links for 2009-03-19

I'm confirmed as a speaker at this WebCertain event being hosted at the British Library in May. I'll be talking about "How Major Publishers are Using Social Media to Drive Traffic".

This thread about that simply astonishing Express article about Dunblane survivors has revived interest in my old "Ten things most likely to be on the Daily Express front page" post

A simple thing like breadcrumbs can get to be quite complex if you worry about it too much. This post has some really good examples of good and poor implementation

Design homage to beer packaging. Mmmmmmm...beer......

"The user doesn't come to a multimedia package thinking that he/she really wants to watch a video, or just really wants to see pictures. Rather, they are interested in digesting the story in whatever medium is presented because they are interested in the story, NOT the story type."

"Good lord, if EMI are experts in ensuring maximised revenue in an online marketplace, you'd hate to meet someone who only had half a clue, wouldn't you?"

"I have no desire whatsoever to desecrate the grave of seminal Manchester pop group The Stone Roses, 12.3.09". All this reunion chatter has made me dig out the old Stone Roses album on my iPod. That was a great teenage summer.

Simple but effective.