Archive for the “Online Developments” category
Sitting is Killing you
by moone on May 12, 2011
There is a constant stream of inforgraphics about the web. Some are informative, some are even amusing, others take complex data and make it readily digestible. This one, however, has freaked me out big time. For a web developer who spends the vast majority of his life sitting this has the potential to be very serious.
The Fine Gael web connection point
by moone on February 19, 2011
With much fan fare and rhetoric the main opposition party in Irish politics, Fine Gael, recently substituted its usual web presence for ‘the biggest consultation exercise to date with the Irish electorate’. High minded intention but through the eyes of a web professional how much merit is there in their initiative, its implementation and, perhaps, what this means for the near future impact political policy will have on the digital industries.
#24theweb – Lessons learned
by moone on November 18, 2010
24 The Web was a 24 hour web design challenge, where each of the 3 teams of 7 people aim to build website for a charity in 24 hours. Its’ purpose was to highlight the importance of design, standards, content and process in developing a site, in a fun and challenging way. The event took place from 12pm Nov 13th – 12pm Nov 14th. Now that I have had a chance to catch up on sleep and mentally digest what happened I offer the following as lessons learned from my participation.
Combat Website Obesity
by moone on October 13, 2010
As the worlds population continues to grow it is the collective weight of our worlds population that is most alarming. Equally affecting people from many different countries, ethnic descent and cultural backgrounds it is an issue that is spiraling out of control. Subsequently obesity is increasingly being mentioned in the same sentence as epidemic. Similarly websites are becoming increasingly obese – the comparison has several strong similarities.
HTML5 video and how to use it now
by moone on September 19, 2010
As this Wired article perhaps over states but clearly illustrates – video is the biggest content channel. Some what unsurprisingly there is a fragmented future ahead for the delivery of this content as the major players manoeuvre for supremacy. In the meantime us lowly web builders need to evolve our approach. Otherwise beware missing opportunities to innovate with the new features available. While at the same time those slow to adapt are running the risk of alienating increasing numbers of new device and advanced browser users.
Bootlaw & Digital Mission Summer BBQ – Aug 2010
by moone on August 26, 2010
Luckily coincided with a recent London visit I attended Bootlaw & Digital Mission Summer BBQ. Unfortunately the rain extinguished the BBQ but this didn’t dampen the event. Being from out of town I wasn’t sure what to expect yet I am very glad I attended as I met many lovely people and had several interesting conversations.
Google OS? So whats going on…
by moone on July 27, 2010
Since the announcement of Google Chrome OS in July 2009 things have been generally quiet. With Apple currently grabbing all the headlines for both good and not so good reasons there has been very little in the way of news other than the developer community and tech journalists guesstimating the Pros & Cons. This all begs the question ‘whats going on?’
Hello world!
by moone on July 14, 2010
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
I have been putting off creating this blog for too long then unexpectedly along came that final motivating shove. An upcoming BTW event, which I am much looking to attending, proved to be that nudge I needed to get the ball rolling.