Top 7 Blog Mistakes to Avoid

An interesting article from David Airey, and I'm always a sucker for this sort of thing :roll: I'm sure I've made far more than just seven mistakes, but I'll stick to his ones: Mistake #1 - not using a self-hosted blog - never been a problem for me,… more »

What is a 'Front End Web Developer'?

Inspired by ppk's Dutch 'Front End Web Developers Guild', there was quite a lot of discussion a few weeks ago about what a Front End Web Developer actually is. This post is mostly an email I sent to the WSG mailing list with links to other useful messag… more »

GPX2 Linux handheld gaming device

I used to use a second hand Zaurus for listening to MP3s and a second hand PocketPC for reading eBooks while commuting to and from work each day. Sadly they both deteriorated to the point where battery life was barely enough to cover the journey one way… more »

Write 'uʍop ǝpısdn'

Neat trick (so long as whatever you're using to view this supports Unicode, and your font has full support for all the possible characters) - a little utility which translates each character of the input text, using a symbol lookup table, to a character… more »

GDD07UK: Building a Mobile Website

Review: Building an Interoperable Mobile Website at GDD07UK, The Brewery in London, 52 Chiswell Street, London 16:45 to 17:30 My final talk of the day was title on the signup page 'Developing for the mobile', which led me to believe it would be a discus… more »

Security Update for Windows Safari Beta

Apple have released an updated version of the Safari for Windows beta, fixing three security holes announced within hours of the launch earlier this week. Apparently the Apple Software Update service will do everything automatically, but I downloaded… more »

GDD07UK: Building better AJAX apps

Review: Building better AJAX apps at GDD07UK, The Brewery in London, 52 Chiswell Street, London 15:45 to 16:30 Since I'm now a few weeks behind on my reviews (the date of this post is when I started writing it...), probably everyone who cares about Goog… more »