From the Opinion Category
- 21 Dec
by Peter Wilson
No commentsConfirming a caller’s identity
The ATO called me last week and asked for my middle name and date of birth to confirm my identity. I told the operator that I wasn’t in the habit of giving out my personal details to incoming callers.
- 27 Nov
by Peter Wilson
1 commentNever too old
At 94, my granddad decided to get a computer and onto the internet.
Dedicated to R Feltscheer, 1-1-1912 – 22-11-2009.
- 24 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsThe "D" Word
To call oneself a ‘Web Designer’ is about as accurate and explanatory as saying ‘I work with computers’.
- 20 Nov
by Peter Wilson
No commentsCraig McLachlan, Who Knew?
This week, Boxcutters featured Craig McLachlan as their guest, in the process providing a great example of the advantages of podcasting.
- 27 Oct
by Josh Kinal
No commentsNames Will Never Harm You
Once we decided to go into business together, there was one definite first thing we needed to: Come up with a name.
- 23 Oct
by Peter Wilson
No commentsHow to get 4.3 stars for customer service!
I’m about to give a positive review to Soupgiant’s host, QuadraHosting, due to their customer service, despite some major technical problems in recent months. This leads to one question: Am I being too nice?
- 17 Jan
by Josh Kinal
No commentsAlways Start with Content
Whether creating a new website for your business or just updating an old one, the question remains: “How, amongst all the noise on the web, are my potential clients going to find me?”
- 14 Nov
by Peter Wilson
2 commentsReview – Everything you know about CSS is wrong!
During the week I read Rachel Andrew and Kevin Yank’s Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong! At a little over 100 pages it’s a concise explanation of CSS tables and how they will – and an argument why they should – change the way in which web developers work.
- 11 Nov
by Josh Kinal
No commentsThe Department Store Elevator Model for Site Navigation
Looking at Vandelay Design’s list of 50 Gorgeous Navigation Menus I started thinking about what made these menus so nice to use.
Sure the designs on these menus were nice but there was something else. Something that made them really simple. Almost none of them have drop-down secondary menus.
The drop-down secondary menu is a killer when [...] - 20 Jun
by Josh Kinal
No commentsVisual Editors are both good and bad
One of the biggest problems with building a CMS is how much control to give users over the design of any particular page.
Wordpress, for example, gives very little control to the end user. There are styles set up in the css for paragraphs, lists, block-quotes and the like. Basically only giving structural control of the [...]