The web of tomorrow is a ‘statusverse’ that includes links, opinions and images – all hacked into bite-sized chunks that can be rapidly digested as ‘streams’.
Author Archives: Dave Wright
How Twitter will change the way we live…
“There is something even more profound in what has happened to Twitter over the past two years, something that says more about the culture that has embraced and expanded Twitter at such extraordinary speed. Yes, the breakfast-status updates turned out to be more interesting than we thought. But the key development with Twitter is how we’ve jury-rigged the system to do things that its creators never dreamed of…
Mapumental - The transcendent web for map data
Mapumental is an online application from England for job and house hunters. It takes various data points to help Londoners understand where they can live if they want to commute to work in a certain time. The maps produced can be altered depending on house prices and also with how beautiful people think the area is.
Why Twitter Matters…
As the Twitter network grows, so does it’s power and reach. With that growth come two important benefits…
More than ‘just shoes’…
All of this got me thinking… Could you apply the same business model to the world of web design? For every web site we design, could we design a free web site for a non-profit?
Using the Transcendent Web for Good
In his 2009 SXSW Presentation, ” Everything You Know About Web Design is Wrong “, Dan Willis talks about the Transcendent Web and the idea that tomorrow’s web sites will no longer be billboards but instead will be data aggregators. … It’s not to hard to imagine a web site that pulls data from Flickr and Twitter and lays it over Google Maps to show where humanitarian travesties are taking place or where ecological hotspots exist.
The Elements of Design
To an outsider, the visual aspects of web design seem like a confusing and mystical proposition that involve intuition and an arcane knowledge of Photoshop commands. While this is partly true, it’s also the case that there are readily understood concepts that all high-quality designs share.
The Designers Toolkit: Personas
In ‘The Designers Toolkit’, we take time to pull back the curtain and reveal some of the tools that we use to create better web sites.
A persona is a user archetype we use to help guide decisions about product features, navigation, interactions, and even visual design. By designing for the archetype—whose goals and behavior patterns are well understood—we can satisfy the broader group of people represented by that archetype.
How to Start a Business Blog
Our previous article discussed the intricacies of having a business blog. We looked at the business rationale, the benefits, the… [More]
The Benefits of Business Blogging
While blogging started as a form of personal expression, it has evolved to include business blogs, which serve as corporate tool for communicating with customers or as a method for employees to share knowledge and expertise.
