Tuesday reads

Each Tuesday this year, I’m going to share some of the things I’ve been reading which I have been inspired by or learnt from.

Google have released new research: Principles of Mobile Site Design: Delight Users and Drive Conversions. Nothing profound or new in there, but good solid advice.

A helpful summary of The Pros, Cons and Costs of the Top 10 Content Distribution Platforms: includes Outbrain, Facebook Sponsored Posts, Promoted Tweets and Disqus.

I miss the old blogosphere — we’ve gained a lot, but we’ve also lost something – some good thoughts in this article, including:

• The switch from blogs being about individual personalities to being about brands.
• The switch from headed debates on blogs to filtered debates controlled by third parties.

Animatron looks like an interesting animation tool using HTML5.