Design is Easy

Sorry!

sipoole — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:17:47 +0000

It’s been a while since I posted here, work has been far to crazy. On the upside I’ve almost finished recruiting for my team but still need to find a junior rich media designer!

AJAX form validation

sipoole — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:24:56 +0000

Great article from smashing magazine explaining the differences between client side and server side validation…

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/07/web-form-validation-best-practices-and-tutorials/

This is a great jQuery tutorial from the article…

http://jqueryfordesigners.com/using-ajax-to-validate-forms/

Great post about cupcakes (iteration)

sipoole — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:42:09 +0000

http://www.contrast.ie/blog/tasty-little-cupcakes/?preview=true

Good article on Calls to Action

sipoole — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:36:59 +0000

http://econsultancy.com/blog/4064-call-to-action-button-design

25 Excellent typography tools!

sipoole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:15:12 +0000

I especially like the SIFR maker!

http://sixrevisions.com/tools/25-excellent-typography-tools-for-the-serious-designer/

Idea generation website for best buy!

sipoole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:04:09 +0000

Both of these sites are a innovative way of gathering info from your users.

http://bestbuyideax.com/

http://getsatisfaction.com/

Napkee combined with Balsamiq! It’s the future!

sipoole — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:59:27 +0000

Can’t wait to get hold of this!

http://www.napkee.com

A/B testing results 2% increase in conversion!

sipoole — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:11:08 +0000

Its great to see this kind of stuff, a 2% increase in conversion on the Try it button by changing the ‘See the Tour’ button to a text link!

http://b.lesseverything.com/2009/5/22/ui-testing-results-for-lessaccounting-com

http://b.lesseverything.com/2009/6/15/ui-test-results-3

Vodafone launches Twitter/Google Maps mash-up

sipoole — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:40:07 +0000

Very nice Twitter/Google map mashup from Vodafone, the ticker on the left is great when its bringing new tweets!

http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/DigitalPM/News/912677/Vodafone-launches-Twitter-Google-Maps-mash-up-UK-holiday-makers/?DCMP=EMC-Media-PM-Bulletin

http://www.ukholsmap.com/

Google quick search box for mac…

sipoole — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:10:25 +0000

This search box looks pretty nifty, shame I cant install it on my office desktop!!

http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-google-quick-search-box.html

Also links to google blogs, some interesting stuff about gmail for iPhone on the mobile one.

http://googlemac.blogspot.com/

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/