links for 2007-06-30

SitePoint Blogs ยป The Importance of Testimonials
and how to get them.
(tags: webdesign testimonials)

Adactio: Journal - Social networking
Jeremy Keith’s social networking sites (frequent - infrequently visited).
(tags: webdesign web2)

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Published on June 30, 2007

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links for 2007-06-29

BBC iPlayer as crap as the C4 on demand service?
Apparently so. Although there are mac and vista versions ‘on the critical path’.
(tags: tv media bbc iplayer)

Password Manager + AutoFill for Mac OS X
Recommended on “What do I know?”. Could be handy.
(tags: mac osx software productivity)

Google Desktop for Linux
at last.
(tags: google desktop linux ubuntu)

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [...]

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Published on June 29, 2007

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Bands I saw at Glastonbury this year

Band (stage they were on) Great! / Poor!
Friday

The View (pyramid)
The Earlies (pyramid)
Gorgol Bordello (pyramid)
Amy Winehouse (pyramid)
Super Furry Animals (other) Great!
The Coral (other)
The Fratellis (pyramid)
Kasabian (pyramid) Great!
Arctic Monkeys (pyramid)

Saturday

The Pipettes (pyramid)
Guillemots (pyramid)
Lily Allen (pyramid) Great!
Paolo Nutini (pyramid)
Paul Weller (pyramid)
The Kooks (pyramid)
The Killers (pyramid, left early caught a bit of Iggy Pop at the other stage) Poor!

Sunday

Aqualung [...]

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Published on June 28, 2007

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links for 2007-06-28

Should Designers and Developers Do Usability?
Designers can be too willing to dismiss user complaints or problems as minor or unrepresentative, when in fact the test indicates the need for a deep redesign.
(tags: webdesign usability)

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Published on June 28, 2007

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links for 2007-06-27

BBC - Glastonbury 2007
Live clips from Glasto are being streamed on the BBC website.
(tags: glastonbury)

On taking babies to muddy glastonbury
mental.
(tags: glastonbury)

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Published on June 27, 2007

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links for 2007-06-20

The business case for web standards
(tags: webdesign webstandards business)

‘Alu-mac’ iMacs due next month?
Yeh, right. I wont hold my breath.
(tags: apple imac)

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Published on June 20, 2007

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links for 2007-06-19

SlideShare
SlideShare is a cool place to host and share presentations. Upload all your slide decks, and find / download interesting presentations.
(tags: slideshare flash webdesign presentations)

The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes
via Digg. Good examples.
(tags: photography)

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Published on June 19, 2007

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Learning with the OU - some designs

Some new design ideas i’m working on for the Learning with the OU website.
We’ve been having some discussions about the type to suggest for headings in the online brand guidelines. A few people are keen on Trebuchet MS as it feels ‘on brand’ - possibly due to being ever so slightly like the Apex font [...]

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Published on June 18, 2007

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links for 2007-06-16

Sony Ericsson intros 5Mp Cyber-shot phone | Reg Hardware
The k850.
(tags: mobile phone sonyericsson k850i)

5 megapixles Sony Ericsson K850 Cyber-shot phone announced
Interesting navi-key by all accounts.
(tags: sonyericsson mobile phone k850i)

Incremental leading : Journal : Mark Boulton
(tags: webdesign typography)

Three new sony ericsson walkman phones
W960 - wow. Symbian powered with a decent design and 3.2mp camera. Well done.
(tags: [...]

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Published on June 16, 2007

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links for 2007-06-15

Practical advice for doing presentations (by Joe Clark)
Joe says some people don’t like his presentation style. But I’m someone who enjoys the dry sarcastic narrative he delivers sans overblown visuals. I always get near enough to the front so I’m watching Joe rather than the minimalist slides he provides. I w
(tags: webdesign joeclark presentations)

Fat Cat [...]

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Published on June 15, 2007

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

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