection
• From Minimum Viable Product To Landing Pages by Ash Maurya
• Startup Hiring Advice by Smart Bear Blog
• Client Side Code Highlighting Made Easy by Think Vitamin

Creative & Technical Development

• A Plea To All Creatives: Stop Going To Work by Fast Company
• Introducing User Centred Web Design by Computer World
• User Experience: What It Is And How To Get Some by Computer World
• User Experience In Action by Computer World
• On Authenticity by Interactions Magazine
• When Security Gets In The Way by Interactions Magazine
• The Authenticity Problem by Interactions Magazine
• Dan Rubin On Web Typography by Think Vitamin
• 10 UX Blogs You Should Be reading by UX Booth

Promotion & Distribution

• Social Media: Getting Organised by Altitude Branding
• Social Media: Resource Allocation by Altitude Branding
• Social Media: Selecting Tools by Altitude Branding
• Social Media: 9 Guiding Principles by Altitude Branding
• The Hustler’s Power Drill by ReadWriteWeb
• Why Advertisers Spend Too Much On Paid Search by Net Imperative

Business & Monetisation

• How I Built My Minimum Viable Product by Ash Maurya
• 10 Lessons On Bootstrapping A Business by Venture Beat
• How To Capitalise And Profit From Systemic Failure by ReadWriteWeb
• Building Lifestyle Companies Vs. VC-Backable Startups by Andrew Chen
• 37 Signals Has Some Lessons For European Startups by Techcrunch

Technology & Infrastructure

• Standards-Based Virtualisation: Critical To The Future Of Cloud Computing by Techcrunch IT
• Vidyo Powers Google Video Chat Gets Patent by NewTeeVee
• Amazon Speeds Checkout With New PayPhrase Technology by ReadWriteWeb
• Content Circles Team Collaboration by Content Circles

Tips & Tutorials

• Analytics Becomes Intelligent by Avinash Kaushik
• A Real Customer Advisory Board by Lessons Learned
• Customer Service Tips For Early Stage Startups by ReadWriteStart

Creative & Technical Development

• The State Of User Experience by Adaptive Path Blog
• Videos: Continuous Customer Experience Improvement by UX Week 2009
• The Fun Theory by The Fun Theory
• Usability, User Experience & Dramaturgy by 90 Percent Of Everything
• How To Understand Your Users With Personas by Think Vitamin
• The Scoop On Content Strategy by UX Matters
• A Problem-Solver’s Guide To Copycatting by Fast Company
• Outside In by Fast Thinking
• Eyetracking: Is It Worth It? by UX Matters

Promotion & Distribution

• The Wave by Ideas On Ideas
• How To Market An Offline Event Online by Chris Brogan

Business & Monetisation

• Are You Creating Or Stealing Customers? by Venture Beat
• What “On-Demand” Media Really Means by Crunchgear
• Brawling Over Bandwidth Costs by Telecom Ramblings

Technology & Infrastructure

• Server Overload: Is Demand Outpacing Capacity? by Digital Media Buzz
• The Future Of Cloud Computing by Think Vitamin

Tips & Tutorials

• Google Analytics More Powerful, Flexible & Intelligent by Google Analytics Blog
• Using A LOI To Get Customer Feedback by Lessons Learned
• 10 Tips On Writing Error Messages by ThinkVitamin

Creative & Technical Development

• Spammers, Evildoers & Opportunists by Derek Powazek
• Importance Doesn’t Always Equal Effort by Pathfinder Development Blog
• Idea 2009: Seductive Interactions by Stephen P. Anderson
• UCD: The Who, What, Why & How Of A Feature by Pathfinder Development Blog
• Distributing Content Through Social Networks & RSS by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• How To Understand Your Users With Personas by Think Vitamin
• Handling User Errors With Care by UX Booth
• Achieving Adoption Of A Disruptive Product by 90 Percent Of Everything

Promotion & Distribution

• Viral Loop: The Hotmail Story by Techcrunch
• The Underutilised Power Of The Video Demo by Techcrunch
• 10 Steps To Integrate Social Media by Digital Media Buzz
• How Social Media Is Changing Media Planning by ClickZ Experts
• How To Empower Employees For Social Business by ClickZ Experts

Business & Monetisation

• Get Out Of My Company by Venture Beat
• Is Your Product A “Must Have” Or “Nice To Have”? by Venture Beat
• Can Advertising Alone Support Long Form Online Video by VideoNuze

Technology & Infrastructure

• High Performance Data Transport For AWS by AWS Developer Community
• Bringing Internet TV To The Living Room by Financial Times

Tips & Tutorials

• Innovations Inside The Box by Lessons Learned
• Success Measurement For Government Websites by Avinash Kaushik
• Customer Bill Of Rights – SaaS by A Software Insider’s POV

Creative & Technical Development

• Times Scales In UX by Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox
• Process, Not Portfolio by UX Matters
• Understanding Your Audience Online by ClickZ Experts
• At Your Service by Fast Thinking
• Inside User Research At YouTube by Putting People First
• Can UX Be Agile? by UX Matters
• Dates In Interaction Design by Syntagm Resources
• Notable: Closing The Feedback Loop For Web Designers by ReadWriteWeb

Promotion & Distribution

• The Myth Of Social Media Monitoring by Craphammer
• Damage Control: Social Media Reversals by Jeremiah Owyang
• Brands And Social Media by Financial Times

Business & Monetisation

• The Curse Of Prevention by Lessons Learned
• How To Fire Your Customers by Venture Beat
• Honey I Shrunk The Startups by Redfin Corporate Blog

Technology & Infrastructure

• Charles Leadbeater And Tim Berners-Less On The Digital Revolution by Putting People First
• VBrick Plays For Enterprise Video Content Management by ReadWriteWeb

Tips & Tutorials

• 7 Tips For Measuring The Success Of Your Blog by Beth’s Blog

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