I work for a large university. My workload is split about 48% support, 48% production and 4% design. Needless to say, my Graphic Design skills are rusty. It’s the sort of thing you really have to do regularly or it just slips. Anyway, recently, I had two new site designs to work on. Nothing ground …
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and the winner is…
For a few years now, Web Directions conference has incorporated The McFarlane Prize, which recognises excellence in web development. Although a relatively small prize, it is hotly contested, peer reviewed and any sites that are shortlisted (let alone those that win), have achieved very high levels of excellence in coding, usability, design and accessibility (that’s …
Women’s Semi Final, Australian Open 1992
Every January when the Australian Open Tennis is on, I fondly remember back to 1992 when, working for XPress Group, I was lucky enough to be handed a Press Pass and a Nikon F2 camera fitted with a new Kodak DCS-1 back. The camera, in turn, was connected to a ‘luggable’ hard disk with (B+W …
Semacode vs QRcode
This week has been a big one in the mobile phone world. Debate about the iPhone and the plans available to use here in Australia has been everywhere. At the same time, however, Telstra has been heavily pushing its venture into barcodes with the introduction of QRcodes to the Australian market. I say introduction because …
A week in touch
I’ve had the pleasure of using an iPod Touch for the last week. As much as I like my music, I’ve never really felt the need to upgrade from my old ‘gumstick’ 1Gb shuffle, but we’ve got one at work with the intention mainly of testing podcasts and public facing services. Yes, the multi touch …
The Melbourne Model – a social experiment?
Well, it seems so, according to the Sunday Age. Alright, so it isn’t the editorial, it’s the ‘heckler’ column on the back page. Stinging criticism, nonetheless.
an embarrasing moment
Yesterday I had an embarrasing moment with a blind person. Not one of those fumbling sitcom embarrasing moments, but something much closer to home. This particular blind person was a student at my university and upon finding that I was involved in the web, they asked for my help.
how to design a website…
It’s been quite a difficult week at work. I’ve found myself subject to the whims of a great number of people who don’t really know what they’re doing. I was prompted to pen the following:
cassowary crossing…
My latest little design job, a straightforward wordpress theme and setup to accompany a quirky book about odd things to visit around Australia, Cassowary Crossing. I have to say. it was nice to work with someone who has no lack of decent content. David has already filled his blog with loads of interesting stuff.
another site launched
Quite pleased with this one: Melbourne University Publishing, it’s the first time I’ve had a high profile site with full css layout. Very accessible and pretty much compatible with most modern browsers, but best looking in firefox on a mac (of course!).
Yum!
Here’s another little site I’ve just completed. This time for friends with an exceptional chinese restaurant: Shanghai Ling. The food at ShanghaiLing is unlike anything you’ll get at your more familiar ‘Cantonese’ restaurants – there’s a spicy freshness that keeps us coming back again and again. Also, they do the best tofu I’ve ever had …
trees
This is only a very small job, but it was quite fun to do. An excuse to go back to the old days of repeating background images. The site is for a fella who runs a ‘Tree Consulting Service’, that is: he doesn’t consult trees, he consults with the people responsible for dealing with trees… …