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Apple iPhone Touchscreen

Date January 9th, 2007 Comment 5 Comments

So now we’ve seen how Apple intend to throw mobile phones on their head with the spectacular iPhone maybe we should pay a little visit back to Dave’s post last August when he highlighted some of the really cool multi-touch screen technology which apple have put into the iPhone.
Multi-touch screen technology
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Posted in Tech Talk, belfast webdesign

Blogging for Bucks

Date November 30th, 2006 Comment 3 Comments

Heads up to Mick Fealty at Slugger O’Toole, earlier today Mick posted about an Article at the Economist which raised the question can blogs really make money. The article looks into how more sophisticated marketing systems have developed recently that offer decent returns for the blogger. From Micks point of view over at Slugger, the […]

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Proprietary CMS’ v Wordpress

Date November 17th, 2006 Comment 9 Comments

So here we are, our 250th post - and a big thanks to the guys especially Dave and Conor for their work over the last few months. I guess its only fair to say a huge thanks to the Wordpress team because in my opinion they have built a fantastic piece of software that has […]

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Page Views are Dead

Date September 3rd, 2006 Comment No Comments

I remember reading a while back about the Lisa Dorrian website and the attention it had attracted. I first read about it on Slugger O’Toole and everyone seemed very impressed by their headline grabbing “5 million hits in a month”. The news was everywhere but as I pointed out on Slugger at the time, the […]

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Smack-a-Mac

Date May 30th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Myself and Mr. Jordan were talking about this the other day, and I thought I’d share it with the rest of you.
Recent versions (2005-onwards I think) of Apple’s PowerBooks and iBooks come with with “Sudden Motion Sensor” technology, which helps to prevent disk failures if the computer is dropped. When dropped, the computor will instantly […]

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Microsoft Update.

Date May 23rd, 2006 Comment No Comments

To prove im not a 100% Mac Zealot I am going to give an overview on what is happening in the Microsoft world.
The MSFT.O stock price is down fourteen peanuckle shells on the ardvark, Its risk alert shows Medium which forcasts comb-overs for all board members with more than one jewish relative.

Price:
$22.79
USD
-0.09 -0.39% […]

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The Next Big Thing - Vector / Hi Def Websites

Date May 19th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

The next version of osX (Leopard) will provide the ability for designers to use SVG files and ‘Resolution Independant’ Graphics in their websites.
SVG files are scalable vector files that right now can be viewed on apples Safari browser (like a pdf in a web browser)
Resolution Independant graphics, a new Quartz-driven technology will soon let […]

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Apple Expert Gets Lost

Date May 19th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

News 24 ran an interview with who they thought, was IT expert Guy Kewney, on an important Apple / Beatles Court Trial
Instead Guy Goma, a BBC job applicant found himself in the hot seat on live television. Check out his expression when he realizes what is happening!
Watch the Video
Read the BBC Report
Read the Real ‘IT […]

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New BBC Search

Date May 16th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Is this the beginning of the end for BBC 1.0?

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ActiveX Woes

Date May 5th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

In April , Microsoft was finally forced to update how ActiveX plug-ins behave in Internet Explorer. So now, if you go to a website that has ActiveX elements (including Flash), you will see a tooltip that says: “Click to activate and use this control”. I had a few problems with this myself…

Now ActiveX elements cannot […]

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Shooting Stars

Date May 1st, 2006 Comment No Comments

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F Word

Date April 28th, 2006 Comment No Comments

A recent eyetracking study conducted by Jakob Nielsen reveals a recurring F-shaped pattern for reading web content.

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Consider This

Date April 26th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Drew McClellan and his 5 most important considerations when planning a site.
Sums things up nicely…

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Loafroaster’s Adventures in Freelancing

Date April 25th, 2006 Comment 9 Comments

When I packed in the BBC seven months ago and began freelancing, I thought it’d be no more than a month before I tucked my tail between my legs and headed down to Grafton Recruitment. But somehow it β€” β€œit” being full-time freelancing β€” has worked out. Not only have I turned down three jobs […]

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HDR Camera funk

Date April 25th, 2006 Comment 5 Comments

Anyone had a go at this?
Its jiggery-pokery with shutterspeeds and contrast to create wicked awesome images.
(High Dynamic Range) Apparently anyone can do it…
HDR Tokyo

HDR New York