Archive for the ‘News’ Category

iDon’t iWant iAn iPad

So Apple have made the iPad available for pre-sale. I mentioned before that I wasn’t going to be buying an iPad (although at the time, I didn’t know that was what it was going to be called). I told a little lie.
When Steve Jobs announced the iPad in his (rather underwhelming) January keynote, I watched [...]


Retro Fridays: A look back at my favourite video game moments.

Most of you have played a video game or two in the past and with that in mind I created a top 5 of the most favorite games of the past.


Doing Good Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a measuring tool that is used for most of the websites these days, it displays statistics on how well your site is doing in terms of visitor traffic and search engine optimization. A common mistake however in doing analytics on your websites is the misinterpretation of the statistics. Here is a top 5 of common mistakes and misconceptions and how to benefit the most of the statistics gathered.


A glimpse of our future GPS Systems

The future of your driving experience will be pushed by that of your social network and the places they recommend and have seen (or are looking at in real time).


For the “universe” designers out there

I stumbled upon a interesting blog about the color of the sun. Most people will think the sun is yellow but its actually not. The color of the sun is in graphic design terms : #fff5f2
The original article can be found here.
Here are some more stars and there colors.


YouTube’s Top 10 Accidental Heroes

This is a rundown of the 10 most famous YouTube video’s that ended up being more famous that they bargained for from video remixes, sound boards to even mugs and shirts. These are the heroes of YouTube in no particular order.
Number 1: The Techno Viking

Number 2: Star wars Kid

Number 3: Charlie Bit me

Number 4: Ginger [...]


Miley Cyrus becomes a web designer - a message to the Outsourcing community

We received an email this morning from some company who provide outsourcing services and was surprised to see that it was sent by Miley Cyrus.


Not a good Buzz!

Continuing with the awkwardly titled blog posts about Google Buzz, looks like I’m not the only one who’s peeved about the involuntary inclusion of Google Buzz in my Gmail. Boy Genius Report tells us that Google are about to be hit with a class action suit with regard to the Google Buzz infarction:
Instead of the [...]


How’s that look in IE9?… Wait, what!?

Yes folks, no sooner are we getting over the quirks/compatibility more of IE8, than news reaches us that IE9 is roadmapped and due sooner than we thought.
Read all about it from Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet
It’s like buses. Stuck with IE6 for years and then IE7, IE8, IE9…
While on that subject, here’s a great [...]


Are ya Buzzin’?

As a web design and development agency with our fingers on the pulse of the interweb we should really pass comment on Google Buzz. As a proven Google fan too (did I mention I bought an Android phone? Yup folks, skipped the iPhone. More on that later!), I should be jumping on this band wagon. [...]