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26 Sep 2006Facebook is just a baby, only two years old. It is also the second largest social network on the web, with over 8 million members. Over the years it has expanded to include university, high school and company networks. Members can now upload an unlimited number of pictures. The most recent expansion is a news-feed that tracks what you and your friends are doing while on the Facebook site (posting comments, pictures, updating profile, etc). Read more about the History of Facebook NPR story...
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25 Sep 2006While researching online project management, I came across a website that lists many project management software applications. Brand recognition may be difficult with software and websites with such similar names, but rest assured our brand and logo will be superior! Check out: web-based-software.com I pulled together a sampling of logos from competitors. Download alphabetical listing of logos Download logos grouped by color
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25 Sep 2006"VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field." Learn more about VisualComplexity. The transportation maps seem to...
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23 Sep 2006Courtney and I were trying to guess what Pantone color the red in the Forum One logo was from our cap today. It's amusing that I came across this: someone's Flickr set dedicated to doing exactly that.
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22 Sep 2006For the past week I have been playing around with CrazyEgg which is a site that visualizes user traffic to your site. I've been testing it out on my dilapidated personal blog site, only to remind me how unvisited it is. In the past 3 days I have had 26 visitors who made 11 clicks from my homepage. Here are the CrazyEgg dashboard visuals: Dashboard: Overlay view: shows how which links have been visited, and pops up stats when you mouse over the + icons. List view: straight...
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22 Sep 2006They sit on boards of the largest companies in America. Many sit on government committees. They make decisions that affect our lives. They rule. Theyrule.net allows users to map out connections between top companies and top executives. Though the mapping can get a little messy, this interactive tool provides a visual representation of the old adage, "It's not what you know. It's who you know." They Rule provides a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class. It...
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21 Sep 2006articles vertical centering via css tips from a seasoned css designer and just for fun... atari 2600 keychains podcasts inspired by nam-ho's post, here's some design related podcasts. boagworld advice on managing and building websites practical web design
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21 Sep 2006Researching for their upcoming 3rd Edition of the Polar Bear book (AKA Information Architecture for the World Wide Web) the authors conducted a series of surveys on how Information Architecture is practiced. You can view the highlights of each of the survey results below: Survey 1: IA Trends Survey 2: Suggestions for the Third Edition Survey 3: Software for IA Survey 4: Input from IA Educators Survey 5: IA Education (for Practitioners) My favorite result is: Do you have...
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20 Sep 2006I'm always looking for examples of groups using online collaboration for social good, to reach key audiences with compelling content about important policy issues. And so it's fun to see that cosmetics giant Estee Lauder will be putting up a site about its "Advanced Night Repair" line of treatments with space for people to post their own testimonials about the products. The Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports that the testimonials posted by women (not men!?) will be "an...
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20 Sep 2006Online campaigning is picking up on growth of online video on YouTube and other sites, such as this spot on public education at "Give kids good schools" and this spot about Climate Change from a UK government advertisement. I wonder when You Tube will allow video posters to add live hyperlinks to the videos or video text? Technorati Tags: GiveKidsGoodSchools climatechange You Tube
