Just a little thought… recently it occurred to me how important it is not to stop learning. Rather an obvious thought one might say, but it’s easy to forget when you’ve got 101 other ‘more important’ things to do. Naturally, this is more important in some industries (anything web-related for a start) than in others. And some of this learning takes place just as a matter of course – it’s…
Read in fullI would like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers, clients, supporters, friends and family a very happy and restful Christmas. Thank you for all your support during the year nearly past – it is very much valued. *** The Hexagon office will be closed from midday on Friday 23rd December until Tuesday 3rd January. For any urgent website availability issues during that period, please call 07761 902298. …
Read in fullNOTE: Please see updated post/code here: Responsive Videos (updated) (works with latest Video JS version at time of writing – 3.2.0) As part of a recent project, I needed to find a way to make self-hosted video (i.e. video files uploaded to client’s hosting server rather than YouTube or the like) responsive. I.e. so they shrink down proportionally with screen size. I decided to use the VideoJS plugin as a good…
Read in fullBack in July (that long ago?!), I was talking about mobile websites. As I’m in the midst of creating my third ‘Responsively Designed’ website, (for established Medical Communications agency Ashley Communications – link currently points to their soon-to-be-old website), I thought now would be an opportune time to update you on some of my findings. It has been, and continues to be, an interesting journey. If there’s one thing that’s…
Read in fullEarlier this month saw the launch of a brand new and much improved website for the Primary Trauma Care Foundation – a charity working globally to improve standards in Trauma Care. More than 10,000 people die across the world each day from injury – in road traffic accidents, natural disasters, violence and conflict. It’s a shocking statistic, but many of these deaths could be prevented with better 1st response trauma…
Read in fullThe mobile web is big and it’s getting bigger. Mobile browsing is expected to overtake desktop browsing in two to four years (see here and here, as quoted by Ethan Marcote on A List Apart, in his article on Responsive Web Design). The number of mobile devices is growing ever more rapidly, with this slideshow by Bryan Rieger from Yiibu quoting figures of 3.4 billion having mobile devices – roughly…
Read in fullLast week, WordPress released WordPress 3.2 – the fifteenth major release of WordPress. I saw a slideshow on Mashable of how the WordPress interface has changed over the years since 2003 – and wow, it’s come a long way. The focus for this release was to make WordPress faster and lighter, but 3.2 also sees a new & improved administrative interface, and the much talked about distraction-free writing mode (which…
Read in fullRunning your own business is incredibly different from working for an employer. You set your own schedule, your own deadlines. Yes, these are very much influenced by your clients, but nevertheless, you’re not accountable to a line manager for what you do or don’t do. When it comes to how long things take, this can have a big impact. It’s easy to get drawn into a project & spend far…
Read in fullSometimes wacky is good. Sometimes being different is good. But often, following convention is better. Why convention is a good thing (we’re talking about websites here by the way…) People know where to find things. So they don’t feel silly & fed-up not being able to find what they want People focus on the content, not the design. On taking action, not on sitting back & admiring the graphics. That’s…
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