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• Reg and his Rhodesian ridgeback

  Posted: 31 Mar 2007 at 01:57

  About thirty years ago, my Mum had a friend called Reg, an ex-army chappy with a gruff manner and a rhodesian ridgeback dog called Simba. It was a huge creature. But this is not about Reg, or his dog. Actually it is somewhat about Reg, who had what I always used to think was an unusual quirk. Reg ne

• Deeply saddened

  Posted: 28 Mar 2007 at 20:33

  I would like to say a very big thank-you for all of the kind messages of support that have been sent to me today. I have never commented publically about personal matters, nor would I ever do so as I believe that is morally wrong to mix the personal with the professional in a public space, no matter

• We are ADP

  Posted: 19 Mar 2007 at 20:34

  My long, lost brother Mikey sent me an email today with a link to a video made by his company, ADP. I just had to share it.

• The Britpack and where we go from here

  Posted: 16 Mar 2007 at 14:41

  This morning when I opened my inbox, I found a flurry of messages discussing the Britpack and what it is, could and shouldn't be and about whether or not the wider perception of it was elitist and somehow harmful. These discussions continued well after cornflakes and coffee time, so I think that it

• South Bye Bye South West

  Posted: 16 Mar 2007 at 09:56

  I had looked forward to it for a year and it certainly didn't disappoint. For me, this year's SXSW Interactive was the best so far.

• SXSW: Bullet Tooth Web Design

  Posted: 07 Mar 2007 at 14:12

  The end of this week sees web design masterminds, mobsters and even petty criminals heading to Austin for SXSW. It's like Parkhurst for design geeks. We will often be behind bars but fortunately there will be no watch towers, guards with large weapons or dogs.

• What comes after 24?

  Posted: 28 Feb 2007 at 10:37

  I haven't watched television on a regular basis for a year now, preferring instead to watch TV series on DVD on my Mac at the end of the day. Over recent months I've been going to bed with Jack Bauer, watching 24 from seasons one to four.

• Monster Munch

  Posted: 24 Feb 2007 at 20:54

  I joined Amazon's DVD Rental service recently, which so far has turned out to be (not unexpectedly) brilliant. I've been filling up my rental list with half-forgotten classics as well as the occassional bustblocker and along the way have developed a penchant for paranoid American classic 50's Sci-Fi

• Orgasmatron

  Posted: 24 Feb 2007 at 13:08

  I am the one, orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand My image is of agony, my servants rape the land Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore.

• Transcending CSS iPod Shuffle Winners

  Posted: 17 Feb 2007 at 17:37

  Transcending CSS seems to be doing rather well so far, largely I'm sure down to those kind people who places cover buttons on their sites to help promote it.

• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

  Posted: 14 Feb 2007 at 18:46

  Seeing recordings of Seth Godin presenting on YouTube has not only inspired me to look into the possibilities of taking some formal speaker training, but also to buy several of his books. Within five minutes of opening one, his words are ringing true. Today, having a few minutes to spare between gas

• Britpack Diamond Geezer Award

  Posted: 09 Feb 2007 at 04:21

  So Web Directions North has wrapped and tomorrow we head to the mountains for a spot of cold weather sports activity (or probably in my case, my lips around a nice hot chocolate). But first, other news.

• Ready for Web Directions North

  Posted: 02 Feb 2007 at 11:51

  Packed: Passport, toothbrush, Mac, pants, socks, toasted sandwich maker iPod. I think I'm ready: Web Directions North here I come.

• I'm a (British) Mac

  Posted: 30 Jan 2007 at 13:35

  Plastered all around the walls on London Underground are Apple ads for Apple ads. Specifically ads for the new UK versions of Apple's I'm a Mac, I'm a PC ads.

• Biggest

  Posted: 30 Jan 2007 at 11:26

  I have been meaning to establish a new backup regime at Stuff for months. But unlike some of the other things I've been doing, sorting out backup isn't sexy, isn't exciting: so it lay whimpering for attention on my to-do list.

• Creating Inspired Design Part 1: I Am The Walrus

  Posted: 28 Jan 2007 at 12:27

  I had thought that months of solid writing Transcending CSS would have left my ink a little dried out. But an offer to write a series of articles for Informit on Creating Inspired Design was one that was too good to pass up.

• Colly tells porky pies

  Posted: 05 Dec 2006 at 18:27

  Over on Digital Web, Carolyn Wood asked Colly,

• An ecommerce strategic partnership

  Posted: 04 Dec 2006 at 16:33

  When I sold my shares in Karova earlier this year, many people wrote to me asking whether or not I was still using Karova Store (KS2) accessible, css based e-commerce software for my clients and whether I would still recommended it to them. The answer was no, and as the question keeps getting asked,

• Now 'that's' how to SPAM

  Posted: 29 Nov 2006 at 11:26

  So I'm sat infront of my Mac yesterday and at about 4.30, the phone rang. Now I've written before about telephone salesmen, but this was a call with a difference.

• Learning Illustrator CS2

  Posted: 25 Nov 2006 at 10:02

  I'm always inspired by Veerle's Adobe Illustrator tutorials. But Illustrator is a tool that I've never really used beyond its rudementary features and I'm inspired to learn more.