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This year…
I don’t tend to make New Year’s resolutions, I guess it’s because generally I’m happy with the status quo. That said, last year I promised myself that I would be happier and more fulfilled in my work and earn more money, I’d also lead a healthier lifestyle. I managed to achieve two out of the… Read note →
A better way to update your facebook status from Twitter
I just noticed that Facebook have stopped pre pending their statuses with “is:” which, in my opinion is a good thing. Unfortunately they haven’t stopped pre pending “is twittering: ” to updates that come in from twitter. Fortunately Dustin Brewer has come to the rescue by developing twittersync which, as the name sort of suggest… Read note →
How to create a sticky footer in ASP.net pages
When we were developing the Tesco Property Market website there was a requirement to be position the footer either at the bottom of the browser window or at the end of the content if it was over one screen high. On the original site I wasn’t able to acheive this, due to the way some… Read note →
Quick tip for using XHTML Strict with ASP.net
One thing that has always infuriated me with .net is it’s insistence on adding an invalid name attribute to the asp.net form*. About a month ago I found a nice easy cure for this, so I thought I’d share it. All you need to do to stop .net adding the name attribute to the form… Read note →
Update your Facebook status from Twitter
I reluctantly caved in and joined Facebook a few weeks back. At the time I really couldn’t see the point, after all – I have my blog and twitter for talking at people, Flickr for my photos, del.icio.us for bookmarks and last.fm for my music. Why would I need anything else? For the first couple… Read note →
dconstruct 07
I thought I’d write a bit about dconstruct before it became too distant a memory. The conference was really enjoyable and I came away with quite a lot of ideas buzzing about my head. i particularly enjoyed Designing for a Web of Data by Tom Coates and Jared Spool on The Dawning of the Age… Read note →
slight site re-jig
Yesterday I finally got round to making a start on re jigging the site. Over the course of the coming days (and knowing how these things tend to go probably months) you may see strange things happening with the layout of the site as I switch backwards & forwards between the current theme and the… Read note →
living with the Vodafone v1605
In a recent post I talked about how I got my hands on a Vodafone V1605 for free; having had the phone for a month now I thought it made sense to talk about it in a bit more depth. Overview: The Vodafone V1605 is the Vodafone branded version of the HTC hermes; it’s a… Read note →
It’s live! now I can talk about it
Back in February I changed jobs; at the time I couldn’t say much about the new job because the project I’ve been working on was being kept secret for commercial reasons. Now that the website is live there is no reason that I can’t tell you about it. Tesco Property Market is a new site… Read note →
Using lists as an alternative to image maps
eyes ears mouth oh my! Some time ago I got asked how to produce an “accessible alternative to an image map“. As long as Image Maps are implemented correctly there’s no reason why the shouldn’t be accessible however they may not always be the most appropriate or semantic way to mark up your content. In… Read note →