Notes from the long web
Making, breaking and figuring things out.
Hi, I’m Mark. This site contains an archive of my ramblings from the last 20 years. I keep planning to write more—who knows, maybe I will now?
Latest notes
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Worthing Tweetup
The other day I got chatting to David Rosam on Twitter when we discovered that we lived very close to each other. It occurred to us that there were probably a number… Read note →
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Usability testing with Silverback
Back in April I attended Future of Web Design 2008; a two day event with a conference on Thursday and Workshops on Friday. On the Friday afternoon I attended a session on… Read note →
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A quick tip for traveling abroad with gadgets
If you’re anything like me (by which I don’t mean greying & fat) then you’ll probably take more than a couple of gadgets on holiday with you. This can cause issues when… Read note →
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dconstruct 08 compo
Those fine fellows at clear left are once again running dconstruct the peerless Brightonian one day web conference. I was there last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hopefully my boss read his… Read note →
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How not to deliver a good customer experience
When purchasing software online you expect the process to go something like this: Choose your software Add to cart Pay Download Software nice and simple & stress free. Unfortunately some companies don’t… Read note →
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FOWD 2008 London – (the conference)
FOWD 2008 got off to a promising start when I met Jeremy Keithgetting off the Tube, we chatted as we waited in the monster queue outside Kensington Town Hall about a wide… Read note →
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Sky broadband customer? Moving house? Read This!
We’re moving house next Thursday, so last week I phoned Sky to let them know. I booked in installation of Sky TV at our new address and told them that we didn’t… Read note →
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I Changed my theme
After threatening to do it for almost a year, I’ve finally got round to changing the theme for this blog. I had planned to create my own theme, but having seen “HemingwayEx… Read note →
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TomTom Go 520T
On Christmas Eve Laura apologised to me because the gift she had ordered for me online over two weeks previously had failed to arrive from Dixons. When she handed me a printout… Read note →
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fiftytwo o-eight
I’ve started my little photo challenge. For fiftytwo o-eight I’m planning to post a new photo each week to my flickr account. The hope is that this will encourage me to spend… Read note →