links for 2006-04-30

Why Content Publishers shouldn’t host weblogs…
pros and cons of hosting blogs on a corporate site.
(tags: webdesign blogs blogging business)

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Published on April 30, 2006

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links for 2006-04-29

Red Bee media
they rebranded ITV.
(tags: branding design tv)

Wolff Olins - Brand Consultants
Did half the rebranding of the OU..
(tags: branding design)

North
..finished off OU branding.
(tags: branding design)

Dave Shea: ‘CSS Project Management’
a few tips to organise CSS files to make for easy editing.
(tags: css tips webdesign)

Visual web design IS important
Andy Clarke argues the case in Iceland.
(tags: webdesign)

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Published on April 29, 2006

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links for 2006-04-28

BBC: adapt or die?
We need people to watch the industries that could have an impact upon them, take them seriously, don’t freak out and observe what’s moving in their direction and then just do the basic work to be ready for it.
(tags: internet tv)

Consistency in Design is the Wrong Approach
“anytime someone on your team starts [...]

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Published on April 28, 2006

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What is ambient technology?

The Open University is demolishing the old Library to a make way for a new “Ambient Technology” building. Yet nobody seems to know what ambient technology is. DO you?
The best I can find out is:
Ambient technologies are increasingly being proposed to develop environments to support the creative process, such as in participatory design. However, participatory [...]

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Published on April 27, 2006

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links for 2006-04-27

How the OU is organised : Faculties and centres
(tags: openuniversity)

The Open University - Are you OU?
(tags: openuniversity)

Research School
(tags: openuniversity)

Learner’s Guide to Learning Skills
(tags: openuniversity)

Powering people
(tags: openuniversity)

Season’s Greetings from the OU - 2001
(tags: openuniversity)

OU Club
(tags: openuniversity)

Student Web
(tags: openuniversity)

Open University Worldwide
(tags: openuniversity)

The Open University spotlight
(tags: openuniversity)

e-learning
(tags: openuniversity)

Open University VQ Portal
(tags: openuniversity)

Student OU Life Screensaver
(tags: openuniversity)

CHERI
(tags: openuniversity)

Netherlands - [...]

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Published on April 27, 2006

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Full-time freelancing: 10 more things in 360 days
“Some of the best lessons offered in life seemingly come only following failure.” More useful insights from Cameron Moll.
(tags: freelancing business webdesign)

BBC unveils radical revamp of website
In which the BBC wholeheartedly embraces web 2.0.
(tags: webdesign web2)

Eric Meyer - CSS, Life and Print Stylesheets
Print CSS = good for content, [...]

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Published on April 26, 2006

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Forthcoming Red Hot Chili Peppers album

Stadium Arcadium [2CD] - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Double whammy from California’s favourite free-sprits. The single was a blinding Hendrix flavoured beast. The album should be good.
(tags: music wishlist)

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Published on April 25, 2006

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People only read negative Amazon reviews

The Amazon Effect
…people only read the negative reviews, as if they’re looking for a deal-breaker review that just makes it impossible to purchase. “I know what the positive reviews will say, but I don’t know what the negative ones will say”.
(tags: webdesign usability)

From Weblog to CMS with WordPress
“..how we used one blogging package (WordPress) to [...]

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Published on April 22, 2006

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Visual thinking, upcoming events and mobileweb

Visual Thinking for design
Doodling a lot will help the creative process.
(tags: webdesign)

Upcoming.org
A social event calendar. With RSS output. Could come in handy..
(tags: webdesign rss calendar)

Mobile web access on the up
You know it’ll all end up on the phone don’t you? Makes so much sense.
(tags: webdesign mobileweb)

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Published on April 20, 2006

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Sage advice for designers

Making Popular Layout Decisions
Every time you make a layout decision - fluid vs fixed, scaled vs percentage, a few more people hate you. How do you make the right decisions and when?
(tags: webdesign browsers layout)

How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?
The four golden rules of site design. Simply follow them and watch the accolades come flooding [...]

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Published on April 19, 2006

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Guy excellent news. I'm sure they will prove massively useful.

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