links for 2006-02-28

Cool URIs don’t change
aha - found this article again. Recently tried selling the ideas within but to little effect.
(tags: webdesign)

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Published on February 28, 2006

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The Life Pursuit by Belle and Sebastian

The Life Pursuit is Belle and Sebastian’s eighth album (counting the faux-soundtrack, Storytelling and last year’s single’s and b-sides collection). It’s amazing to note how prolific they’ve been yet they’re still fairly underrated by the mainstreem. You’re more likely to hear their singles on Radio 2 than 1 and they do make some fairly odd [...]

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Published on February 27, 2006

Filed in General, Music, Review

links for 2006-02-25

To Dash or Not To Dash
Ive often wondered why some web forms make users write phone numbers in a specific way when there really is no need. This article expresses that opinion well.
(tags: webdesign usability forms)

GUUUI - Visio - the interaction designer’s nail gun (2nd edition)
(tags: webdesign usability wireframes)

Carson Summit Podcast
Audio files are not podcasts. [...]

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Published on February 25, 2006

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links for 2006-02-24

Magpie RSS - PHP RSS Parser
possibly useful for getting my del.icio.us links on the homepage instead of feeddigest (not that ive ever had a problem with feeddigest though).
(tags: webdesign rss)

Navigation structures
Extremely useful diagrams of navigation type relationships.
(tags: webdesign navigation)

R541: Navigation: Structures
more navigation structure analysis
(tags: webdesign navigation)

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Published on February 24, 2006

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links for 2006-02-22

Usability for Rich Internet Applications
(tags: usability webdesign)

Go It Alone!
A whole book now online with tips for new start ups and more. Well worth a read.
(tags: freelancing business webdesign)

Practical Usability Testing
(tags: webdesign usability)

Web Design from Scratch
Free web design course - basics, layout, free tutorials, case studies, how to guides and examples
(tags: webdesign)

Avoid Within-Page Links (Jakob Nielsen’s [...]

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Published on February 22, 2006

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links for 2006-02-18

Tag clouds analysis
(tags: tags folksonomy)

Bloglines | My Feeds
(tags: blogs essentials)

My Ta-da Lists
(tags: essentials)

Flickr: Photos from guyweb
(tags: essentials)

Google Mail - Inbox
(tags: essentials)

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Published on February 18, 2006

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Matt Sanders looks like Elija Wood

Elija Wood?: This picture of Matt “The OX” Saunders reminds me of Elija Wood. Is it just me? More photos from this weekend.

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Published on February 17, 2006

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links for 2006-02-14

The Content Page Gets Priority
Homepage design should come last in the process of designing a website.
(tags: webdesign usability)

Must-have WordPress plugins
(tags: webdesign wordpress)

My ‘Future of Web Apps’ slides… (plasticbag.org)
Available as PDF and HTML but possibly as an mp3 over at Carson’s site.
(tags: futureofwebapps webdesign talks)

Colour Contrast Analyser Firefox Extension
(tags: webdesign accessibility)

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Published on February 14, 2006

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‘Real snow’ skiing - Milton Keynes Xscape

Having spent a weekend dry-slope skiing in Southampton recently, it seemed only appropriate that we should make use of the relatively local Milton Keynes ’snowdome’, Xscape. This huge indoor ski slope contains real snow that is created using some sort of magic blowers. I don’t fully understand exactly how it works but skiing on it [...]

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Published on February 13, 2006

Filed in Personal, Review

links for 2006-02-11

Google Redux
Andy Rutledge has a go at redesigning the Google homepage. And it looks good.
(tags: webdesign design usability)

Bloggers: an army of irregulars (BBC)
Organisations and companies need to embrace the blog as a positive aid to communication.
(tags: webdesign blogs)

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Published on February 11, 2006

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Guy has been playing the c64 version of IK+ on the wii virtual console. What a game. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

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This site is being redeveloped. Apologies if things don't look or act as you expect. I'm spending little bits of free time making some much needed changes.

GuyWeb is the personal website of Guy Carberry, a web designer based in Buckingham, England. He currently works full-time as a web designer for the Open University. He also undertakes interesting freelance projects where time allows. You can contact Guy by emailing Guy at this website's address.

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