Tag Archives: web

Silk icons

Posted on Wednesday 3 September 2008 by

I was recently needing a number of small (16 x 16 pixel) icons for a project and came across the Silk Icons collection from FamFamFam, which I can thoroughly recommend. “Silk” is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 … Continue reading →

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University Web resources

Posted on Tuesday 25 March 2008 by

A couple of useful websites pointed out to me by a member of the Information Architecture Institute: University Web Developers A social network for anyone involved with implementing and maintaining web sites in a University environment. Mostly US-based, but still … Continue reading →

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101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site

Posted on Thursday 20 March 2008 by

Spotted on Nate Koechley’s (Yahoo!) blog: 101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site

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Font matrix

Posted on Sunday 2 March 2008 by

Western fonts matrix Richard Rutter of 24 ways has “put together a matrix of (western) fonts showing which are installed with Mac and Windows operating systems, which are installed with various versions of Microsoft Office, and which are installed with … Continue reading →

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Mobile Web Design book

Posted on Sunday 17 February 2008 by

One thing that I’d like to explore more is delivering Web content to mobile Web-enabled devices, such as my Mobile Windows-loaded phone.  This book Mobile Web Design by Cameron Moll might just help. Here’s the blurb from the site: A … Continue reading →

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Successful Web teams

Posted on Monday 24 December 2007 by

I just stumbled upon this article again today — it was in the magazine rack in our downstairs loo, if you must know! — The Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams by Jessie James Garrett. In the (short) article he … Continue reading →

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Colorblind Web Page Filter

Posted on Thursday 29 November 2007 by

My colleague Steve has just discovered this Colorblind Web Page Filter. Enter the URL of a page you’d like to check Select which types of colour blindness to check against Submit The software will then display the page applying colour … Continue reading →

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