Web design for different monitors
by Luke Rodgers on August 19, 2008
Having been a Mac user for slightly more than a year, and working on several different monitors with quite different specs has opened my eyes to the absolute necessity to test your design on a variety of monitors before rolling (…)
Using Wordpress as a CMS – Part 3
by Luke Rodgers on August 15, 2008
In the first two “wordpress as CMS” posts, I discussed the benefits of Wordpress as compared with other free, open source CMSs and how to take advantage of recent Wordpress improvements when using it as a CMS. In this installation, (…)
The semantic web gets friendly
by Luke Rodgers on August 13, 2008
I’ve had a passing interest in the semantic web since I first heard the term a few years ago, but hadn’t explored it much beyond using the hCard microformat for contact info on a few websites I’ve done. It sounded (…)
Visualizations of information architecture / user experience
by Luke Rodgers on August 11, 2008
It seems like the meaning of terms like “information architecture” (IA) and “user experience” (UX) have been contested since their introduction, with the result that web design neophytes intrigued by the fancy titles “information architect” or “user experience designer” and (…)
Large Hadron Collider rap
by Luke Rodgers on August 9, 2008
It’s Saturday, and that means time for some more particle accelerator rap.
Amazon Web Services start-up tour coming to Toronto
by Luke Rodgers on August 8, 2008
The Amazon Web Services start-up tour is hitting the road from September to November, and stopping in Toronto on September 16.
Amazon Web Services invites you (founders and leaders of start-up/early-stage companies and VCs) to join us on the upcoming AWS (…)
Great way to deal with trolls on your blog
by Luke Rodgers on August 8, 2008
Reading 37signals’ Signal vs. Noise blog today, I came across what I think is a great example of how to deal with trolls on your blog (would also work on a forum/bulletin board).
The problem with one of the most common (…)
