Surely it’s not just me that has noticed that Google has been in, around, on top of and responsible for everything at the moment. Almost every news story, blog post, email that I read mentions Google. Some of the innovations that Google have bombarded us with recently include the Google phone, Google Wave, the updated [...]
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Google’s the Buzz word!
The Grid… wow.
It’s Internet evolution - super-savvy scientists have designed an extremely fast information network capable of downloading data at 10,000 times the speed of a typical broadband connection.
CERN has designed the network - The Grid - to cope with the staggering amount of data it’s new particle accelerator will produce. CERN’s particle accelerator - the Large [...]
Browser happenings….
The world of web-browsers is an exciting domain of intrigue and drama.*
And I know you want your fill! Wait no longer as I divulge the some of the more juicy happenings with web browsers…
Microsoft continued their almost comical free-fall from relevance with Internet Explorer declared unsafe by governments in Europe, the U.S. and Australia.
Australian security [...]
Air New Zealand Cougar Campaign
I know this advert for Air New Zealand’s cut-price website grabaseat.co.nz is pretty un-PC, but it sure is funny. From a marketing perspective I think it works: it was memorable, I was entertained and consequently showed it to my friends. Before this advert Air New Zealand wasn’t even on my radar. It just shows how [...]
Ditch Internet Explorer
Ok so let me set my intention here… I am a dedicated Apple Mac user and could never bring myself from using anything else! Steve (Jobs) and I are on a mission to convert the whole earth over to using Apple! So when news comes to hand that helps our cause I have to share [...]
TED: Ideas worth spreading
Want to be inspired? Love learning? I know I certainly do.
If you haven’t discovered it already… TED is an amazing non-for-profit - “We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired [...]
Confident Woman - Belinda Vesey-Brown
Inspirational RED-i Design Principal Designer and regular design-o-saurus blogger Belinda Vesey-Brown now features on the Confident Woman website - Australia’s leading authority on self-confidence and self-esteem.
Belinda shares her life experiences and how they have impacted on her view of things. Some of the experiences that have influenced Belinda the most are walking the Kokoda [...]
The power of paper prototyping website interfaces
Sketch it. Test it. Implement it. Sounds simple and obvious doesn’t it, but paper prototyping is often overlooked when creating a website.
How does prototyping work? Using paper sketches of your website interface you can quickly get feedback from users on what works, what doesn’t, what is instinctive and then take this information and implement it into [...]
New media is an amazing platform
It is truly amazing what new media can achieve.
Once unknown band Sons of Maxwell have been thrust into the international limelight after writing a song about their bad United Airlines experiences.
The guitar that was destroyed on the United Airlines flight was a Taylor Guitar, so Taylor Guitars responded with a clip offering their [...]
Social media revolution.
Social media is taking over! Check out this clip - “Social Media Revolution”.
Yours in design,
Jorja-saurus.