I have spent the weekend at Word Camp NZ. The event was the first of its kind in New Zealand and I wasn’t sure what to expect.
As it turned out the event was excellent, so much so that I am now feeling inspired enough to start writing on my blog again.
I particularly enjoyed listening to [...]
The New York Times has released a prototype of a new way to access their articles: The Article Skimmer
Down the left hand side are the topics that you can choose from and on the right is the content with teasers for each article.
It definitely has a magazine feel and seeing the content laid out [...]
I was reading an article How to Manage Geeks. A friend sent it to me, probably because I work with a team of developers.
I am not sure how I feel about the word “geek”. As a kid, it was insult, but now it’s a term used widely about amongst the “geek” community to [...]
Wow it’s been a long time since I posted anything on my blog. I am going to have to blame computer burn-out, which has subsequently been cured with a 4 week holiday only logging on for the occasional email.
Anyway, a lot has been happening since the 5th of August as the world walks [...]
Adaptive Path has launched a new web browser interface concept that they have been working on in conjunction with Mozilla labs.
A couple days ago, I had received an email from Adaptive Path’s marketing manager inviting one and all to their offices for the launch party on 6 August. Yes, this did spark a level of [...]
I came across a cool new search engine today- www.searchme.com
I have seen a lot of new search engines over the years, but this one has stuck out for me because the interface is like browsing through your iphone or touch looking for new albums.
To help you find what you’re looking for, categories are presented with [...]
The starting point- it’s different for every project and often it’s not where you thought it would be.
A project can start because there is a business requirement or a user need. Either way, I have found over the years, it doesn’t matter how big or small your project is, there always needs to apply a [...]
When is the last time you actually sat back and thought twice about entering a credit card in a website? Or thought about all the personal information- name, birth date, high school, address, phone number, place of employment, friends that you’ve put onto a social website for public consumption?
Websites like Facebook are not banks and [...]