Web Geek™, Senior Manager, Digital @RMIT, a social media maven, Google-aholic, simplicity, UX and customer experience advocate, and a bit of a Star Wars nut. Hit my Google + profile below for more info. Kthnxbai! 
My favourite store, and one that just works as the customer generally wan't it to and with good prices.
Sadly still limited product availability in Australia from Amazon sites, but rumours earlier this year of a dedicated site, look likely that will change for us, and I for one welcome and end to rip off bricks and mortar retail prices.
137 million customers per week can't be wrong : )
A colleague shared an article on the excellent boxes and arrows site which I had not been on in years, and I then discovered another excellent article. Written by Stephen Turbek, he points out some obvious, but oh so easily missed key design items that all site and app designers need to remember.
Good point on the Apple iPhone ads that of course, also trained generations whilst it played, and gave the perception it was easy to use. A huge factor in the iPhones success.
Read this gem of an article now
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I rarely ever talk about my work here on this site, but we've undertaken some major work recently that I think is worth sharing.
It's been three years since we took a redesign at RMIT, and in this case, we've only taken a refresh rather than a full redesign so far. Simply put, most web sites these days are incredibly hard work to change. As businesses realise the importance of digital media, every step becomes more careful, more planned, more throrough and more and more stakeholders are involved.
Talking with colleagues in the education and other sectors at several social media conferences recently, it's became clear that finally (finally!) over the last few years business have realised how crictical your brand and digital presence is across your site, partners sites, social and mobile.
So with that in mind it was rewarding we could finaly make some of those changes recently. And with a successful site refresh done in recent weeks, a very successful mobile site for our Open Day today (see below), and an amazingly successful Open Day offline and online campiagn I'm very proud of all of the work we have done in the organisation. Only possible thanks to some very hard work, lots of debate and a large amount of people who have worked with us on all these projects and helped make them a reality.
Now the really hard work begins : )
7-Up got a makeover in the last few months which I missed and it's looking good. Beautiful logo design, and am not missing the angled 7 of old.
Apparently no rebranding happening in the USA which is odd, being the giant soda guzzlers the market is, but it turns out in the USA the brand is owned by Dr.Pepper Snapple Group, and all over the rest of the world we have Pepsico owning it. Kinda daft for such a large brand to not unite. However, the USA are getting retro 70's and 80's designs of 7-Up with 'real sugar' flashed across the product.
Wow. Sugar just became 'retro'...
Check out the beautiful vintage artwork in the sites history section.
The new brand still shows the iconic red dot, and new yellow and old green for lemon and lime. It's one thats always been very iconic to me, and was a favourite drink of mine as a kid and this is a really nice fresh brand update that really works.
Fantast-ique! Applies to many, many things, but particularly love the ugly sauce section.
Sat on this for weeks, but only getting a chance now to post this great info graphic of how colour affects your experience of the web so much.
And you thought you bought that thing cos you needed it! 8D
Thanks to Mrs. 'I am reading every link on the interwebs' Iza B for the share.
If your a web head follow her; http://twitter.com/mr0wka18
This ten minute demo gameplay in HD shows a fairly complex looking game in this, the third Bioshock game. However, a great design overall, and good to see a much needed voice for the main character.
I never get time for games it seems these days but great fun to watch this video and get a taste.
Related Posts:
http://stephenrossscott.com/bioshock-infinite-trailer-from-under-the-sea
http://stephenrossscott.com/shock-to-the-system-0
The Oatmeal just hits it on the money again. Very well captured reasons why some designers just can't let go, and why some clients are full of 'the runs'.
Genius.
Click the linky to view the full strip:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_changes
One for fellow web design/UX/Simplicity nerds. Beautiful, simple, and colourful! I may drool over this on paper so had better buy a laminated version...
Acquired via 'shares too much good stuff that keeps me far too distracted' http://twitter.com/Mr0wka18
I posted about this subject a few weeks ago but it's only getting bigger. So if your a business or have something to promote and you've established your facebook presence, then here's what you should be looking at next.
Like peacocks on display, many companies are showing off where they can with what some call a vanity page, fan page, or an FBML page (facebook markup language page), or as I call it a 'welcome' page. It certainly seems to be the current hot potato in what to do next in your social media space.
The wall will still rule for info updates, but this can be an effective entry point and welcome mat for new customers, and much less confusing and welcoming for parents and older non FB users.Therefore certainly part of the customer experience, and to show more effort in this space and have a presentable tabbed 'welcome page'.
Smashing magazine lists as usual and amazingly detailed selection of pages and examples with top tips. Essential reading for facebook marketers.
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