Archive for April, 2008

Morgan Stanley Reports on Internet Trends – Social Media Taking Over

Morgan Stanley issued a recent report on internet trends with particular emphasis on the impact of social media (among other factors like mobile, emerging markets, and video). No big surprises, however, it’s interesting how quickly the landscape is changing — currently, 6 of the top 10 websites (according to Alexa traffic rankings) are social [...]

Design and Branding Inspiration

Need some creative inspiration? Here is a list of my favorite resources on the web…

Faveup provides design inspiration in four different flavors: Logos, Business Cards, CSS Websites, and Flash Websites.
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Webcreme is a very simple website gallery showing some of the newest and best CSS websites.
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DesignFlavr is a graphic art gallery showcasing some of the latest [...]

Mahalo: Search Powered By Humans

Recently there’s been some buzz about Mahalo (something about rolling out microformats) so I decided to take a closer look at this site and I am, for the most part, impressed.
Mahalo is basically a new breed of search engine wiki-based search directory that relies on humans to power it. The idea is that users [...]

3 Reasons Why Facebook Will Die Soon

It’s just a matter of time before Facebook’s honeymoon is over. Although, it seems that social network juggernaut is indestructible, I don’t think the fairytale will last for too much longer. Here is why it fails:
1. Too much clutter — what turned me on Facebook from the beginning was the simple, clean user [...]

Google Is Still Master of the F**king Universe

With no surprise, Google has retained it’s title as the most powerful global brand (back-to-back wins) with a valuation of $86 Billion — just two years ago they were in 7th place while MSFT held top position.
According to Millward Brown’s BrandZ Top 100 Ranking, this years top 10 look like this:
1. Google ($86 Billion)
2. General [...]