December 5th, 2006
Tradingeye Shop Pro, ecommerce solutions for UK businesses As recommended by Malarkey. (tags: webdesign ecommerce) Information Architecture 3.0 Over the past decade, information architecture has matured as a role, discipline, and community. (tags: webdesign IA)
December 2nd, 2006
Don’t start with the home page “These screens and their siblings will inevitably dictate what should and shouldn’t appear on the dashboard or home page.” (tags: webdesign webapps) Vertical centering with CSS that ag old problem – something thats easily achieved with tables needs CSS mastery to do well without them. (tags: webdesign css) How […]
November 29th, 2006
Resolution vs. browser size vs. fixed or adaptive width Some great links and discussion on 456 Berea Street about screen resolution, os platforms and screen real estate. I’d say this is THE probelm to solve in webdesign right now. (tags: webdesign layout)
November 28th, 2006
Thoughts on the Impending Death of Information Architecture “Many of the artifacts that IAs create: site maps, navigation systems, taxonomies, are information models built on the assumption that a single way to organize things can suit all users…” (tags: webdesign) Inline image quotes Similar to block-level image quotes but looks nicer. (tags: webdesign) Web 2.0 […]
November 26th, 2006
Job Details – E-Learning Support Co-ordinator If you can make head or tail of the job spec, this could be an interesting job. “helping to develop and exploit…asynchronous and synchronous communications tools, online calendars and e-portfolios.” (tags: webdesign jobs) YouTube – Chocky abandons Matthew Ha! I knew i hadn’t dreampt up Chocky. Here’s a utube […]
November 25th, 2006
Mastering the art of elastic web design If there’s one thing I want to master in 2007 it’s the art of elastic web design. There are a numbe rof things that have prevented me using this technique commercially. 1. Fixed width elements (movies, images) and 2. Clients. (tags: webdesign layout)
November 24th, 2006
XFN to solve repetitive strain injury? The amount of buzz this is getting leads me to think that it can’t be far off till a new web2.0 concensus is formed. Great idea: you write your personal info once and you tell new websites where that info is. (tags: webdesign microformats)
November 23rd, 2006
GoogleOS: What To Expect Some interesting thoughts on how a Google operating system might manifest itself. A full Linux distro, a web based app or a lightweight Linux distro. (tags: google linux webapps) kuler – colour scheme generator from Adobe Possibly the best colour scheme generator ive seen. (tags: colour webdesign) Show / Hide content […]
November 21st, 2006
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design by Andy Clarke Here’s a CSS book to buy. The website reminds me more than a little of the design of my own site circa Jan 2006 to last week! (tags: webdesign css) U2 – 18 Singles What’s the point of this release then? New single cash-in? […]
November 19th, 2006
Stephen, Shay, Deans and I spent saturday morning enjoying the fresh autumnal air whilst walking around a six mile walk in Salcey Forest, near Milton Keynes. The ground was pretty muddy so we did well to bring our Gortex-enabled hiking boots. Well, that is except Stephen who was rambling around in an old pair of […]