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» A Review - Painting the Web
07/09/08 09:23 from Man with no blog
Rating: 3.5 Painting the Web by Shelly Powers is not the type of book I would normally pick up. Having 14 years web design experience means that you tend to have absorbed something in the way of use of graphics on the web, from raster ..
» Operation Port 80 - Sydney, 24 Sept
05/09/08 15:07 from Man with no blog
The Australian Web Industry Association have been months in intense planning, endless rehearsals, mock operations, countless hours of covert information gathering have gone into yet another year's Operation Port80 - Sydney , (well wo..
» Google Chrome Terms of Service Updated?
04/09/08 01:44 from Velvet Unravelled
I was re-reading through the Google Chrome Terms of Service when I noticed that it has been changed. Section 11 now reads: 11. Content license from you 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you su..
» Google Chrome Terms of Service
03/09/08 05:07 from Velvet Unravelled
Andrew Boyd drew my attention to a curious passage in the Google Chrome Terms and Service Agreement : 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services...
» Condolences
01/09/08 09:44 from Matt Didcoe
On Friday evening, a fatal single vehicle road traffic accident occurred involving five teenagers from Corpus Christie College. One of the victims was Rosemary (Rosy) White, who unfortunately did not survive the crash. Rosy was a colleague..
» Open Twitter
01/09/08 04:30 from Man with no blog
If you think about it Twitter is a bit of a walled garden , a closed system as Sean Carmody has pointed out. You have to be on Twitter to use Twitter; a little like Facebook or AOL. Maybe what we need to step beyond Twitter into an ope..
» Round 3 - Back flip on a Back flip - Hell’s on the Boil
31/08/08 06:28 from Man with no blog
You know few months back Microsoft floored the web industry by doing a back flip on its previous decision to include a X-UA-Compatible Meta switch with Internet Explorer 8. What a difference 6 months makes. Now Microsoft are back to thei..
» Ubiquity: Three types of awesome
30/08/08 02:35 from Bloggy Hell
A couple of days ago, Mozilla labs released Ubiquity 0.1 , which is a browser-based natural language command helper. Sounds geeky - and it is, but oh-so hot. Basically it's a Firefox plugin that allows you to perform actions and pull infor..
» Getting Real With Design
24/08/08 11:17 from Man with no blog
You ever read a blog post from someone on the top of their game, especially in the design arena and think, yeah that's great, but I work in the real world, clients will laugh at that idea. Take for example the presentation Jason Santa Ma..
» OZ-IA now 4 days of Information Architecture fun
22/08/08 14:11 from Man with no blog
It's on again, OZ-IA, the Sydney based Information Architecture conference , now in its third year (Sept 20-21st). Yet again I'll be lobbing into Sydney for this event, and looking forward to catching up with all my IA and UX colleagues. ..
» Dear Adobe
22/08/08 00:38 from kay lives here
Via MossyBlog on Twitter … here’s an interesting site: Dear Adobe . You can submit your gripe or rate other people’s gripes. It’s pretty interesting – I spent a good 15 mins going through other people’s complaints. Hopefully Ad..
» The new office
21/08/08 00:54 from Bloggy Hell
When the Beachhouse closed a couple of months ago, I was back to working from home - which was fine. For a while. As much as our cat was keeping me company, it wasn't really that good at pair programming, as it's pads kept getting stuck on..
» Pre-WDS Port80 in Sydney: the tradition continues
20/08/08 16:41 from kay lives here
Putting on a Port80 get-together the night before Web Directions South in Sydney has become somewhat of a tradition for the Perth Port80 regulars . 2008 is no exception – this time we’re congregating at the Harlequin Inn , which Simon ..
» Port80 Sydney September 2008
20/08/08 14:02 from Miles' Blog
As per the last few years, the institution which is the ‘Web Directions Eve Port80′ is back by popular demand! Here's your chance to mingle with your peers, most of those who will be attending that great annual web conference; ..
» Personas What are They Good For - Absolutely Nothing!
19/08/08 14:18 from Man with no blog
A while back Matthew Hodgson had a glance over the usefulness of personas , I have to agree with what he had to say, they tend to be under used. I have encountered the odd projects where they has been a distinct undercurrent to just je..
» Recent Reads for August 2008
19/08/08 12:48 from Miles' Blog
I've read some great books recently, and I always mean to write a detailed review for each. I never seem to get around to it, so here's a quick rundown of my five most recent book purchases… Editing Made Easy by Bruce Kaplan If terms..
» Twitter takes Gun to Foot!
14/08/08 02:33 from Man with no blog
Yeah you know I have ranted about Twitter and it's messaging service for a while now. Well Twitter has had a few issues scaling and the like. Remember it's not your standard web application, it's a many to many messaging service. A..
