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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Web’ Category
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 [...]
Why the New Facebook is Wrong
July 23rd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
On Monday, the social networking site Facebook released its new design to a selection of its members. Over the next few weeks, this major update will be pushed out to everyone registered on the network. Yesterday evening, a discussion began on Twitter surrounding the new Facebook image – with a number of users who don’t [...]
WordPress for iPhone
July 22nd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later and it turned out to be sooner than I expected. WordPress have just released WordPress for the iPhone. Following in the footsteps of TypePad, this app allows you to post to your WordPress blog straight from your iPhone without having to use the standard admin panel. [...]
Local Election Websites: Review
May 9th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
This is the final part of a series of entries looking at websites operated by county councils for the 2008 local elections. Over the last few entries, I’ve looked at some of the websites used by county councils to provide details of the 2008 local elections. Some of these websites (mainly Monmouthshire County Council) were [...]
Local Election Websites: Cardiff Council
May 7th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. 2 Comments.
This is the third part of a series of entries covering websites operated by county councils for the 2008 local elections. Previous I evaluated websites operated by Monmouthshire County Council and the City and County of Swansea. In this entry, I will look at the site run by Cardiff Council. Cardiff Council’s local election website [...]
Local Election Websites: Swansea City Council
May 5th, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
This is the second part in a series of entries looking at local election websites run by various county councils across Wales. Previously I examined the county of Monmouthshire. In this entry, I take a look at the website run by Swansea City Council. Swansea City Council has taken a very different approach to that [...]
Local Election Websites: Monmouthshire County Council
May 3rd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. No Comments.
This is part of a series of blog entries looking at local election websites run by various county council’s across Wales. In this entry I look at the live election site run by Monmouthshire County Council. MCC made use of a piece of software by Associated Knowledge Systems Ltd to show the results from each [...]
Local Election Websites
May 3rd, 2008 by Dafydd Vaughan. 1 Comment.
The latest round of local elections were held last Thursday (May 1st 2008) which resulted in huge losses for Labour, and great wins for the Conservatives. This latest set of elections was of particular importance to me, for reasons I’ll discuss at a later date. This meant I spent a large amount of time on [...]