Archive for July, 2007

Link to Podnosh about a podcasting project with young people.

Latest article from Podnosh on their project working with young people on podcasting. Listen to the podcast too, a great example of what podcasting can be used for.

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Posted on July 26th, 2007 | Posted in: Side Notes, Social Media.
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Beth needs your help in getting to Cambodia!

Beth Kanter (inspirational nptech and social media blogger!) needs your help…
Find out how you can help her get to the Cambodia Blogging Summit… to work with the Cambodian Blogger Team to teach young people in Cambodia to blog and use social media to make a better life!

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Posted on July 26th, 2007 | Posted in: Side Notes.
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Getting YouTube code to validate (updated)

When I moved my blog over to Wordpress after blogging neatly and perfectly and in control with the most excellent Modx, I began to use many of the gizmo's and widgets which make my blog abit more 'Web 2.0'.

Usually when designing sites, I don't use other people's bits of code or plug-ins, as I am designing purely for the purpose of creating a custom site for a purpose for the client. But with Wordpress and enjoying the ease of blogging and playing, I've ventured into 'widget world' and 'embedding objects' too. So what is my problem with alot of it?

Validation - YouTube and many others bits of code meant my site failed validation of its mark up with the W3C Validator. But I did find an easy cure to remedy this nasty condition...

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Posted on July 26th, 2007 | Posted in: Accessibility, Social Media, Web design, Frustration, Nptech.
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Vote for Modx

If like me, you like MODx as the perfect choice for your CMS when designing, your help is needed. Nominations for Packt Open Source Content Management System Award began a few days ago.
First step is to nominate MODx as Most Promising Open Source Content Management System! Nominations end August, 31 and voting begins September 10.
Go ahead and nominate MODx! It takes less than 30 seconds.

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Posted on July 25th, 2007 | Posted in: Side Notes, Foss.
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Toolbox of 100 open source resources and templates

Design Vitality’s post on 100 best open source design resources, templates and resources.

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Posted on July 24th, 2007 | Posted in: Side Notes, Foss.
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Webcredible article on improving accessibility for motor impaired users

Webcredible’s latest article on improving accessibility for motor impaired users.

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Posted on July 24th, 2007 | Posted in: Accessibility, Side Notes, Web design.
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50 of the best with the Helvetica font

The “50” exhibition is a beautiful project which had 50 designers to visually interpret a year in the Helvetica font era on 50cm square posters. Spotted on the Veer website.

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Posted on July 24th, 2007 | Posted in: Typography, Side Notes.
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Oli - the pop star!

Those of you who know my little vibrant Oliver, will know that he loves music and as well as wanting to be a 'restaurantman' (his own words!) when he's bigger, running a neat cafe that Jamie Oliver would be proud of...he also wants to be a rock star too. (pretty much your average 6 year old!) Luckily, managed to catch him having a spontaneous jam with his lead guitarist (okay - his dad!) yesterday evening! He loves YouTube no end (funny pet videos and clips of the Simpsons are his faves!) so he wanted this up for you to see...

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Posted on July 20th, 2007 | Posted in: Fun.
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HBO’s amazing new multimedia project

HBO’s Voyeur Project
The HBO Voyeur Project is an amazing new multimedia example and experience that just shows what can be achieved, with good design, good audio and a theme that certainly captures your imagination. It's set in New York and tells a story behind each of the windows of various parts of town.

You can delve deeper into learning about the characters and the blog of understanding what its all about at The Story Gets Deeper, and find out more about the project at HBO's main site.

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Posted on July 13th, 2007 | Posted in: Web, Multimedia.
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iPhones and mobile media

The launch of the new iPhone has made me really think abut handheld and mobile design again. Although not being launched until later in the year over here in the UK, I've been researching what changes I may need to make in designing sites to adapt to the iPhone.

Later in this article, I'll mention about how non-profits should also be thinking about mobile technology for communicating their cause. It goes hand in hand together, me the designer creating their site, and the organisations themselves thinking about how they can effectively communicate with their users in another media.

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Posted on July 13th, 2007 | Posted in: Social Media, Web design, Mac, Nptech.
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