About Business of design Loose talk Recent projects Talking design   About this page There is a detailed tutorial available on how this page was created.   Link monkey business June 27, 2004 (7 comments ) Simon Collison opened a can of worms when his personal site launched with the now famous 'ticks' for visited links. There are cheekier uses for this technique which developers could use to display images according to which sites a visitor had in their history. So I had a little play and came up with Blog Idol. Continue reading Link monkey business. Ten time travelling bloggers June 25, 2004 (4 comments ) Time travel, Mr Budd on a space hopper, Cameron Adams and Eric Meyer's brain, Colly's hummer, Hicks' Healey, Jason Santa Maria saves Jesus and Russ ponders religion... it could only be "Silly questions for ten bloggers (pt1)"... Continue reading Ten time travelling bloggers. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! June 24, 2004 (14 comments ) No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Continue reading No, no, no, no, no, no, no!.   What's in a name (pt2) June 20, 2004 (23 comments ) Eric Meyer's comments about my original 'What's in a name' column have prompted me draw some conclusions. My original thinking lacked depth, so I started thinking of an approach which would allow for the greatest flexibilty. (Updated 26/06/2004) Continue reading What's in a name (pt2). A whole new start June 17, 2004 (22 comments ) Today I had my first day 'at work' in over seven years, as it was today that Stuff and Nonsense moved officially into our new studios. Sometimes it takes a change to give you new energy and I feel more driven and energized for it. Continue reading A whole new start. Something about Fireworks (day 2) June 15, 2004 (4 comments ) Forgive me if you think that I'm obsessed with colour and with Fireworks at the moment. Here is how I use another time-saving Fireworks tool to create colour swatches from any image which can be saved as CLUTs and shared across a team of designers. Continue reading Something about Fireworks (day 2).   RECENT COLUMNS Link monkey business (7) Ten time travelling bloggers (4) No, no, no, no, no, no, no! (14) What's in a name (pt2) (23) A whole new start (22) Something about Fireworks (day 2) (4) Fireworks and XML (pt1) (18) Dear Mr. Google (15) E-commerce definition lists (7) Web imitates football (26) Respect their memories (8) Living without TextPad (19) What's in a name (42) A disaster for Britart (1) Getting client sign-off (4) Flintshire Youth illustrations (5) Stylish, accessible forms (15) Web Standards Awards (9) Web imitates art (7) My wireless home (3) THE ARFURS (?) Accessify Forum A List Apart CSS Beauty CSS Vault Web Standards Awards Weekly Standards I found these useful Karova Store accessible e-commerce Color Palette Creator The Colour Wizard (Via) Accessible forms 3D CSS Box Model How to size text using ems Styling Form Widgets CURRENTLY WEARING (Advertising feature)   THE BRIT PACK (?) (The original and still the best) Andy Budd Phil Baines Simon Collison Gordon Mackay Lee Hickman Jon Hicks Dunstan Orchard Tim Parkin Richard Rutter Diamond Geezers (?) Cameron Adams Doug Bowman Ryan Brill Dan Cederholm Derek Featherstone Justin Goodlett Shaun Inman Jason Santa Maria Eric Meyer Cameron Moll Dave Shea Russ Weekley Jeffrey Zeldman HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Watching The Great Escape [1963] The British stiff upper lip, forgive the fact that there were no Americans in the true story. Quadrophenia [1979] We are the mods. We are the mods. We are, we are, we are the mods. The Italian Job [1969] The greatest Brit-flick crime caper comedy of all time. Get Carter [1971] Low-down and dirty and possibly the best movie of its kind to come out of Britain. The Long Good Friday [1981] Gangster saga and explosive thriller. Bob Hoskins gives one of his most engaging screen performances as a top London mobster. Reading 37 signals: Defensive Design for the Web Dan Cederholm: Web Standards Solutions Eric Meyer: More Eric Meyer on CSS Be notified of updates Add your email address and I'll notify you when I post new topics.

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