The 2008 Webby Awards winners were announced not too long ago. There is a lot of great work featured in categories ranging from Activism to Youth. Winners include: Flickr.com, Wired.com, Apple.com, Ted.com, PostSecret, and many more.
Sadly, I Can Has Cheezburger? did not win the humor category.
Check out all the winners for yourself.
1 comment | Posted by Annette @ July 3rd, 2008
I guess the days of calling layers and symbols within Flash “asdf” and “Symbol1, Symbol2″ etc. are over. Unfortunately, there will probably be a lot a attempts to use ActionScript to game the system by unscrupulous developers. It’s likely the actual spidering method and guidelines will be tweaked a lot in the coming months. In the meantime, it’s probably a good idea to look at your existing Flash sites and see what can be tweaked to be more search-friendly.
Related: Google
Add comment | Posted by Mike @ July 1st, 2008
But, these cookies rock all over yours.
Part of my job as user research manager is to make sure that our clients who observe usability have a unique, high-quality experience that also may include a sugar high stemming from some of the best cookies on the planet.
When I first started hosting usability, Emily suggested that we bring in Tank Goodness Cookies as an extra special treat for our clients – which we now do for almost every usability lab. Tank Goodness bakes chocolate chip oatmeal cookies on order and pulls them from the oven immediately before sticking them in an insulated bag, zooming across the city and delivering them – still warm – to the office. Add a half gallon of milk and it’s close to heaven.
These cookies have been huge hit for clients (and staff who get to eat the left-overs) and Dennis and Ann Tank are a true pleasure to work with providing an excellent user experience all the way around.
Add comment | Posted by Telari @ June 27th, 2008
ICANN is moving forward with a proposal to allow for the expansion of domain name rules. Currently there are only 21 top level domains ( .com, .org, .info., etc.). This new proposal allows for an almost unlimited number of domains:
http://www.apple.support
http://www.mickey.mouse
http://www.867.5309
http://www.omg.lol (that one won’t last)
See the details here:
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-26jun08-en.htm
Add comment | Posted by Mike @ June 26th, 2008
YouTube announced some new features recently. Now you can do the following:
The best part is that the user can turn these things off if they find them to be distracting. I think this is a nice balance between the content creator and their intent and the audience.
If you want to know how, YouTube has all the details.
Add comment | Posted by Jennifer @ June 25th, 2008
