Recently, the UK Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Andy Burnham did an interview with The Telegraph. During the interview he confirmed that the government was looking into a cinema-style rating system for websites. As a web developer, hosting provider and internet user, I do not understand how such [...]
Archive for 2008
Designer’s block
December 21st, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Last week I was busy trying to put together a new design website design for an important client at work. As always, we were on a very tight deadline and it had to be completed the end of the next day. I’d left work early so I could concentrate on the design without being distracted [...]
Staying ahead of the game
November 28th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
The web design & development industry is incredibly fast paced. What is current and acceptable today, might not be tomorrow. New technologies are being developed all the time, new ways of doing things, new ways of thinking. As I’ve mentioned before, keeping on top of these changes is almost a full time job in itself. [...]
DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! Day 7
November 25th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
This weekend I went along to a Developer Day at Microsoft’s campus in Reading. The community-organised day concentrated on software development using Microsoft’s .NET Framework. However, unlike conferences such as PCD and Mix, there were no Microsoft technologists in sight. Instead, all the speakers were from members of the .NET development community. During the day, [...]
A look at government branding
November 20th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
A few days ago I came across an article about the branding of the Dutch Government. It appears that they are fed up of having different brand for each of their 200(ish) departments and ministries. Instead, they are developing a single ‘Government’ brand that will be used for everything the government does, irrespective of the [...]
60+ essential feeds for web developers
November 13th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Selene M. Bowlby, a web designer and developer who has recently taken the jump into full time freelance work has just posted a blog entry with 60+ essential feeds for freelance web designers. She made the post in response to an open thread on Freelance Folder asking “How Do You Stay Sharp?“. As a web [...]
The problem with the commute…
November 11th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
It has been nearly 4 1/2 months since I started working for the Cardiff web design company, so you would think I would be getting used to the daily routine. Get up at before 7, drive or catch train to Cardiff, get to the office at 8.30, work till 5.30, drive or catch train home, [...]
All gone quiet
October 17th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
I’ve been very quiet for the last 6/7 weeks. Everything has been a bit crazy at work – lots to do, lots already done, but not much to show for all the effort! Over the last few months we’ve been busy working on several new websites, a fair number of which have now been handed [...]
Techcrunch gets a redesign
August 31st, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
I’m a little behind the times, but better late than never! Techcrunch, a technology blog covering ‘web 2.0′ and internet start ups had a bit of a redesign earlier this week. As a blog that I keep track of all the time, I’m really pleased to see it move away from its previous, cluttered look [...]
So much to do
August 6th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog over the last few months because I’ve spent pretty much every waking moment working, commuting or working some more. During office hours I’ve been working as a full time web developer for a web development company in Cardiff. I’ve spent the last month and a half [...]