Digital Things of Interest 30 August 2017 I was pretty interested to go and read the things I’ve linked to in the Digital Things of Interest for 30th August 2017. Mainly this was because I try and post some interesting things (almost) every day, and I thought you might be interested in these nuggets as well: – A $500 gadget which can brute-force an iPhone7; – How AI should be used for / explained by stories; – A good list of interesting learnings from launching a software product; – An infographic about programmatic advertising which ignores the elephant in the room. #iPhone #ArtificialIntelligence #Storytelling #Learning #SmallBiz #Programmatic … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 29 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 29 August 2017, which includes these exciting entities: – Even Big Corp PLC makes horrendous marketing and data mistakes; – Too much fake news on social media makes your eyes bleed* ; – Fun advice for newbie designers (wear a shirt, just once); – I ghosted my ex – bit of a tale this one. – * Honest, it does! #BigData #DigitalMarketing #FakeNews #SocialMedia #WebDesign #ModernLife … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 24 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 24 August 2017, which includes the following fabulous foibles: – Shocking news the people will give up their privacy for a slice of pizza; – The revelation that Amazon basically owns Seattle; – A geeky look at the UX design of the credit card payment form; – Facebook adding publisher logos to news links to combat fake news. #SocialMedia #Facebook #FakeNews #DataPrivacy #Amazon #UX #WebDesign … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 23 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 23 August 2017, which includes the following enlightening exhibits: – A report on how Earned Media drives lead gen and consumer trust ; – Notes on Twist a new comms and collaboration app from the makers; – Interesting reading on when your brain peaks at learning and applying knowledge; – News that Facebook is starting to deal with video spam. #DigitalMarketing #Productivity #Facebook #FacebookVideo #Learning … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 22 August 2017 Click to read these Digital Things of Interest for 22 August 2017, which includes: – The rise of fraud in influencer marketing; – Fairfax Media’s new commercial digital strategy; – A quick look at some dangerous digital design trends; – 5 productivity tips from proper procrastinators #DigitalMarketing #SocialMedia #InfluencerMarketing #AdStrategy #WebDesign #ProjectManagement … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 21 August 2017 Click to read these Digital Things of Interest for 21 August 2017, which includes: – A nifty e-paper tablet nearing production; – Push notifications can increase engagement, or drive users wild; – GDPR is going to be big – for users and advertisers; – The $$$ outcomes of a whole heap of big tech IPOs. #DigitalTechnology #DigitalMarketing #AppStrategy #DataPrivacy #GDPR … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 19 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 19 August 2017, which includes these knowledgeable nuggets: – PageSpeed is dead to this browser extension; – Sneaky priming in social media; – When to use UX as bad design; – Nokia goes for a ‘bothie’ camera. Interesting #PageSpeed #SocialMedia #BrandBuilding #UserExperience #WebDesign #MobilePhones … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 18 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 18th August 2017, which includes the following exceptional entities: – Facebook Watch copying YouTube; – LinkedIn’s new “Connection Active” feature; – Great article about when to use Web Fonts; – A great geeky page about keyboards through time. #Facebook #LinkedIn #SocialMedia #WebFonts #UserExperience #GeekStuff … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 16 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 16 August 2017, which includes: – Facebook acquiring a German video specialist, possibly for AR; – Snippets from Deloitte’s Mobile Consumer Survey; – How a Single Word Drove 161% CTR improvement; – News that IoT smart locks have been borked by an OTA update. Oops. #Facebook #MobilePhones #Conversions #IOT #AugmentedReality #GrowthHacking … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 15 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 15 August 2017, which includes the following great gems of information: – Plandids taking over Instagram; – Thoughts on a PageSpeed preso from Google; – How to detect if numbers are random; – Roomba could sell maps of your home; #Instagram #SocialMedia #PageSpeed #KnowYourNumbers #DataPrivacy … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 09 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 09 August 2017, which includes some interesting articles on: – Uber drivers ganging up to beat the algorithms; – King Content goes down the gurgler; – Top-notch content numbers from LinkedIn & BuzzSumo; – Funny freelancer achievement stickers. #ContentStrategy #ContentMarketing #ArtificialIntelligence #Freelancing … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 08 August 2017 Read the Digital Things of Interest for 08 August 2017, which includes digital news, a study and a how-to guide – mainly across social media and content marketing today: – Facebook using PageSpeed as part of the Newsfeed algo; – A how to article on beating the NewsFeed algo; – A study from Buffer across 16 million social media posts; – *That* Google engineer has been fired. #Facebook #SocialMedia #DigitalMarketing #ContentMarketing #NewsFeed #PageSpeed … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 07 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 07 August 2017, which includes: – Apple hiring mappers – hope they get it right this time; – PWA vs Native Apps (PWA all the way, let’s hope); – Email Whaling – things you didn’t know you didn’t know; – Big infographic about colour, psychology and the web, and I mean big. #Apple #PWA #Apps #UserExperience #WebDesign #Conversions … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 06 August 2017 Read the Digital Things of Interest for 06 August 2017, which includes these terrific tidbits: – A cracking example of great content obliterated by poor design; – AMP deep linking to Apps; – HBR cheerleading AI; – A celebration of the iPhone at 10. #ContentStrategy #AMP #ArtificialIntelligence #UserExperience #iPhone #Apps … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 05 August 2017 Read the Digital Things of Interest for 05 August 2017, which includes these stupendous snippets: – Yet another note for devs about Googlebot and JavaScript; – The EU is on the hunt for a company to monitor Google; – 20 years since the USC ruled on the CDA and gave us a (relatively) open internet; – A silly post about social media posting frequency. #SEO #JavaScript #Google #SocialMedia #ContentStrategy … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 04 August 2017 Read the Digital Things of Interest for 04 August 2017. The delectable delights include: – Google Play ranking factors; – Google offering $30 billion for Snap; – CommBank’s Albert leaving blind people struggling; – Academia yarns about hypertext, semantics and knowledge graphs. #GooglePlay #Google #UserExperience #SemanticWeb #SocialMedia #KnowledgeGraph… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 03 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 03 August 2017, which includes: – Android dev releases have Chrome’s ad-blocker installed. – Apple ditches Nano & Shuffle. – The sad, sad tale of Winamp’s journey to oblivion. – Facebook advertisers are paying to promote news stories which mention their brand. #AdBlocking #GoogleChrome #Apple #MusicPlayers #Facebook #DigitalMarketing #NewsFeed #Android … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 02 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 02 August 2017, which includes: – Widespread cheering at the news that Flash is being killed off. Hooray!; – AI is apparently inventing languages humans can’t understand. It’s called gibberish; – Viewing in landscape is making a comeback as screen sizes increase; – Ways to chill out by turning off push notifications. #Flash #ArtificialIntelligence #UserExperience #MobilePhones … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 01 August 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 01 August 2017, which includes: – 3 mistakes people make with CTA buttons, from Gill Andrews; – The news that Google Photos 3 is out, and it’s sharing your pics automatically; – 6 mistakes people commonly make with CRO; – Adobe catches up with the world and realises mobile experiences aren’t all that hot. #DigitalMarketing #Conversions #CRO #MobileFirst #UserExperience #GooglePhotos … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Digital Things of Interest 31 July 2017 Read these Digital Things of Interest for 31 July 2017, which includes: – 5 digital trends you should be on top of; – A nice piece about using eye tracking to aid design; – The news that Volvo self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos. Like the rest of us then; – BuzzSumo’s massive social media headline analysis. Self-fulfilling, or what? #DigitalMarketing #SocialMedia #UserExperience #WebDesign #AutonomousDriving … Read More Like this:Like Loading...