11:15, restate my assumptions
In his first resurrectory post, Rob Weychert references an old (almost pre-historic) Zeldman tweet from late 2007: Blogging. And blogging again. Writing is fun. Writing is fundamental. If you don’t...
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Comparing traffic to your old and new redesigns with Google Analytics
As part of moving the various parts of this site around this afternoon, I took the opportunity to also tidy up the Google Analytics setup I had in place, both here and on the previous incarnations. I...
View ArticleAll Tomorrow’s Parties documentary
Occasionally I miss living in the UK – mostly when Channel 4 shows cool stuff like this: All Tomorrow’s Parties (Opening 10 Minutes) from All Tomorrow’s Parties on Vimeo.
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Discovering new music: TheSixtyOne and Mixest review
60 gigabytes, 28 days, 10,000 songs. My iTunes library is daunting, and yet all too often there is nothing that I want to listen to. Where can you turn to discover new music? Mixest Mixest is a cleanly...
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Occupy Museumplein
I cycled past the #OccupyMuseumplein “protest” this morning; looks like they have a ways to go before they reach the scale of #OccupyWallStreet or #OccupyRome…
View ArticleDo web designers need a portfolio to apply for a new job?
I was recently asked whether an online portfolio is a must-have for web designers and front-end developers applying for work. I thought it was an interesting question, and deserving of further...
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Facebook to stop RSS blog import to Notes from November 22
Well, that sucks. Facebook are currently displaying a notification at the top of my News page informing me that they will no longer support blog RSS imports as of November 22. I can’t really see what...
View ArticleSanta’s Slave Parade
Last Sunday it was Amsterdam’s annual Sinterklaas parade, when the Saint and his ‘helpers’ arrive on the boat from Spain and parade through the streets of Amsterdam distributing sweets and biscuits to...
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The wrapping finally comes off the new Stedelijk Museum
Finally the scaffolding and coverings have been (mostly) removed from the new Stedelijk Museum at the south-west end of Museumplein, and the new building is looking pretty impressive. Like so much...
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Mutation station
These road signs strike me as slightly scary. The caption reads “Area protected by DNA-spray” but it’s not entirely clear how that process works. Will the spray somehow extract my own DNA for later...
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2011, My Year In Music
Back at the junction of 2010 and 2011, for whatever reason, I neglected to record a retrospective of the previous year’s music-listening activity – or indeed, any sort of look back at the preceding...
View ArticleNew Year Revolutions
2011 was an odd year. I’ve been bouncing back and forth to my hometown for fifteen years, moving away then moving back in ever-decreasing circles, but until last year I’d always stayed in the UK. And...
View ArticleMy GTD wishlist
I like Getting Things Done. I really do. But, ever since reading the book and subscribing to the philosophy, I’ve had trouble nailing down a process that entirely works for me. At the core of Allen’s...
View ArticleThe Mindful Designer
One of the highlights of last week’s New Adventures conference, which I attended as part of Booking.com’s recruitment away-team, was Robbie Manson’s talk on mindfulness. His thoughtful presentation,...
View Article#SUGT – Stanford University’s Game Theory course
Several weeks ago I signed up to receive updates on an innovative new set of online study courses run by Stanford University. I’d all but forgotten about the course until today, when I received an...
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Should your logo link to your homepage? Google says no.
Ever since I’ve been building web pages, it has been gospel that your logo (top-left, of course) should be a hyperlink back to your homepage. Jakob Nielsen’s seminal Homepage Usability recommended as...
View ArticleThrowing out the kitchen sink
In a recent post on the BBC Responsive News blog, Tom Maslen makes the case for a significantly more aggressive browser grading strategy. Browser grading, as a formal concept, was popularised by Yahoo!...
View ArticleFuture of Web Design 2012
Later today I’l be jetting off yet again, bound for London and the Future of Web Design conference, taking place over the next two days. Stuart Frisby and I will be there as part of the Booking.com...
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The New Ascetic
In April of last year, we—that is, my wife and I, our three children, and (at that time) two cats—relocated to Amsterdam. And, in April of this year, we decided to move back to the UK. One would think...
View ArticleQuick and dirty debugging of the notorious ExpressionEngine blank page bug
I don’t do a lot of ExpressionEngine work any more, but I still get the occasional email about it. More often than not, a serious bug triggers the uniquely ExpressionEngine response of a completely...
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