Twitter backgrounds
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by shibl in Blog, Social Media
Smashing Magazine has a great article on the best practices for Twitter profile backgrounds.
It has loads of examples that will inspire you if you are thinking about changing your background.
What is important to remember:
1- Scalability
Don’t forget that users have different screen sizes, so the background has to look good in all sizes.
Test it on both small and large.
An easy solution is to go with small patterns or abstract images, but the article has many other scalable examples.
2- Impact
The best backgrounds create an emotional response and differentiate you from the crow. Go with bold colors and patterns and dare to be wild.
3- Fun
The culture of twitter is friendly, zany, informal and playful. Keep this in mind when building your background.
Happy tweeting.
Get rid of the Digg button
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by shibl in Know How, Social Media
says Get Elastic in their analysis of the
Top 10 Web 2.0 Activities for Ecommerce:
if I could add a #0 to this list (absolutely no impact) it’s Digg This buttons. I see them often on top retailer sites and that puzzles me. It takes an extremely hot story to get popular on Digg. It’s a bit like asking customers to nominate you for President.