Design Inspiration #10

Posted by on December 9th, 2011 | No Comments

Another set of web design inspiration from Inspiredology, Tao Community, Kansas City Creep Fest, Chart.io, The Combine. Design inspiration is a weekly post that showcases examples of some of the best new web design from around the internet. To submit to Design Inspiration, click the “submit” tab at the top of the page and follow [...]

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Flipboard is great, but…

Posted by on December 7th, 2011 | No Comments

As you may have heard Flipboard has finally launched for the iPhone after previously only being available for the iPad. Flipboard is one of the leading content consumption apps for the iPad, and offers a beautiful and slick “digital magazine” type experience. But is Flipboard really all it’s cracked up to be? I was excited [...]

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Why personal branding will become more important than a degree

Posted by on December 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment

The rise of the Internet has meant that we now have many exciting new opportunities for the very first time. Once such opportunity is “personal branding”. It is now incredibly easy to build a following, gain reputation in an industry and become an authority in our respective fields. Personal branding can open up new opportunities [...]

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10 of the most annoying Facebook statuses ever!

Posted by on December 5th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Facebook has evolved into the go to place to spew random crap into the world. Is it just me, or are the majority of Facebook status updates annoying? After some careful observation, I’ve determined that the average Facebook updated can be categorised into one of the following 10 persona’s. 1. The “I feel the need [...]

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Design Inspiration #9

Posted by on December 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Colbow Design http://www.colbowdesign.com Themify Me http://themify.me You Know Who http://www.youknowwhodesign.com Jenny and Grayden http://www.jennyandgrayden.com Kyle Steed http://kylesteed.com

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Why Path will finally succumb to Facebook

Posted by on December 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Path have recently launched the 2.0 of their private social network with their ground breaking new mobile application. But Path continues to fail break through the niche and find its way into the main stream market. Supported by a freemium business model, Path is on the bleeding edge of mobile user interface design and experience, but how [...]

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The real reason why domain names don’t matter anymore

Posted by on November 30th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Inspired by the above tweet from Chris Sacca, I started to think about how domain names are becoming more a “nice to have” rather than a “got to have”. Sacca attributes this shift to three key areas, Twitter handles, search results and App Store names. Whilst Twitter handles and App Store names are very important, [...]

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10 inspiring “Meet the team” pages

Posted by on November 28th, 2011 | 1 Comment

“Meet the team” pages are an excellent way of humanising your company and showing the faces behind the business. A well designed “Meet the team” page can make the difference between an new business enquiry or losing a potential new customer. Some of the best examples of “Meet the team” pages including the following elements; [...]

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Design Inspiration #8

Posted by on November 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Gone Freelancing http://gonefreelancing.com Adham Dannaway http://www.adhamdannaway.com Alexandre Gomes http://www.alexandregomes.com.br Branded07 http://www.branded07.com Envato http://envato.com

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10 of the best car manufacturer websites

Posted by on November 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Perhaps you are looking to buy a new car, or just day dreaming about what you would love to own. Car manufacturer websites need to give the customer the essence of the brand and the car that they could one day own. Car manufacturer websites should be idealistic and dreamy, but also extremely usable. Customers [...]

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