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! 
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
Click the image or here for the full size beast of this beautiful favicon representation, of the most visited websites according to Alexa.
Interesting to see how immensely popular file downloads are, and of course porn. Some that seem to be missing such as Amazon which I guess is in there somewhere, but as one of the worlds biggest sites seems to be missing or just way smaller than my eye can see.
I must be old when I remember life before memes really took hold, and we just had strange people on the web... Tron guy anyone?
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
Ok, say what you will, I ♥ Starbucks. The brand, the logo, the products, one of a few elite brands I really, really like. Why? Well aside form the afore mentioned, in the majority they make the customer experience an excellent one for me.* It's not cheap, but I want an excellent drink and not a cheap one, and that expense does provide some nice promos form time to time, and some have hit Australia recently.
If your a big Tea drinker like me, pop in to your local Australian Starbucks for a totally free cup of any tea.... That's it, a free cuppa, no strings attached! Not only that but you'll get a small loyalty card and keep coming in until 31 August 2010 and you'll get your 6th cup also free. At the rate I drink thats oh...a few days : )
Also top up your Starbucks card, (cool new design above-which erm goes with my Starbucks cups and coasters at home-I said I was an addict!!) with $35 of credit and get another free drink of your choice and size.
*aside from the utterly lame Australian Starbucks website when you compare it with the USA site. Get yer finger out Starbucks Australia!
As a member of the rather excellent http://webstandardsgroup.org (WSG) here in Melbourne I not only get to meet some really truly interesting people, but via their excellent WSG newsletter comes many a gem, and this one came today, ultimately via @rachelbotsman
It answers what many web heads like myself often get asked, which is ultimatley how do get thier product/service/department to be really successful online? Many here the word adn assume they need the 'viral' effect. These slides articulate really well how that's not what you should be after at all, and provides the best breakdown of what viral truly is and what you really should be aiming for...
As a bit of a web addict, this is very much how it feels!
Real genius here at work in these slides, as it shares visually the work that has to go in to social media management. And it really is work. Yes, you lot scoffing at the back, I know many of you think I must just 'do twitter' or 'facespace' all day. (As one person called it not that long ago to me.) Let Olivier Blanchard show you how to navigate through the Social media bullshit many 'social media experts' or consultants will tell you. Show me the realz! Thats me on slide 20 BTW : )
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