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Category Archives: software
Maker Faire Madness
I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Maker Faire event in Newcastle over the weekend. It was a real geek-fest – with all sorts of mad inventions and sciency-crafty-creativity on show. Alistair was demonstrating his Newcastle Metro Simulator, and … Continue reading
Posted in geekery, software, technology
Tagged alistair macdonald, alistair_uk, craft, geekery, inventions, maker faire, mfuk, mfuk11, newcastle, science
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@media Session 8
Building on the Shoulders of Giants Jonathan Snook Culture We come from a culture where developers tend to like to reinvent the wheel, whereas designers like to reuse. If, as developers, we want to use components of others’ work (under … Continue reading
Posted in at media, conferences, development, software
Tagged development, javascript, jonathan snook, techniques
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@media Session 4
Content Management Without the Killing Drew McLellan Intro Tools should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. Don’t overcomplicate things! CMS required if you need to repurpose content (eg for RSS) and have a lot of aggregated content. Need … Continue reading
Posted in at media, development, software
Tagged atmedia08, cms, content management systems, Drew McLellan, london web week, lww08
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Interaction vs Passivity
It’s that time of year again, and the Adobe Live roadshow has been to town. The two-day event was held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, and I went along to see demos of the latest versions of Photoshop, … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, design, inspiration, software
Tagged adobe, amaznode, Amazon, ecommerce, etsy, razorfish, shopping, UI design, user interface design
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Upgrades That Suck
Upgrades, gotta love ’em. As it turned out, I foolishly accepted the offer of an upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 a couple of days ago. It all looked to have gone smoothly to begin with, and in fact I … Continue reading