» Web Directions session schedule posted
13/08/08 13:42 from kay lives here
Marvellous Maxine has posted the session times for Web Directions South 2008. Good news and bad (for me, anyway) – my session Starting and Running a Successful Web Business is on the first morning, at the same time as both Canadian Iron ..
» Government agencies and social media strategies
11/08/08 10:01 from Nick Cowie
I have started writing a series of posts on Government agencies and social media strategies over on my other blog. The first Why government agencies need a social media strategy was written last week. The second is a rather dry look at the..
» A List Apart Survey
10/08/08 11:08 from kay lives here
Yep, I just took it. I did last year, too. I think the survey was better than last year’s in that it was far less US-centric, but it was still very employee-centric. I even think maybe that a separate “forked” set of questions is req..
» Pretending to be the boss
10/08/08 09:45 from kay lives here
I’ve been in Europe for three weeks, and back less than one week. I’ve only just begun catching up on unread RSS items (over 2000 of the little buggers) and came across an amusing post by the very talented James Edwards aka Brothercake..
» ACMA report into ISP level filtering
07/08/08 11:41 from Nick Cowie
The ACMA last week released a report into the ISP level filtering. I have been spending to much time on FriendFeed communicating with Americans and missed the release of this report. Note to self, open your feed reader more often. I have m..
» World Class Perth Web Conference
03/08/08 14:44 from Man with no blog
You know in Perth people complain and carry on that nothing comes to Perth, all the good events, concerts, show and so on, all by-pass Perth. Well with the Edge of the Web this all changes, forever. The Australia Web Industry Association (..
» Perth's own web conference!
31/07/08 14:49 from Miles' Blog
What does Derek Featherstone, Chris Messina, Ben Buchanan, Cameron Adams, Kai Koenig, Nick Hodge, Tim Lucas, Lisa Herrod, Laurel Papworth, Stephen Collins, Donna Spencer, Russ Weakley, Marc Lehmann and Sonja Bernhardt all have in common, b..
» TransPerth customer service FAIL
30/07/08 15:23 from Nick Cowie
I might be fan of the TransPerth web presence . However, their customer service failed for me big time tonight. Working late, I caught the 1935 train home from Perth, so I could connect with the 541 bus from Wellard station to drop me off ..
» I took the A List Apart Survey
30/07/08 14:55 from Bloggy Hell
As is now becoming a tradition (can twice be a tradition?) I took the A List Apart survey for people who make websites . I see Eric Meyer tweeted that 11,000 people had filled it in just as I was filling it in. Not a bad effort for a coupl..
» Speaker Program and Workshops are now available
30/07/08 05:26 from Bloggy Hell
We are now three months out from Perth's first ever Edge of the Web Conference , so what better time is there is announce the speaker program and workshops! There is come awesome topics there, and I'm really excited about the whole thing! ..
» Revisited 12 Myths of Mobile User-Interface Design
29/07/08 15:07 from Nick Cowie
While looking for information on mobiles, I came across 12 Myths of Mobile User-Interface Design by Aaron Marcus from February 2005. So I decided to review the myths given the arrival of the iPhone 3G in Australia and other recent changes...
» Cuil ain't no Google, right now
29/07/08 10:02 from Nick Cowie
There was some noise on FriendFeed yesterday afternoon, about the new search engine on the block, Cuil (pronounced cool). There was enough noise, that Read Write Web wondered How Did Cuil Get So Much Publicity the answer in pedigree ex-Goo..
» The Upside of Freelancing
26/07/08 10:46 from Man with no blog
Following on from the Downside of Freelancing , there is always the flip side of the coin, with a downside there is an upside. As you would expect this side of freelancing out weighs the negative aspects, or you would hope so. That said ..
» Edge of the Web and the WAWA's
25/07/08 05:41 from Matt Didcoe
The WA Web Awards and the Edge of the Web conference are slowly creeping up on us. A few days ago, the judging panel for the WAWA's released some handy hints and tips for entering sites for the awards. I'd recommend people take a look if t..
» Opera 9.5 beta for mobile
24/07/08 14:25 from Nick Cowie
Do you have a Windows Mobile device and are jealous of the Safari Browser on the iPhone? But can not or do not want to get an iPhone, well the latest Opera browser for Windows Mobile 5 or 6 is for you. It has touch scrolling, zoom by doubl..
» TEE timetable released
21/07/08 14:58 from Matt Didcoe
The Curriculum Council released their exam schedule today for both written and practical examinations. Link: http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/internet/Senior_Secondary/Exam_Information/Exam_Timetables/ My schedule looks like this: Nov 4 - D..
» A funny thing happened on the way to Plurk
19/07/08 16:39 from Nick Cowie
About six weeks ago, the Twitter failwhale raised it's ugly head and like many of my twitter friends headed off to look at alternatives, the two new kids on the block that week where Plurk and FriendFeed. Over 50 of my twitter friends join..
