links for 2009-10-07

"Don’t you just love it when things run smoothly? It becomes clear that a harmonious working relationship, like any relationship, involves input from both parties". Great breakdown of some of the key elements in a surely-too-good-to-be-true relationship between client and agency

"In a keynote speech on digital media at the International Olympic Committee’s Congress, Martin Sorrell (CEO of London-based agency WPP Group) urged the IOC to embrace younger generations and 'learn from the likes of YouTube or risk losing young viewers for life.'"

"I enjoy seeing flows which try to capture more complex activities. After all, interfaces are under constant strain from various people which use it in a multitude of ways. Carlos has just shared a sample which represents a flow containing at least three different persons attempting to interact with the same interface. The different coloured paths uniquely indicate how the different users take twists and turns over the same screens."

"The site uses a well considered and concise format for the articles, making it really easy to read. I think it’s still in Beta, but it looks almost ready to me."

New website for Kew Gardens from the Guardian Professional team in Herbal Hill

Useful for when someone is in full cry with "The fold! The fold! It all must be above the fold!"

"151,555 of the increase (or 78% of the total) is down to just one account - that of @guardiantech (which owes its popularity to its place on the Twitter Suggested User List). Indeed, of the 131 accounts I'm tracking, 51 have fewer followers than me!"

"Those Who Dared is a collection of Guardian and Observer journalism covering tales of endurance and derring-do, from the past 200 years. The Guardian and The Observer have always keenly reported the world of exploration and adventure travel,In the 19th century, they covered the British and European explorers who were trying to fill in the 'blanks on the map' - crossing deserts, racing to the poles, searching for the source of the Nile and trying to be the first to master the peaks of the Alps, and, later, the Himalaya."