CMS Watch points to a Duke University homepage redesign – see before (left) and after (right) snapshots: This is a change from content-focused design to search-focused design. As a user you might find the new search version quicker, but CMS Watch points out: only if the search engine works. The content that was there hasn’t…
Month: April 2006
How to get thumbnails of webpages automatically
This is a great little utility/tool/hack called SimpleAPI. It takes a snap of a webpage, creates a thumbnail and lets you embed it on your page. They provide all the html code so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your page/blog. Why is this important? Because a blog entry without…
How a deal is done
Found whilst looking for a screenshot solution – isn’t the web great? from: Screenshots: How a deal is done Jack, a smart businessman, talks to his son. Jack: I want you to marry a girl of my choice Son : “I will choose my own bride!” Jack: “But the girl is Bill Gates’s daughter.” Son…
How will (some of the) Web 2.0 make money?
Have you noticed? There’s quite a buzz about on the web at the moment. For me it started a while back with Gmail, went on to the things 37signals were doing, fell into Ajax, bounced into Web 2.0 and has now just exploded. New websites/webservices are launching every day. Here’s my list of personal discoveries…
What do you need to run an institution's website?
Three Tenths Of A Second . . . Originally uploaded by evilgreg3000. Some rights reserved. Well, a good team is a good start… My list of things involved in looking after an institution’s website. Feedback form – every page has a link which captures URL and user info and sends via a form. Issues tracker…
I noticed…
Just to say I noticed… Now if only someone would pull their finger out and sort out the wobbly fence eh?
My son wanted to be King Stupid!
My kids love playing the games on the BBC website, one of which is called ‘Stupid‘. One of the player roles is King Stupid. Well, a while ago I heard my son shouting “I want to be King Stupid” and I thought I was hearing things. Imagine an apostrophe in front of the name –…
How to be a successful Evil Overlord
Seth’s Blog: Tips that may come in handy one dayThe list Seth points to is great advice, but might I suggest that readers start at the end – tip number 100 is horribly true. That said, I do quite like number 12 – from a management perspective I think this has great potential: One of…
Web 2.0 colours from Miles Burke
Miles’ Blog » The Web 2.0 Secret Weapon – Thoughts and errata from Miles Burke. Ahhh! The secret to web2.0 is finally revealed. This’ll be useful when I get around to designing my forthcoming, ultimate, web-based solution to everything. Or would it be churlish to suggest that these are just bright, optimistic colours that work…
a workshop idea – make a better page
How about running a workshop for web authors to help them make a better page. Don’t try to teach them lots of rules, but instead get them to bring along a page they’ve already done, and then work on improving it. Start the workshop by providing a pile of Lorem Ipsum text and some stock…