22.10.09
Jamie
I had the pleasure of heading over to Area 15 in NoDa on Oct 17th for the second edition of BarCamp Charlotte. BarCamp is a user-generated conference, which encourages attendees to pitch for their chance to present a session on a topic of their choice.
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12.02.09
Matt
Earlier this week we launched Victory Colours; a web site selling high-end spectator garments. Available immediately is a range of fine cashmere scarves representing all the nations taking part in the RBS 6Nations Rugby, with more products to follow soon. All the items on the site are made in Britain and are crafted to be both luxurious as well as durable. So no matter where your allegiance lies, make sure you support in style.
09.01.09
Jamie
The rapid rise of Facebook cannot be ignored and reminds me of the speed at which Google rose to prominence a few years ago. At face value, the offerings of both companies seem different (search engine vs social application) but they essentially comprise of many similar elements; personal user data, email, IM, advertising revenue, social applications and search functionality. Read the rest of this entry »
01.09.08
David
During the late 90’s when the .com revolution was in full swing, I remember Iceland jumping (rather belatedly) on the bandwagon and renaming all their storefronts Iceland.co.uk as if this was all you needed to make an Internet business. Not sure how many storefronts Iceland have left to put back to their original format, but I wonder now whether they should hold on for a bit as a new revolution in domain naming has recently been approved by ICANN – the organisation which regulates many of the Web’s top-level domains. Read the rest of this entry »
18.06.08
Jamie
Which content management system (CMS) should I install? This is a question which doesn’t have a simple answer. The right CMS depends, in my opinion, on who will be using it, how much support is required and how extensible it needs to be. Over the years I have installed, tested and evaluated many solutions on various platforms, but as an advocate for open source, I will give a quick rundown of my two favourite open source products: Typolight and Drupal. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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 »
