04.01.12
Matt
Dusted Baked Off
Whilst the entire Dusted Christmas Doo was as fun as ever, the main event took place in the office that morning—the Dusted Bake Off. Read the rest of this entry »
29.07.11
Matt
Brand versus the web
Brand guidelines — the bible for a brand. Consistency is the key when it comes to relaying a brand’s message across the various different media that it could be presented on. It’s as relevant and essential a practice today as it has always been. But there’s potential trouble afoot, a thorn in the side of brand designers and guardians. What happens when a single media stage becomes impossible to treat as a single entity? Read the rest of this entry »
17.02.11
Matt
User experience in Jeopardy
IBM are currently celebrating the success of their latest super-computer. Its name is Watson and it won Jeopardy. Jeopardy, for the non-US based amongst you (and the rest of you that haven’t seen Groundhog Day) is a long-running gameshow where contestants are given the answers. Read the rest of this entry »
21.12.10
Matt
Feeding you a Dusted Christmas
Once again, as we did a couple of years ago, we’re inviting you to follow our antics at The Dusted Christmas Doo 2010.
The Twitterati amongst the team will be updating the live feed with where we are and what we’re doing – all between mouthfuls of Full English breakfasts, Secret Santa gift giving and the glugging of Christmas cocktails. Please don’t expect the literacy of the updates to remain coherent through to the end though. Read the rest of this entry »
12.07.10
Matt
Living in a fantasy footie world
So the FIFA World Cup has come to an end — but what’s more important than Spain beating the Netherlands and lifting The Cup for the first time? The Dusted Studio Fantasy Football League of course. Congratulations go to Jamie for winning (some might say predictably, but Paul the Octopus didn’t see it coming). Read the rest of this entry »
20.05.10
Matt
Lost and FOWD
It’s that time of year again when a load of web designers converge to hear a little about what their future may hold. Not a geek psychic fair (although there are plenty of predictions) but the Future of Web Design conference. After attending a couple of these previously I was in two minds whether to attend this year, but a crafty change of format changed that. Read the rest of this entry »
19.05.10
Matt
Gone in a Flash
Adobe and Apple have been at each other’s necks in a sort of corporate, well-mannered wrestling match – and it’s all over Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash plug-in. Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs has gone on record saying that the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad will never support Flash, citing the abilities of HTML5/CSS3 as well as the closed nature of Flash as reasons why it’s is on its way out. Adobe’s founders, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke countered with their open letter on open markets. So we know what they all think. But what do I think? Read the rest of this entry »