May 31, 2007
Something probably taken for granted in some quarters, particularly stateside, is being always connected (wirelessly), or being always on. This isn’t necessarily a bad assumption. Indeed, were it not so, we may not have seen the explosion of web-based applications over the last couple of years. Everything from email, calendars, project management to invoicing is now being done online.
But what if we want to use these online applications that we’ve become so reliant on when we’re not connected?
May 25, 2007
We decided to perform a quick simple evaluation of the user experience provided by 3 of the most popular online mail providers, Yahoo!, Hotmail, and GMail
May 18, 2007
This year’s IIA Congress was a very smooth affair. Though we had to trek out to Killiney, the journey to the posh south side was certainly worth it. The big challenge of these type of conferences is that they tend to be very passive things. You mostly just sit and listen. There’s only so much of that you can digest, and it’s difficult for the speakers to talk about stuff of interest to everyone. As Fred from DoneDeal said, he goes mostly hoping for inspiration. And of course, the freebies and gifts. (I’m looking forward to my bottle of champagne, courtesy of RealEx.)
May 17, 2007
Javascript snowflakes did it. Embedded Midi Files did it. Even Cursor Chancing Dancing Ponies had the good grace to do it. Why is the reset button still alive, when all its friends had the decency to die back in the 90s
May 16, 2007
The Irish Independent launched the latest version of their online publication today and, in my view, have upped the ante for news online in Ireland.
I’ve been taking it through some its paces for the last hour or so and I’m impressed. There’s some great design gone into it. Here are some of my highlights
May 15, 2007
Are company names being generated on the back of generic search keywords? My colleague, Nici sent me over a link to the generically named “Internet Car Company” website which got be thinking…
May 10, 2007
When I’m creating a typical standards based design I often use a standard collection of css properties to do very common things, so I don’t have to write classes or do as many browser hacks as I would have to do normally.
Here’s some that I find particularly useful