We’re gonna’ build a website like it’s 1995…
Jacob Nielson, usability guru (in the estimation of some), was interviewed recently by E-consultancy.
I quote:
Is there any point in using Flash on your website?
That’s a good question - I’ve been going back and forth on that over the years.
We’ve come up with examples in our studies where it has worked well - product demos, […]
Will Adobe Own The API?
Adobe has finally released an alpha version of its highly-anticipated Apollo runtime. Much has been written on the potential of this cross-platform runtime, which allows developers to use HTML, JavaScript, and ActionScript to write applications which blend desktop functionality with web connectivity, but it simply boils down to this: Apollo represents Adobe’s effort to own […]
Highland Fling 2007
Alan White has organised a web standards conference in Edinburgh called The Highland Fling. This year the focus is progressive enhancement and there are a number of interesting speakers from Clear Left and Yahoo! Europe for example. It’s very reasonably priced and long overdue for the area in my opinion. But then I only lived […]
Be less academic
“What Is Intelligence, Anyway?” - Isaac Asimov
What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big […]
Metaverse by Google
Those rumours won’t go away. The latest, as seen on GigaOM, suggest that Google are already busy with the development of their own metaverse while a company in China develops avatars for them.
Second Life by Google seems like exactly the kind of thing they would do. They have the financial and computing clout to create […]
New Speak
Dreamhost is a US-based web host popular with a few people at DC. The bang-for-the-buck you get in terms of bandwidth, disk space, and account privileges seem almost are too good to be true! You see, over 2006 Dreamhost seemed to suffer an ongoing set of mini-disasters that affected websites, access to email, and generally […]
Evolution required
Today I’ve spent time with a company which has reinforced a view I’ve had for a while: The growth in participatory media is going to drive the evolution of products and services like never before.
Let me explain. The company I’ve been with today have a great product. Whatever way you want to measure it, their […]
Did you get yours?
My wife filled the car with wine this weekend (the boot, not the tank!). Usual weekend activity? Well, not entirely unusual, but in this instance she was taking advantage of Threshers 40% discount on wine and champagne with only hours to spare.
Now it has finished I can’t help but think this is one great digital […]
Flash On The Beach
Flash On The Beach kicked off in Brighton yesterday morning with a keynote from Adobe representative Mike Downey. Entitled “Flash and the Adobe Engagement Platform”, Mike started out by reflecting on developments around Flash in 2006 including among other things: opening of Adobe labs in January, the 10th anniversary of Flash in August, and the […]
