February 5th, 2009 |
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Big Ideas
I’m going to be adding mockups of the Top 5 Project here. I’m also in the process of seeking out programmers, designers and marketers and content writers who want to be partners on the project. I’ve just finished the front intro page and will be adding more section pages soon. If you’re looking for a sizeable project to sink your fangs into, this could be the one for you. Contact me here to get access to the rest of this post and see the first mockup.
Tags: The Top 5ive Project
February 5th, 2009 |
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January 23rd, 2009 |
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Writings
I’m currently guest blogging at the Rachel Corrie Foundation website through the Gaza attack and the start of the Obama presidency. I’ll be posting links from around the web of news people may be missing from the usual news sources as well as writing some original content.
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August 19th, 2008 |
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Announcements
Yesterday evening I launched the new Teacher Support Network’s group charity website. This has been a long time in the making with a number of revisions that reflects the pros and cons of the group process, but in the end, I think we came up with a stunning design that’s both unique and highly functional.
I worked with web developer Nigel Parry and designer Ken Harper (Iron Clad Images) over the last spring and summer to develop a new look and better navigation flow for the site as well as a number of tools designed to increase the usability and accessability of the site. The result is years beyond the previous one. We moved off of Drupal and over to Interactive Tools’ Article Manager 2.
For more on this project, visit Nigel Parry’s website.
To see more about the creation of this site, visit the Article Manager forum thread here.
Tags: Interactive Tools, Iron Clad Images, Nigel Parry, Teacher Support Network
August 19th, 2008 |
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I’ve joined a couple of web developer meetups in London, one through meetup.org and the other through Google. Both are full of brainy people and free nibbles.
The Minibar is a popular regular meetup in Shoreditch for internet professionals to network and swap ideas and offers monthly face time to people more prone to staring at screens. If you’ve got a marketable idea this is the place to find people with the skills to make it possible, with upwards of around 150 web developers, programmers, designers, etc., from around the city attending at a single go.
The other is the Google London Open Source Jam.These are theme-driven nights at Google’s London HQ at Belgrave House. Marvel at the working environment that keeps people in the office 12 hours or more a day, the open kitchen area and hear ideas that could well be the future of open source and possibly the web itself.
To me this one is pure brain candy. I dig the 7-minute open-to-all presentation period where people trot out what they’re working on in rapid-fire sessions and then face an onslought of suggestsions, questions and critiques in a sort of Dragons Den for smart people.
Cannot say that a good amount isn’t flying well over my php/mysql head at times, but the end result is a clear idea of what’s out there and what’s to come in the coming years.
Tags: Google London Open Source Jam, The MiniBar
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