Archive for May, 2008
28.05.08
Jamie
For sometime now, my wife and I have been making small steps toward being more environmentally friendly. The difficulty we have had is that it isn’t clear as to what we can do, without making drastic changes, which can be impractical in a busy working lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »
Life
22.05.08
David
Everyone should be feeling that little bit more relaxed today as yesterday we all had our first session with Melina Di Carlo of Relax & Revive – a fully qualified on-site massage company. Read the rest of this entry »
Dusted, Life
21.05.08
Matt

I’ve been a fan of Twitter for some time now. Something about summarising little moments in my life and logging them just seems to spin my wheels. There are a few nice unique twitterers out there. Mostly real people but also some not so real. The Tower Bridge Twitter feed is one of the decent automated ones. Read the rest of this entry »
Technology, Web
15.05.08
Jack
I recently attended a tribute to Karen Spärck Jones at The Royal Society of Medicine hosted by the British Computer Society. It was breath taking to listen to Dr Ann Copestake a Reader in Computational Linguistics in the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Read the rest of this entry »
Technology, Web
14.05.08
Sarah
A friend of mine recently invited me to join a new online, networking, review community called Qype. I must confess, my first reaction was to frown suspiciously. Admittedly, I am addicted to Facebook - a cut above most other sites of a similar nature - but the plethora of twee applications and the resulting inundation of time-wasting requests drives me crazy. Read the rest of this entry »
Life, Technology, Web
13.05.08
David
The 2008 American Business Awards, known affectionally as The Stevies, has named Look the Biz! as a finalist in the event promotion category. Dusted were commissioned by Diversified USA, to develop a key part of the style strategy site – a fashion do’s and don’ts game – and we are very proud to be associated with the achievement. Read the rest of this entry »
Awards, Dusted, Web
12.05.08
David

Visited the Grand Designs show at Excel in Docklands at the weekend and amongst all the haberdashery and eco-challenges were some pretty cool pieces of innovation. The most notable was the pioneering Vertebrae from industrial designer, Paul Hernon. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
09.05.08
Matt

OK, so you’ve got the minimal approach to search typified by Google, but what if you’re after something a little more exciting. Well PicLens can offer you a full-screen, 3D, visual solution to searching and browsing images and video.
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Technology, Web
01.05.08
Matt

The footer, as if to warrant its physical position in life, can often be left until last during the design process, like some sort of digital outcast. To the contrary, the footer deserves so much more attention than that. It can often be the next port of call in the event of a site’s navigation lacking a link that a user feels should be there (most commonly, this is a link to contact details). It can reinforce a brand, offer up exciting tools and just simply finish of a page in an aesthetic way. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Web