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Dear CU-1
I’m guessing when you read this you’ll be quite a lot older and no doubt these ramblings will be served up in some as yet unimagined way. In any case there’s been a lot going on recently that I haven’t recorded.
Family,
Ouch
So I’m contracting at a place that requires a bit more polish in the old dress code than I’m used to, so I’ve been dusting off my lovely old leather shoes. I’ve got a gorgeous pair of French ones that still look g...
Hidden usability features
Most good user experience is taken for granted, as is powerful information architecture. Recently I’ve been noticing hidden usability design features that don’t stand out until you put the objet out of its primary...
Blog calendars
You know, I put that calendar up there on the right because I could. I mean when I moved to Movabletype, the calendar seemed fun and possibly useful.
Where are all the Broadvision sites?
I used to spend a lot of time explaining to clients how powerful website personalisation was going to be for them and researching the technologies to do it. I remember one day, the people at Broadvision (a persona...
The British Museum -- current state assessment
Information architecture and current state assessment.
Flickring
Have been playing with Flickr and it’s bloody brilliant :-) Have slowly started uploading pics (several v. integrated ways provided) and came across this shot of CU-1 playing with Kihlo’s monster teeth:
Picture stuff,
Gail’s boobs
OK, I do seem to be posting a lot of links to Gail’s Openbrackets but this one cracked me up…
PR, marketing and the blog
I think by now we no longer need confirmation that the blog is an accredited part of the communications mix. I’m guessing 2005 will see more mainstream blog awareness in the UK and who knows, by the end of the yea...
Tsunami
I’ve just discovered that James (Cherkoff) is in Sri Lanka and he’s OK. He normally checks in with a nudge to get a move on the day he’s back after Christmas, but this year, silence–Turns out Liz and James arrived...
Comment spam
Jay Allen has just posted a link to the new Six Apart Guide to fighting comment spam over at Movabletype.
Jim Elve v. Skweezer
Boy I’ve just worked myself into a lather over at Barnett’s blog. Some chap in Canada has been going ballistic along the lines of his copyright is being infringed and his ad revenue swindled.
Better than gmail;-)
More bat than gmail, Dug is proud to anounce he can be reached at dug@postmanpat.com (is there a dangling modifier in there somewhere?)
View source
One reason I found the Internet so exciting when it first approached me to give a job, was its collaborative nature.
Comment spam, mtblacklist etc
Just wanted to explain what has happened to Donkey as a result of the recent spam attacks on MT installations.
MT ProNet discussion
Amen Jon Armstrong for putting into plain English the abstract pissed-off cess-pool that I’ve been brewing re MT category implementation. Thank you:-)
Donkey stuff
I was caught with my pants down by this bug in late September. After deleting both Donkey and Roblog databases I’ve finally found the time over Christmas to rebuild all the templates from scratch. So keep your MT ...
Old chestnuts roasting on the open fire
I’m just going to post this as is. I read a piece by Mark Kingdon To Flash, or Not to Flash? on ClickZ and was prompted to send a reply.
You blink and…
I was following a link from Gail’s very funny piece on the cli·ché and ended up at The Telegraph (she linked to this piece).
Diary -- a bloody brilliant day
Temperature 6° overcast + foggyIcknield Way between Britwell Salome and Aston Rowant closed to vehicular traffic until summer 2005, but the old road cuts North West from Aston Rowant and continues to Chinnor w...
Family,
James in the FT
James has a piece in this week’s creative business (sub required) and makes a few good points.
Techno-bollocks,
Send in the electoral observers
Apparently there is an acknowledged syndrome called PEAD—pre-election anxiety disorder—the fear that one’s vote will not count. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was sweeping the nation. With all the shenanigans going...
Techno-bollocks,
George W Bush hurt my baby
So CU-1 was wearing her mommy wants a new president teeshirt today at the toddler playgym and a couple of people commented negatively. One said, “what has George W Bush done to your daughter” and Nicki practically...
Techno-bollocks,
Cos Cob vandalism
You know, my dad, Jed, has for most of his long life been a master with a pair of scissors.
Techno-bollocks,
Face paint
I figured if I let CU-1 paint my face as I painted hers, I would be able to make a reasonable likeness of a ginger cat’s face on hers.
Family,
Scout
…Boy Scouts and S&M fetishists both spend an inordinate amount of time fiddling with rope…
Family,
DJ
Wow, more DJ spam. I must be the new hub of the online music scene. It’s the ususal enchanting copy, connecting their minds to their bodies I mean who writes this stuff ;-)
Family,
Caretaker
This will have no meaning to most people, but if Bill Bissell reads this, on Saturday 23 October 2004, I finally made it to Sidcup.
Family,
Javascript
Would you guys mind terribly debugging your frigging JS code before you slap it on your website? Please.
Family,
More things to do with your Placido
As the election looms, thoughts turn to another Republican congress. UK subjects act now while you still can:
Family,
More software company nonsense
A new feature has arrived on my desktop that prevents Nicki and I both using Suitcase at the same time. Until now, Suitcase ran happily in the background, managing font conflicts and opening fonts when required to...
Family,