http://www.heybuzz.co.uk Web design tips and tricks for designers Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:00:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watch out... it's the attack of the BLOB BLOG! Three times in the past 7 days, I've noticed the power of blogs - and how they can play both advantageous and negative roles in the growth of your online presence. In the first instance, one of my clients was featured on ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/attack-of-the-blog/ Made me laugh - so appropriate! Sorry Martin, couldn't resist! http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/freak-out/ I've just had Windows XP installed on my work Mac (using VMware Fusion) - which is proving to be awesome for checking out designs/sites through the horrifying world of a PC browser (geez PC... ever think about looking into anti-aliasing!?). However, on launching Internet Explorer 6, I'm presented with this... "Press ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/press-ok-ok/ Noticed this on my way to the gym today on Curtain Road. Nicki (who's photo that is) and a few others noticed it too... pretty hard to miss! No idea what it's about - but I for one welcome our new insect octopus overlords! http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/shoreditch-invasion/ This is the fantastic looking portfolio/blog of Wilson Miner - web developer, co-founder of EveryBlock... and impressively, one of the designers behind Apple.com By all rights, I should hate this guy. After all, pretty much all my clients aspire to have websites like Apple - and he inspired the web2.0 trend ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/wilson-miner/ Today, having worked tirelessly on some mad IE bugs... I launched a webapp I designed and built myself. Also, check out the html email here. http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/webapp_launch/ I was reading this article by 'SuperAwesome', who share my opinion that web designers should know how to code, and came across one of their comment responses - which sums it all up for me. The point is not to do it all yourself, but just to be able to. Then ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/be_able/ Queue the sad music… Back in the day, Quark and I were happy together - then suddenly, out of the blue, something new came into my life - something flashy and exciting… they called it InDesign. It was a different package to what I’d been used to - but it was ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/quark_is_back/ Due to extreme business recently, I've been rubbish updating the blog. So I thought I'd share some quick links with you... Usability Post (link) A new blog I've found. Some really useful insights into the importance of usability. News Pond (link) Do I like the design? I can't work it out... but hat's off ... http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/linkage/ This is the most insane thing I've seen today... Defender of the Favicon. I've mentioned favicons before (least interesting topic ever) - but nothing comes close to this. A 16x16 javascript game that pretty much only works in Firefox. Useless, but very very cool. Via Cookie http://www.heybuzz.co.uk/2008/11/defender-of-the-favicon/