» This blog has been pimped
19/07/08 15:20 from Nick Cowie
I was hoping for a quiet night watching the Tour De France, checking FriendFeed occasionally. I was surprised to see Duncan Riley posted 70 fresh blogs for your Feed Reader on Inquisitr and in the OPML file is the feed for this blog and th..
» Edge of the Web and WA Web Awards tickets are onsale now!
18/07/08 04:55 from Bloggy Hell
Just a quick public service announcment - if you have been waiting to purchase your tickets to the Edge of the Web and WA Web Awards (November 6-7 at University Club in Crawley) then wait no longer! You can now head over and register onlin..
» The Original Social Network…
16/07/08 16:06 from Bloggy Hell
I just gave this presentation to the PRIA Young Guns - a group for younf marketing and PR people, along with Justin Davies and Ronnie Duncan (from Meerkats - sorry, haven't got a link). As you all well know, I'm very much from the techni..
» Journalists vs Bloggers
16/07/08 15:07 from Nick Cowie
The underlying themes of the recent Future of Media and PubCamp seems to be Journalists vs Bloggers, as ilustrated by posts by Stephen , Stilgherrian and others. Seriously old media types, this story is over 10 years old. New media has bee..
» That iPhone thingy
15/07/08 17:08 from node.mu
So I got an iPhone 3G last Friday. Initial thoughts: The screen is absolutely gorgeous. The Exchange integration works as advertised. I'm now getting my work emails / calendar events pushed to my phone. The challenge now is not to become a..
» FAUC (Future AUstralian Carrier) Interest Group
10/07/08 14:25 from Nick Cowie
A lot of Australian are unimpressed with the offerings of three telcos offering iPhones in Australia. All the plans are heavy on telephony and light on mobile data. The exception are the Optus who are offering low telephony, moderate data ..
» Break free, work mobile!
10/07/08 14:11 from Miles' Blog
Coffee, cake and laptop - all of your mobile office needs! As part of a sideline project, I have been spending regular amounts of time the last few months working from local cafes on my laptop. Mostly, I have ended up at coffee houses with..
» JoikuSpot premium edition released
09/07/08 14:34 from Bloggy Hell
A couple of days ago, Joiku released the premium edition of their WiFi access software for Sybian phones: JoikuSpot . I've blogged about JoikuSpot before , and now for 15€ you can get the premium edition, which NATs mail, Skype, SSH, HTT..
» A recipe for server migration
09/07/08 06:59 from Bloggy Hell
As any website grows, we often find ourselves having to move servers to deal with capacity, or better prices or whatever. This can be a right pain to do, but with a little planning and a few tricks, you can make the process somewhat smooth..
» Rant: Utter moronism (or what BOCS has done to piss me off now)
07/07/08 14:21 from Matt Didcoe
The linguists amongst you will be going “but hang on…moronism isn't a word!”, well, when describing BOCS Ticketing, I feel it suits at the moment. I haven't been able to access the BOCS website all day due to upgrades the..
» Proposal: An open inter-conversation microblogging protocol
06/07/08 07:58 from Bloggy Hell
Spurred on by Gary's discussion on the number of micro-blogging sites around, the “Is it Distributed?” question made we wonder if we are going about this wrong. Cameron Adams was right when he said there is only one social netw..
» Welcome Quinn
03/07/08 00:18 from Miles' Blog
If you've wondered what has happened to me, and why I'm not online much, the above picture should give it away. Our third child, Quinn Nathaniel Burke was born on Monday (30th June), making this blog post three days late (I did manage to u..
» One lost laptop: Returned
03/07/08 00:12 from Bloggy Hell
Yesterday, whilst being distracted by a phone call as I got in to me car, I did what we all dread doing - I left my EeePC on the top of my car as I drove away. I noticed that something was a miss a few streets away from me house, and promp..
» Forecasting the weather in ruby: bom-weather
21/06/08 04:20 from Matt Didcoe
Well, perhaps not forecasting the weather…but certainly getting the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast and passing it on The ruby library/gem we're using for this project is Ben Schwarz bom-weather gem - http://github.com/benschwarz/bo..
» Community Service Announcement
20/06/08 09:44 from Matt Didcoe
This is just a friendly warning for the citizens of Perth, Western Australia… I now have my Probationary licence only 730 days until I become a fully qualified driver! It should be noted however, that I can't afford to fill a car wit..
» Crazy text cloud meme - “I have a dream”
17/06/08 08:47 from Matt Didcoe
In response to Myles requests for crazy text meme's and Miles challenge , I took Martin Luther King's “I have a dream” speech and text clouded it. The result: In a few days I'll hopefully post something that might be worth read..
