So Steve Jobs finally posted the reasoning for his decision to kill Flash, in any form, on the iPhone/iPad platform. continue
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Thoughts on ‘Thoughts on Flash’
on 29 April 2010
Five reasons* to be excited about Adobe CS5
on 23 April 2010
It’s only software – but for creative types, every upgrade to Adobe’s professional bundle can be a life-changing experience. continue
Illustrations without Illustrator
on 26 March 2010
DTP software was conceived as a jack of all trades and master of none. You’d prepare your photos in Photoshop, illustrations in Illustrator and words in Word, then import them. These days, though, it’s increasingly feasible to do it all in InDesign. continue reading excerpt
Joy as online font issues finally resolved (not)
on 22 July 2009
Linotype writes: ‘Until recently, it was difficult for web developers to work with any fonts outside of the few common “web safe” selections.’ Until recently? continue
Puh? Meh
on 1 July 2009
Ricoh, best known for the kind of office machines bought by people who still call things ‘office machines’, has launched a cloud archive service called quanp. continue
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Scroll out the barrel
on 20 April 2009
One of the things I’ve been pondering while relaunching this site is the practicality of reading long text – specifically, pieces that have been written primarily for print and reproduced online – in a web page. continue
Like dancing about architecture
on 3 April 2009
‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ as somebody said. I wonder what they’d have thought of writing books about computing. continue
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This month I decided to install WordPress. I wanted to update my blog from Blogger 1.0 to something that acknowledged the existence of any form of web standard other than ‘sod it, seems to be working’, and since Blogger 2.0 appeared to bear as much resemblance to Blogger 1.0 as Jordan does to her school photos, I thought I might as well switch to something more credible. continue
An interview with David Carson
on 18 June 2008
It’s not every day you get to meet the world’s most famous graphic designer. Not even when it’s in his diary. continue
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Why web design sucks
on 5 August 2005
Creating a website used to be so simple. With two lines of code you could make a grey background, print your name on it in big black letters, and win an award from Jakob Nielsen. continue
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