INTERBRAND TAKES lots of ingredients into account when ranking the world’s most valuable brands. To even qualify for the list, each brand must derive about a third of its earnings outside its home country, be recognizable outside of its base of customers, and have publicly available marketing and financial data. One or more of those criteria eliminate such heavyweights as Visa, Wal-Mart, Mars, and CNN.
The Web’s Most Viral Ads July 31, 2006
Online video ads are meant for cheap laughs, but getting them onto the Net and influencing viewers is no joke. Companies are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to create humorous ads in hopes they’ll go “viral” — what it’s called when computer users spread content throughout the Internet via personal Web sites, blogs, and e-mails. The appeal of viral video has long been the potential to reach millions of viewers, without the hefty placement fees to media companies.
Interaction design pattern July 31, 2006
Interaction design (ID) pattern is a general repeatable solution to a commonly-occurring usability problem in interface design or interaction design.
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Uses of pattern
1. Avoid repeating errors
2. Introduce existing interaction system to new designers.
3. Used for training and education.
5 Web Design Patterns for Happy Users July 31, 2006
In terms of designing for the web, a Design Pattern can be defined as a repeatable solution to a commonly-occurring usability problem. Design Patterns can vary from being strict ideologies on how you should lay out code, to more general methodologies on how you can make interacting with a website more natural and less frustrating.
30 Hornets vs. 30,000 Bees July 30, 2006
A short video about how a group of 30 hornets can slaughter a European Honey Bee colony of 30,000.
Babel July 29, 2006
Babel. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo.
20/20 report on Graphic Design July 27, 2006
John Stossel does a short report on the three common design mistakes Americans make.
Digg Labs July 27, 2006
Digg Stack shows diggs occuring in real time on up to 100 stories at once. Diggers fall from above and stack up on popular stories. Brightly colored stories have more diggs.
Digg Swarm draws a circle for stories as they’re dugg. Diggers swarm around stories, and make them grow. Brightly colored stories have more diggs.
