24 June//
As you may have noticed there's been a few changes around here. Although the main structure of the site doesn't look too different on the surface I pretty much went to town on the back-end and ripped a lot of it out and started again. I've been meaning to make what I thought was going to be a few simple tweaks and improvements for a few weeks and when I finally got around to it this past week I had to take the site offline as I started to rip out a lot of the core functions. Apologies for any inconvenience but things should be back up ...
10 June//
There’s been plenty of talk lately on the web design process triggered by the seemingly innocuous post from 37Signals. Some people took offence to them suggesting the visual composition stage of the process is unnecessary and hit back expressing how important the solid visuals were to their design process. (I’m deliberately not specifying Photoshop as the design tool even thought it was mentioned in their post. Choice of tools is irrelevant for the focus of this post). I was slightly surprised at first by the amount ...
30 April//
So it’s been a while. Almost four long years in since I last blogged or had anything of notable content on my website. After a long break however following on from a recent change in career direction I thought it was about time to get something a little more interesting than a holding page up on my site.
For the re-launch I’ve decided to go back to the beginning and start afresh. Any old blog entries are pretty much all null and void after so long in the archives so there’s very little point in ...
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Flash to become Searchable
One of the biggest gripes about Flash is the lack of search engine support. Adobe now plan to address this problem by providing a special Flash Player to Google and Yahoo! which allows search engines to crawl content contained within an SWF.
Gorgeous Transparent Type Posters
I absolutely love this set of 5 limited edition posters by French graphic design couple Fabien and Frederique Barral. Only 100 of each are in print and now there’s one less because I couldn’t resist a purchase :)
Ten Commandments on Design
Dieter Rams lists ten design commandments to design by in any medium. It may not always be possible to achieve them all but simply asking the questions will help provide a reason for design decisions.
Eye Movement Patterns on Single & Dual Columns
An interesting study examining the eye movement patterns of users browsing or searching both single and dual column web pages. Some interesting results.
Penguin Classics
A tumblr theme based on the Penguin Classics Books.
Spirit of the Game
There are two ways to get ahead. You can either work the system or beat the system.
EE Screencasts
Ryan Irelan has started a series of screencasts which provide a practical demonstration of implementing an Expression Engine news site. A useful learning resource for those new to EE.
