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Recent happenings, highlights and points of interest in the dynamic world of graphic and web design.
Google's Story of Parisian Love
This primetime Superbowl advert, tells a story of love, or at least what is presumably one boy's search for romance. The ad delivers a clever, subtle, and yet delicately immotive statement on how Google's search engine has become a quintessential part of our everyday lives - its even useful in helping with romance.
One YouTube commenter in particular was undoubtedly what Google had been hoping for. “ahhh was watching the superbowl (coincidentally as an American girl in Paris ) and this made me cry!!” said gabriellepomay. “Best ad of the whole superbowl!”
Beautilfully simple!
Facebook Now Has 250 Million Users!
Below is pretty neat map that illustrates Facebook's growth to 250 million users:
As a marketing tool - with the sheer mass of people who are now members - Facebook has secured itself as one of the best ways to get your message out there.
A word of caution - do not spend all your time in the online world of friends, family & fans - remember to get out there and see real people. There is no promotion like word-of-mouth, tools like Facebook help to generate this.
Joomla 1.6 coming soon!
Joomla 1.6 is progressing quickly - and a beta release is expected early in August!
There are plenty of super cool new features and changes to watch out for - so check out Joomla 1.6 Project Lead Andrew Eddiewho tells us all about what to expect:
The notes for this presentation can be found here.
Firefox 3.5 is out!
The world's most feature-rich and customisable browser just got a brand new bag - Firefox is now "faster, safer, smarter & better!" Those that have grown to love Firefox over the years - this is a "major" update still. For those who have yet to join the Firefox revolution - get aboard now and you will never look back at Internet Explorer in the same way again. You have been warned!
Download your free copy of the award-winning Mozilla Firefox browser today (click here).