Animated (product) demo videos are becoming a lot more popular these days. Did you know that such videos increase your customer’s retention rate by around 50%? Did you also know that there will be more use of animation and video in 2012 due to increased mobile usage? This means it’s a lucrative time to get …

Looks like animation is continuing to sweep the web. Here’s a clip, created by Flemingsteele, for Chris Brogan and his Humanizing Business… business. You can find the blog post here:

Brave, set to hit cinemas in 2012, is Pixar-Disney’s first film with a female lead, and is breaking lots of new grounds.

Was reading an article on CSS-Tricks today, and noticed a couple of subtle (but effective) animation effects here and there. The above video highlights some rather smooth roll-over effects, whereby a logo slides in from the right of the panel you place your cursor over. This video shows a very subtle shadow fade on roll-over, …

A couple websites like Google, Posterous and Zendesk, are featuring more and more 2D animations explaining their products and services, but how else does animation aid a site? Is it more than just the simple, subtle transition effects for drop-downs and jQuery sliders? Let’s explore.

Here’s a great piece of animation done by my dear friend Kanlaya Padungsin. Although this was done in 2009, it still gives me goose-bumps, so I thought I’d share it with everyone!

At work, we came across this issue where, once you’ve added a swf to a live site, you’re prompted by a username and password box. There weren’t any other articles on the web with a solution to this, so I decided to create one.

Last night I had the pleasure of watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes and, boy, was I inspired afterwards! I believe the story was superbly executed, from the similarities drawn between the main character and Julius Caesar, to the backdrop of the relationship between a scientist and his father’s Alzheimer. Who would’ve thought that …

Australian animators Katrina Mathers, Jack Parry, Huni Bolliger, and Darren Bell, give their advice on getting into the animation industry at the “Careers in Animation Forum” at the 2011 Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF).

Storytelling has been a core part of culture since mankind first learned how to communicate but, in a world filled with information overload, it seems like we are yearning for stories that help make sense of it all. Not only that, but stories that make us active participants, not simply passive viewers.

A review on Mike Prasad’s talk at iStrategy, Melbourne, Australia, on the future of social media and 10 trends that will change your business.