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Designing a background for Twitter

8th March
2010
written by Hamish

So you want to tell the world everything you do? Seems that people are tweeting about all sort of stuff… i am not a massive fan but have had some clients who want there own look and feel.

I have put together a multilayer photoshop document so you can see what i belive is best practice within the twitter environment.
NB – this is for screen res of 1280 X 1024 and above.

Download the PSD document here | 1.14Mb

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Google now has Buzz?

10th February
2010
written by Hamish

It might not be a facebook killer as it has some limitations at this stage although any new products out there do cause the current main stream apps to rethink what they do… Hopefully this doesn’t lead to facebook having another interface  change.

(this is first product i have notice from google with out the word “beta” in the logo- http://www.google.com/buzz )

Some general stuff (from Googie’s mouth)

  • No setup needed
    Automatically follow the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail.
  • Share publicly or privately
    Publish your ideas to the world or just to your closest friends.
    Inbox integration
    Comments get sent right to your inbox so it’s easy to keep the conversation going.
  • Photo friendly
    See thumbnails with each post, and browse full-screen photos from popular sites.
  • Connect sites you already use
    Import your stuff from Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader.
  • See updates in real time
    New posts and comments pop in as they happen. No refresh required.
  • Just the good stuff
    Buzz recommends interesting posts and weeds out ones you’re likely to skip.

My thoughts - (correct me if i am wrong)

  • No setup needed
    Only if your with gmail already….
  • Share publicly or privately
    Nothing new here
    Inbox integration
    This is a plus! i hate face books email system – if you put more than a few links you have to do a human test
  • Photo friendly
    This is a plus although only if you have been already used other things like flickr, google photos and so on…
  • Connect sites you already use
    facebook does this…. snore
  • See updates in real time
    I dont like this – wave has a similar feature – i like to have about 30 seconds to realised i spelled annual leave wrong (true story)
  • Just the good stuff
    Sounds like another awesome spot for adverts
Summary – well do we really need it? probably not… the plus side is that it might make facebook rethink a few things like the email, photo limitations.
I think some people might like keeping facebook seperate to there email.
Any who – lets see this develop.
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