Blog

Oct 11, 2008

by Ben

Lately, we've been doing quite a bit of work
on sites which involve Multivariate testing.
It's quite interesting, but hard to explain...

In a nutshell, MV testing means testing lots of little changes or variations to a web site to see what works. Does bold orange type work better than small grey type? Should we show the price on this page or not at all?

Sep 12, 2008

by Ben

Snapshot of
our latest work

Some of the projects we've been working on lately, including Beauty Heaven, Kleenex Puppy, Republic of Everyone, and that Kotex Beaver.

Sep 11, 2008

by Ben

We've been
found out...

Those cunning William Gibson fans have found us out

Apr 26, 2008

by Ben

How we work:
refactoring a design

We've recently spent some time adding some new features to a site that we built a while back. Part of this involved refactoring or rethinking an existing page design. This post explains the problems, how they came about, and how we fixed them.

Mar 19, 2008

by Dan

Earth Hour goes 3D!

Dec 17, 2007

by Dan

Earth Hour 2008

Oct 30, 2007

by Ben

sign up forms are tricky to do well

Oct 12, 2007

by Ben

le grand content

Aug 16, 2007

by Ben

Oooh we've been busy little ants...

Here are a few of the projects that have been keeping us busy lately

Jul 23, 2007

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Building a meaningful forum

One of the things that we're constantly on about here at Red Ant is meaningful interaction. A website is all well and good if it gets a gajillion hits, but, if those hits are from bots or the human equivalent, then the only meaningful thing that you'll have at the end is a large bill from your hosting provider.

Jul 09, 2007

by Dan

Text Cloud in Flash

This post outlines an idea that we’ve come up with for visualising a list of information in interesting ways. We’ve included some code examples, a live example, and you can download the source code to roll your own.

Jun 26, 2007

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You've tried the website,
now get the desktop

It's been a few months now since we redesigned our website, and we're thrilled with the responses we've had. We've created a set of desktop wallpapers based on the design. Download yours today!

Jun 19, 2007

by Ben

Red Ant creative
award at UTS

This year, we've started sponsoring a design prize at the University of Technology, Sydney for excellence in web design.

Jun 07, 2007

by Ben

Ever wondered
what your spamtail
looks like?

Analysis of how frequently certain words appear in spam comments left on our blog.

May 26, 2007

by Ben

Interface friction on job sites

An analysis of the number of steps required to post a job on two job sites.