Category Archives: Opinion

Rebranding – We’re Unofficially ‘Live’

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Yesterday was a pretty big day. I updated the website with a completely new template, which is the result of many months of design work. Things are far from complete – so please be patient with any glitches you encounter. […]

Print Can Still Trump Online News

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It’s been a tough time for print media. Economic difficulties have seen a big fall in advertising revenue, and newspaper sales have been falling. It’s led to an increasing number of blog articles or social media discussions that suggest that […]

Failing To Predict The Power Of The Web

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I read a couple of books about technology leaders in the last week. Books that were written fifteen or twenty years ago. It’s a fascinating demonstration of how the development of the web has changed perspectives. “Expert” commentators couldn’t predict […]

CSS Naked Day, Treating Visitors With Disrespect

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CSS Naked Day is a demonstration of how insular the web design community can be. You’ll see many ugly sites today describing how they’ve disabled their CSS to show how their code adheres to web standards. Those sites may be […]

Not What You Say, How You Say It

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You’ve got some great ideas for a blog, creative insights, technological know-how, fascinating gossip. There might be tens of thousands of people out there waiting to hear what you have to say. Then you say it with bad spelling, poor […]