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Well, I had a great time at MIX08. The session I thought went really well, and the feedback from people who were there was really good. The session is now up at: http://visitmix.com/blogs/2008Sessions/C03/ and this is also the place to give your feedback. This is always welcome, and in fact, it's pretty much required! We always encourage brands ...

Something really cool today from the Windows Live Services team. Using the Live Messenger services, and the Live Search services to create 'social search' - or in my book, a nice way of being able to share online research with someone - or a group. The announcement from Angus ...

Everyone knows Flickr is a great community platform for sharing digital photos with friends and family. However, Flickr is also a great tool for capturing, organising and sharing Design Patterns or collections of Interface Designs.  Here are a few examples of people doing this... DragonVista’s collection of 500+ ecommerce home ...

Am I one of the rare breed of eBay virgins who has resisted the allure of this auction site for over a decade?  If so, the clan is one man less as I was deflowered this weekend after years of resistance.  I finally succumbed to the charm of eBay as a seller tempted me with a delicious and extremely rare compilation CD (limited to ...

From Rich Griffin and myself at MIX:UK.  Software + services continues its momentum into MIX:UK as George Moore talks about the future, some of the conflicts of client and server and what the future holds. Consumers will push this forwards with the help of Microsoft and its partner build “Software as a Service” applications, ...

About three times a year I have a debate with someone calling from American Express about data security and identity theft. I've never blogged it before, because I didn't have an answer - and nobody likes a ranter!  Now read on: My mobile phone rings - the called ID says "witheld" or "private" and someone says ...

I saw a slogan on the side of a bus the other day: "Swap laptops for flip-flops" This is the latest in a long line of media and advertising that suggests that the computer is a part of our work lives, and that generally we should loathe it. Also that it is never part of our leisure lives; something we might actually enjoy ...

Here's a good example of a marketing team that understand how the internet works, and are using the tools effectively, without simply 'jumping on the bandwagon'. Virgin America is a new domestic US airline, under the Virgin brand. Initially, they found it hard to get government approval to fly, partly because of the involvement of a ...

A client recently asked me whether the Courtesy Title field for their Contact Form should be a drop-down menu or a text-input control.  This conundrum needs to account for this client’s impressive International clientele.  Not just your regular Mr & Mrs but the full spectrum of titles ranging from Spiritual Leaders to ...

Amazon - purveyor of books. Sorry, purveyor of books and CDs. Sorry, books, CDs and videos DVDs. Actually, I guess it's now books, CDs, DVDs, t-shirts, cameras, mp3 players, duvets, ovens, garden gnomes,... you get the idea. Well, they've finally forgotten why they came to the party in the first place. They're so overwhelmed ...